Low-flow internally-cooled liquid-desiccant absorber
US5351497A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 17, 1992 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF24F2003/144
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An air-conditioning process uses an internally-cooled, liquid-desiccant absorber through which the air to be conditioned, the coolant and the liquid desiccant are passed. The desiccant is passed into the absorber at a flooding rate not exceeding 1.0 gpm/ft.sup.2. Preferably cooling water (as coolant) is passed into the absorber at a flooding rate not exceeding 1.0 gpm/ft.sup.2 and, in that case, cooling air is passed through the absorber in intimate contact with the cooling water to promote evaporative cooling of the cooling water.
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