Method and apparatus for humidifying a gas flow and to a method for using such a device
US6699608B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/50
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for humidifying a gas flow includes means for atomizing a liquid into a gas feed line and means for heating the liquid. The atomizing means is provided in a spray chamber, with a heat-exchanger region for at least partially evaporating the liquid being arranged adjacent to the spray chamber. The heat-exchanger region has a multiplicity of flow passages for gas flows which are to be humidified, which flow passages are at least partially delimited by heat-exchanger surfaces for condensing and evaporating the liquid.
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