Air to air recouperator
AssigneeStirling Technology Company
InventorBruce J. Chagnot
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Abstract
A heat recouperator having a single rotary heat and moisture wheel exchanger uses a random matrix media comprising a plurality of small diameter heat-retentive fibrous material, which provides high thermal efficiency in exchanging heat and moisture between inlet and exhaust air streams.
Claims33
A heat recouperator for ventilating rooms and buildings with minimum loss of heating or cooling, said heat recouperator comprising:
- a compact housing adapted to be mounted in a window having first and second sections adapted to convey separate streams of air;
- a unitary heat and moisture exchanger, comprising a random matrix media and means to support said random matrix media, said unitary heat and moisture exchanger rotatably mounted in said compact housing and adapted to intersect said first and second sections;
- said random matrix media comprising a mat of small diameter heat-retentive fibrous material interrelated by mechanical means to form said mat;
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- means to rotate said unitary heat and moisture exchanger.
A unitary heat and moisture exchanger comprising:
- a random matrix media for transferring sensible and latent heat energy, accompanied or not by moisture, between two streams of air within which the unitary heat and moisture exchanger is situated, said random matrix media comprising a mat of small diameter heat-retentive fibrous material interrelated by mechanical means to form said mat;
- means for supporting said random matrix media;
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- means for rotating said random matrix media.
A heat recouperator for ventilating rooms and buildings with minimum loss of heating or cooling, said heat recouperator comprising:
- a compact portable housing having first and second sections adapted to convey separate streams of air;
- a heat exchanger, comprising a random matrix media and means to support said random matrix media, said heat exchanger rotatably mounted in said compact portable housing and adapted to intersect said first and second sections, and said random matrix media comprising small diameter, heat-retentive fibrous material interrelated by mechanical means;
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- means to rotate said heat exchanger.
A heat recouperator for ventilating rooms and buildings with minimum loss of heating or cooling, said heat recouperator comprising:
- a compact portable housing having first and second sections adapted to convey separate streams of air;
- a heat exchanger, comprising a random matrix media and means to support said random matrix media, said heat exchanger rotatably mounted in said compact portable housing and adapted to intersect said first and second sections, and said random matrix media comprising polyester needle-punched felt;
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- means to rotate said heat exchanger.
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