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Apparatus for humidity and temperature control of the air in an enclosure comprising brine-vapor-air direct heat exchanger apparatus disposed in communication with an enclosure and a brine reservoir arranged to store brine and to be exposed to naturally occuring temperature gradients for desired con

Apparatus for humidity and temperature control of the air in an enclosure comprising brine-vapor-air direct heat exchanger apparatus disposed in communication with an enclosure and a brine reservoir arranged to store brine and to be exposed to naturally occuring temperature gradients for desired conditioning of the brine. The temperature gradients may be relatively short term, such as day-night or may be longer term, such as summer-winter.

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A method for space heating an enclosure at night comprising the steps of: providing a source of water vapor inside said enclosure during the day; providing a supply of brine whose enthalpy is less than the enthalpy of the air in the enclosure during the day, and whose concentration is such that the

A method for space heating an enclosure at night comprising the steps of: providing a source of water vapor inside said enclosure during the day; providing a supply of brine whose enthalpy is less than the enthalpy of the air in the enclosure during the day, and whose concentration is such that the brine is hygroscopic; exposing brine from said supply to the air in said enclosure during the day for causing water vapor in the air to condense on the brine drying the air and heating the brine as latent heat is transferred to the brine; returning the heated brine to the supply; and exposing brine from said supply to the air in the enclosure at night thus returning thereto latent heat removed during the day.