A rotary-type total heat exchanger (10) includes two blowers (21, 22), a rotary wheel (33), an air-guiding member (41) and an air-regulating member (42). The blowers are used to provide a first airflow and a second airflow into the total heat exchanger. The rotary wheel defines therein a plurality o
A rotary-type total heat exchanger (10) includes two blowers (21, 22), a rotary wheel (33), an air-guiding member (41) and an air-regulating member (42). The blowers are used to provide a first airflow and a second airflow into the total heat exchanger. The rotary wheel defines therein a plurality of air passageways (331). Upon rotation, the rotary wheel is capable of exchanging heat and moisture between the airflows when the airflows separately flow though the air passageways of the rotary wheel. The air-guiding member is in fluid communication with one of the blowers for guiding one of the airflows toward the rotary wheel. The air-regulating member is located between the rotary wheel and the air-guiding member for distributing the guided airflow over the air passageways of the rotary wheel.
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What is claimed is: 1. A rotary-type total heat exchanger comprising: a pair of blowers for providing a first airflow and a second airflow into the total heat exchanger, respectively; a rotary wheel defining therein a plurality of air passageways, and upon rotation, the rotary wheel being capable o
What is claimed is: 1. A rotary-type total heat exchanger comprising: a pair of blowers for providing a first airflow and a second airflow into the total heat exchanger, respectively; a rotary wheel defining therein a plurality of air passageways, and upon rotation, the rotary wheel being capable of exchanging heat and moisture between the airflows when the airflows separately flow though the air passageways of the rotary wheel; an air-guiding member in fluid communication with one blower for guiding one of the airflows toward the rotary wheel; and an air-regulating member located between the rotary wheel and the air-guiding member for distributing the guided airflow over the air passageways of the rotary wheel; wherein the air-regulating member is connected to an air-exiting end of the air-guiding member, the air-regulating member includes a solid bottom portion and a mesh-like top portion, the top portion defines therein a network of openings for passage of the guided airflow and divides the guided airflow into many smaller airflows, and the bottom portion has a thickness gradually reduced toward the top portion to form a slope for guiding the guided airflow to move toward the top portion. 2. The rotary-type total heat exchanger of claim 1, wherein the first airflow is an indoor air to be exhausted to outdoors and the second airflow is an outdoor air to be supplied to indoors. 3. The rotary-type total heat exchanger of claim 1, further comprising a heat-pipe heat exchanger which includes at least one heat pipe spanning across the first airflow and the second airflow simultaneously. 4. The rotary-type total heat exchanger of claim 3, wherein the heat-pipe heat exchanger further comprises a plurality of cooling fins attached to the at least one heat pipe. 5. The rotary-type total heat exchanger of claim 1, wherein the blowers are located in a housing defined inside the total heat exchanger and the rotary wheel is located in an adjacent housing which is separated from the housing via a partition plate. 6. The rotary-type total heat exchanger of claim 5, wherein a dividing plate is provided in the adjacent housing to divide the rotary wheel into two semi-circular portions for the first airflow and the second airflow to pass through, respectively. 7. The rotary-type total heat exchanger of claim 6, wherein the air-guiding member is an L-shaped fan duct. 8. The rotary-type total heat exchanger of claim 6, wherein the air-exiting end of the air-guiding member is oriented towards one of the two semi-circular portions of the rotary wheel, and the top portion of the air-regulating member has a semi-circular shape similar to the one of the two semi-circular portions of the rotary wheel. 9. The rotary-type total heat exchanger of claim 8, further comprising another air-regulating member provided between the air-regulating member and the rotary wheel, the another air-regulating member having a larger size than the air-regulating member and defining therein a network of openings, and the network of openings of the another air-regulating member has a semi-circular shape comparable to the semi-circular portion of the rotary wheel. 10. A method for conducting heat and moisture exchanges between first airflow and second airflow, comprising the following steps: providing a rotary wheel capable of absorbing moisture and thermal energy from the first airflow and upon rotation of the wheel, releasing the moisture and thermal energy to the second airflow, the rotary wheel defining therein a plurality of air passageways; using an air-guiding member to guide one of the first airflow and the second airflow to face the rotary wheel; and using an air-regulating member to divide the guided airflow into many small airflows to distribute over and flow through the air passageways of the rotary wheel for conducting heat and moisture exchanges between the first airflow and the second airflow; wherein the air-regulating member is connected to an air-exiting end of the air-guiding member, the air-regulating member includes a solid bottom portion and a mesh-like top portion, the top portion defines therein a network of openings for passage of the guided airflow and divides the guided airflow into many smaller airflows, and the bottom portion has a thickness gradually reduced toward the top portion to form a slope for guiding the airflow to move toward the top portion. 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising a step of providing between the air-regulating member and the rotary wheel another air-guiding member to further regulate the air distribution of the first airflow and the second airflow over the air passageways of the rotary wheel. 12. The method of claim 10, further comprising a step of providing at least one heat pipe spanning across the first airflow and the second airflow for increasing heat exchange therebetween. 13. A rotary-type total heat exchanger comprising: an airflow generator generating a first airflow flowing from an indoors to an outdoors and a second airflow flowing from the outdoors to the indoors; a rotary heat exchanger exchanging sensible heat and latent heat between the first and second airflows when the first and second airflows flow through the rotary heat exchanger in a counter-current manner, the rotary heat exchanger having a plurality of passageways therein; a first guiding-and-regulating member dividing one of the first and second airflows into a plurality of smaller airflows before arriving at the rotary heat exchanger; a second air-regulating member located between the rotary heat exchanger and the first guiding-and-regulating member; a dividing plate being provided to divide the rotary heat exchanger into two semi-circular portions for the first airflow and the second airflow to pass through, respectively; a partition plate being provided to separate the airflow generator from the rotary heat exchanger, the partition plate being perpendicular to the dividing plate; and a mounting frame being provided perpendicular to the dividing plate and the partition plate, the second air-regulating member being fixed to the mounting frame, a bottom of the second air-regulating member being positioned on the dividing plate. 14. The rotary-type total heat exchanger of claim 13 further comprising a sensible heat exchanger located between the second air-regulating member and the rotary heat exchanger, the sensible heat exchanger exchanging sensible heat between the first and second airflows. 15. The rotary-type total heat exchanger of claim 13, wherein the second air-regulating member having a size larger than that of the first guiding-and-regulating member and dividing the smaller airflows into even smaller airflows before arriving at the rotary heat exchanger. 16. The rotary-type total heat exchanger of claim 15, wherein the second air-regulating member defines therein a network of openings through which the smaller airflows are divided into the even smaller airflows. 17. The rotary-type total heat exchanger of claim 13, wherein the first guiding-and-regulating member has a mesh-like portion through which the one of the first and second airflows is divided into the smaller airflows. 18. The method of claim 11, wherein the another air-regulating member has a larger size than the air-regulating member and defines therein a network of openings, and the another air-regulating member has a semi-circular shape comparable to a semi-circular portion of the rotary wheel. 19. The rotary-type total heat exchanger of claim 16, wherein the second air-regulating member is semi-circular and the size of the second air-regulating member is comparable to a corresponding semi-circular portion of the rotary heat exchanger. 20. The rotary-type total heat exchanger of claim 13, wherein an air-exiting end of the first guiding-and-regulating member extends outwardly to form an enlarged funnel-shaped guiding portion, the guiding portion is attached to the mounting frame and covers the network of openings of the second guiding-and-regulating member so that the airflow from the air-exiting end of the first guiding-and-regulating member is guided to pass through the openings of the second guiding-and-regulating member.
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Chagnot Catherine J. (Athens OH), Air to air heat recovery ventilator.
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