Dehumidification device

Abstract

Provided is a dehumidifying device configured such that a dehumidifying material which has absorbed moisture can efficiently release the moisture. The dehumidifying device (1A) carries out dehumidification with use of a polymeric moisture-absorbing material (23) that (i) exhibits hydrophilicity in a temperature range equal to or lower than a temperature sensitive point which is a given temperature and (ii) exhibits hydrophobicity in a temperature range higher than the temperature sensitive point. The dehumidifying device (1A) includes: a substrate (22) to which the polymeric moisture-absorbing material (23) is fixed; a heat generating member (24) which heats, to the temperature range higher than the temperature sensitive point, the polymeric moisture-absorbing material (23) that has absorbed moisture; and a moisture absorbing unit motor (15) which rotates the substrate (22), to which the polymeric moisture-absorbing material (23) that is heated to the temperature range higher than the temperature sensitive point is fixed, so that the moisture, which has been absorbed by the polymeric moisture-absorbing material (23) that is heated to the temperature range higher than the temperature sensitive point, is released as a waterdrop by a centrifugal force.

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