Dehumidifying and energy recapture system
AssigneeDesert Aire Corp.
InventorCraig Burg
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Abstract
A dehumidifying system includes an enclosure having at least one opening disposed at a first end and at least one opening disposed at a second end. A plurality of air paths that extend through the enclosure and are separated from one another by partitions along at least a portion of the enclosure. A dehumidifier evaporator is disposed within the enclosure and configured such that at least one of the air paths is disposed to flow through the dehumidifier evaporator. The dehumidifier evaporator includes a dehumidifying coil and a heat pipe assembly at least partially wrapping around the dehumidification coil.
Claims20
A dehumidifying system comprising:
- an enclosure having at least one opening disposed at a first end and at least one opening disposed at a second end;
- a plurality of air paths separated by partitions along at least a portion of the enclosure;
- a dehumidifier evaporator disposed within the enclosure, wherein at least one of the air paths is disposed to flow through a dehumidifier evaporator, the dehumidifier evaporator comprising:
- a dehumidifying coil;
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- a heat pipe assembly at least partially wrapping around the dehumidification coil.
A dehumidifying system comprising:
- an enclosure that defines an air flow inlet at a first end of the enclosure and an air flow outlet at a second end of the enclosure;
- at least one partition formed along at least a portion of the enclosure and oriented to define more than one air path associated with the air flow along at least a portion of the enclosure;
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- a dehumidifier evaporator disposed within the enclosure and defined by a dehumidifying coil and a heat pipe assembly disposed about at least a portion of the dehumidifying coil, the dehumidifier evaporator being disposed within the enclosure and positioned relative to the at least one partition so that the air flow associated with at least one of the air paths is directed through a dehumidifier evaporator.
A method of forming a dehumidifier system, the method comprising:
- providing an enclosure that defines an air flow inlet and an air flow outlet;
- disposing a partition in the enclosure to define more than one air flow path between the air flow inlet and the air flow outlet;
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- disposing a dehumidifier evaporator that is defined by a dehumidifying coil and a heat pipe assembly that is disposed about at least a portion of the dehumidifying coil in at least one of the air flow paths, the dehumidifying coil and the heat pipe assembly being oriented such that an air flow directed toward the dehumidifying coil passes over the heat pipe assembly both prior to passing over the dehumidifying coil and after passing over the dehumidifying coil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.