Air conditioner
US7437884B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 9, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25B2700/2104
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An object is to provide an air conditioner in which a desiccant air conditioner is combined with a refrigerating device to cool an indoor by a refrigeration cycle including a compressor and the like and in which a drop of energy efficiency is suppressed. An air conditioner 200 includes a desiccant air conditioner 220 and a refrigerating device 210 which cools the indoor by a usual refrigeration cycle, this refrigerating device 210 has an auxiliary heat exchanger 17 between an outlet side of a heater 12 and an inlet side of an expansion valve 14, and this auxiliary heat exchanger 17 is disposed externally from an exhaust air passage 4 and a supply air passage 3.
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