Evaporative air conditioner unit
US5301518A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 26, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02B30/54
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A self-contained air conditioner unit comprises an enclosure including a first and second intake apertures positioned to communicate with outside ambient air and first, second, and third outlet apertures positioned to communicate with a habitable space in which the air conditioner is placed. A water reservoir is disposed at the bottom of the enclosure. A two-section heat exchanger is disposed in the cabinet over the water reservoir, each section comprising a plurality of vertically disposed, alternating wet air channels and dry air channels defined by substantially parallel opposing heat-transfer partitions. The first-section dry-air channels communicate with a pre-mixing chamber at intake ends thereof and an air-distributing chamber at outlet ends thereof. Each first-section wet channel communicates with the distributing chamber at intake ends thereof and the second outlet aperture at outlet ends thereof. The second heat exchange section comprises primary dry-air channels communicating with the distributing chamber at intake ends thereof and the first outlet aperture at outlet ends thereof and auxiliary dry-air channels communicating with the distributing chamber at intake ends th…
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