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A reheater is used in air-conditioning system which includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator, interconnected by conduits in a closed loop. A first conduit coupling a flow of liquid refrigerant through the expansion valve into the evaporator. A second conduit coupling

A reheater is used in air-conditioning system which includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator, interconnected by conduits in a closed loop. A first conduit coupling a flow of liquid refrigerant through the expansion valve into the evaporator. A second conduit coupling the an outlet of the evaporator to an inlet of the compressor. A third conduit coupling an outlet of the compressor to an inlet of the condenser. A centrifugal pump, coupled to an outlet of the condenser, for boosting a pressure of the condensed liquid refrigerant by an incremental pressure sufficient to pressure subcool the refrigerant. A reheater is positioned adjacent to the evaporator and coupled to an outlet of the centrifugal pump, for receiving pressure subcooled liquid refrigerant and cooled air from the evaporator to further subcool the liquid refrigerant to a temperature below its condensing temperature and to effect a partial reheating of the cooled flow of air thereby decreasing the relative humidity of the flow of the air.

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A method for improving operation of an air conditioning system for cooling and decreasing relative humidity of a flow of air which includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator connected in series by conduit for circulating refrigerant in a closed loop therethrough, the e

A method for improving operation of an air conditioning system for cooling and decreasing relative humidity of a flow of air which includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator connected in series by conduit for circulating refrigerant in a closed loop therethrough, the evaporator positioned to receive a flow of air, the method comprising: transmitting liquid refrigerant through the expansion valve into the evaporator; vaporizing a portion of the liquid refrigerant to effect cooling of the flow of air; transmitting vaporized refrigerant from the outlet of the evaporator to the inlet of the compressor; compressing the vaporized refrigerant to produce compressed vapor refrigerant; transmitting the compressed vapor refrigerant from an outlet of the compressor to an inlet of the condenser at a first temperature and first pressure; condensing the compressed vapor refrigerant to discharge liquid refrigerant at a second temperature less than the first temperature; boosting the first pressure of the liquid refrigerant discharged from the condenser by an incremental pressure to a second pressure; transmitting the liquid refrigerant at said second pressure to an inlet of a reheater, the reheater positioned adjacent the evaporator to receive the cooled flow of air from the evaporator; and subcooling the liquid refrigerant in the reheater to a third temperature less than said second temperature and partially reheating the cooled flow of air received by the reheater from the evaporator thereby decreasing the relative humidity of the cooled flow of the air.