Energy exchange system for conditioning air in an enclosed structure
AssigneeNortek Air Solutions Canada, Inc.
InventorsKen Coutu, Howard Brian Hemingson, Manfred Gerber
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Abstract
Certain Embodiments provide an energy exchange system that includes a supply air flow path, an exhaust air flow path, an energy recovery device disposed within the supply and exhaust air flow paths, and a supply conditioning unit disposed within the supply air flow path. The supply conditioning unit may be downstream from the energy recovery device. Certain embodiments provide a method of conditioning air including introducing outside air as supply air into a supply air flow path, pre-conditioning the supply air with an energy recovery device, and fully-conditioning the supply air with a supply conditioning unit that is downstream from the energy recovery device.
Claims63
An energy exchange system comprising:
- a supply air flow path;
- an exhaust air flow path;
- an energy recovery device disposed within the supply and exhaust air flow paths;
- a supply conditioning unit disposed within the supply air flow path, wherein the supply conditioning unit is downstream from the energy recovery device;
- a regenerator disposed within the exhaust air flow path;
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- a liquid handling device in fluid communication with the supply conditioning unit and the regenerator, wherein the liquid handling device comprises a moisture transfer loop in fluid communication with a supply loop and a regenerator loop.
An energy exchange system comprising:
- a supply air flow path;
- an exhaust air flow path;
- a supply conditioning unit disposed within the supply air flow path;
- an energy recovery device disposed within the supply and exhaust air flow paths, wherein the supply conditioning unit is downstream from the energy recovery device;
- a regenerator disposed within the exhaust air flow path;
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- a liquid handling device in fluid communication with the supply conditioning unit and the regenerator, wherein the liquid handling device comprises a moisture transfer loop that is in fluid communication with a supply loop and a regenerator loop.
An energy exchange system comprising:
- a supply air flow path;
- an exhaust air flow path;
- an energy recovery device disposed within the supply and exhaust air flow paths;
- a supply liquid-to-air membrane energy exchanger (LAMEE) disposed within the supply air flow path, wherein the supply LAMEE is downstream from the energy recovery device;
- an exhaust LAMEE disposed within the exhaust air flow path;
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- a liquid handling device in fluid communication with the supply LAMEE and the exhaust LAMEE, wherein the liquid handling device comprises a moisture transfer loop in fluid communication with a supply loop and a regenerator loop.
A method of conditioning air comprising:
- introducing outside air as supply air into a supply air flow path;
- pre-conditioning the supply air with an energy recovery device;
- fully-conditioning the supply air with a supply conditioning unit that is downstream from the energy recovery device;
- regenerating desiccant contained within a liquid handling device with a regenerator disposed within the exhaust air flow path;
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- circulating the desiccant through a moisture transfer loop that is in fluid communication with a supply loop and a regenerator loop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.