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US 2025/0035336 A1Published application
Heater Exchanger for an Air Conditioner Unit
AssigneeRheem Manufacturing Company
InventorKevin Lyle Eicher
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AssigneeRheem Manufacturing Company
InventorKevin Lyle Eicher
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A heat exchanger for an air conditioner unit is provided. With a conventional single-package air conditioner unit, fresh air mixed with the return air is the outside air. This increases the load on the single-package air conditioner to maintain space conditions. In order to bring fresh air in, the indoor air has to “leak” out of the conditioned space. Thus, the energy spent to cool or heat the “leaking” air is lost, resulting in potential inefficiencies. To resolve these inefficiencies of conventional VTACs, a heat exchanger is provided between the indoor and outdoor sections of the VTAC. In this configuration, a fan may be used to move outdoor air through the heat exchanger to exhaust air while simultaneously using another fan to move indoor air across the heat exchanger to supply air. The air-to-air heat exchanger may use the energy trapped on one side of the heat exchanger to be released to the opposite side of the heat exchanger.
A single-package air conditioner unit comprising:
A heat exchanger for a single-package air conditioner unit comprising:
An air conditioner unit comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.