Patent · US Active

Dehumidification apparatus

US9140396B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
32References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 15, 2013
Grant dateSep 22, 2015
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 19, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/6579
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Dehumidification apparatus including a cooled core coupled to an external cooling source, at least first and second relatively humid air inlet pathways leading to the cooled core and at least first and second relatively dry air outlet pathways leading from the cooled core, the outlet pathways being in heat exchange propinquity with the inlet pathways whereby relatively humid air in the inlet pathways is precooled upstream of the cooled core and relatively dry air in the outlet pathways is heated downstream of the cooled core, the cooled core defining a multiplicity of mutually adjacent cooling pathways extending therethrough which are each coupled to one of the inlet pathways and to one of the outlet pathways such that air passes through adjacent ones of the mutually adjacent cooling pathways in mutually different directions.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.