Dehumidifier having split condenser configuration
AssigneeLennox Industries Inc.
InventorsRobert B. Uselton, Mark Cree Jackson
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Abstract
One aspect provides a dehumidifier that has a dehumidifying circuit and includes an evaporator, a first portion of a condensing circuit, and a first blower configured to direct a first air stream along a first flow path and through the evaporator and the first portion of the condensing circuit, for reducing the humidity of the first air stream. The dehumidifier also comprises a heat removing circuit, comprising a second blower configured to direct a second air stream along a second flow path and through a second portion of the condensing circuit for removing heat from the second portion of the condensing circuit. The first and second condensing circuits are fluidly coupled.
Claims6
A method of manufacturing a dehumidifier, comprising:
- forming a dehumidifying circuit, comprising placing an evaporator adjacent a first portion of a condensing circuit, the first portion of the condensing circuit comprising a first condenser panel, wherein said evaporator is placed in a drain pan, and placing a first blower adjacent said evaporator such that said first blower is positioned to direct a first air stream along a first flow path and through said evaporator and said first portion of said condensing circuit, for reducing a humidity of said first air stream;
- forming a heat removing circuit, comprising placing a second blower adjacent a second air stream, such that said second blower is positioned to direct a second air stream along a second flow path and through a second portion of said condensing circuit for removing heat from said second portion of said condensing circuit, the second portion of the condensing circuit comprising a second condenser panel, said first portion of the condensing circuit and said second portion of the condensing circuits being fluidly coupled;
- positioning a first portion of said first condenser panel in said dehumidifying region;
- positioning a second portion of said first condenser panel in said heat removing region;
- fluidly coupling the second condenser panel to said first condenser panel and positioning said second condenser panel in said heat removing region, and positioning an evaporative pad in said heat removing region between said second portion of said first condenser panel and said second condenser panel;
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- coupling a conduit that extends from said drain pan to said evaporative pad;
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- positioning said dehumidifying circuit and said heat removing circuit in a common housing having a wall that divides said housing into a dehumidifying region and a heat removing region, positioning said first blower in said dehumidifying region and positioning said second blower in said heat removing region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.