IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0850943
(2010-08-05)
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등록번호 |
US-8584479
(2013-11-19)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Kuwabara, Osamu
- Radermacher, Reinhard
- Hwang, Yunho
- Ling, Jiazhen
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
1 인용 특허 :
2 |
초록
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An air conditioner having a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a radiator, a pressure-reducing device and an evaporator, a total heat exchanger for performing heat-exchange between outdoor air and air under cooling operation using the evaporator for a room to be air-conditioned, and for ven
An air conditioner having a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a radiator, a pressure-reducing device and an evaporator, a total heat exchanger for performing heat-exchange between outdoor air and air under cooling operation using the evaporator for a room to be air-conditioned, and for ventilating the room to be air-conditioned, and a desiccant rotor having a moisture adsorbing area for adsorbing moisture in the outdoor air when the outdoor air is introduced, and regenerating the moisture adsorbing area by heat of the radiator, the outdoor air successively flowing through the total heat exchanger, the evaporator and the moisture adsorbing area in this order and then entering the room to be air-conditioned.
대표청구항
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1. An air conditioner comprising: a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a radiator, a pressure-reducing device and an evaporator;a heat exchanger for performing heat-exchange between outdoor air and air under cooling operation using the evaporator for a room to be air-conditioned, and for ve
1. An air conditioner comprising: a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a radiator, a pressure-reducing device and an evaporator;a heat exchanger for performing heat-exchange between outdoor air and air under cooling operation using the evaporator for a room to be air-conditioned, and for ventilating the room to be air-conditioned;a chamber disposed between the heat exchanger and the evaporator; anda desiccant rotor having a moisture adsorbing area for adsorbing moisture in the outdoor air when the outdoor air is introduced, and regenerating the moisture adsorbing area by heat of the radiator, the outdoor air successively flowing through the heat exchanger, the evaporator and the moisture adsorbing area in this order and then entering the room to be air-conditioned,wherein air exhausted from the room to be air-conditioned is mixed in the chamber with outdoor air introduced through the heat exchanger so as to form mixed air and the mixed air flows in first to third directions, the first direction being defined by a direction along which the mixed air passes through the evaporator, bypasses the desiccant rotor and then returns to the room to be air-conditioned, the second direction being defined by a direction along which the mixed air successively flows through the evaporator and the moisture adsorbing area in this order and then returns to the room to be air-conditioned, and the third direction being defined by a direction along which the mixed air is passed through the heat exchanger and then exhausted to the outside of the air conditioner. 2. The air conditioner according to claim 1, further comprising a single housing, wherein the refrigeration cycle, the heat exchanger and the desiccant rotor are integrally mounted in the housing, and the housing and the room to be air-conditioned are connected to each other through an air exhaust passage and an air introducing passage. 3. The air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the housing is installed within an attic or a crawlspace. 4. The air conditioner according to claim 1, further comprising one or plural indoor units each of which contains an indoor heat exchanger, the indoor heat exchanger being connected to the compressor in parallel to the evaporator. 5. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein: the radiator is sectioned into sub radiators arranged along a refrigerant flowing direction, andthe moisture adsorbing area of the desiccant rotor is regenerated by heat of one of the sub radiators located at a most upstream side with respect to the refrigerant flowing direction. 6. The air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein one of the sub radiators located at a most downstream side with respect to the refrigerant flowing direction is provided with a water sprinkling unit for sprinkling water. 7. The air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein the sub radiators arranged in series along the refrigerant flowing direction. 8. The air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein one of the sub radiators located at a most downstream side with respect to the refrigerant flowing direction is connected to the room to be air-conditioned through an air introducing passage, whereby the one of the sub radiators located at the most downstream side radiates heat by using heat of air from the room-conditioned. 9. An air conditioner comprising: a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a radiator, a pressure-reducing device and an evaporator;a heat exchanger for performing heat-exchange between outdoor air and air under cooling operation using the evaporator for a room to be air-conditioned, and for ventilating the room to be air-conditioned; anda desiccant rotor having a moisture adsorbing area for adsorbing moisture in the outdoor air when the outdoor air is introduced, and regenerating the moisture adsorbing area by heat of the radiator, the outdoor air successively flowing through the heat exchanger, the evaporator and the moisture adsorbing area in this order and then entering the room to be air-conditioned,wherein air exhausted from the room to be air-conditioned is passed through the heat exchanger and then exhausted to the outside of the air conditioner, and a part of the air exhausted from the room to be air-conditioned passes through the evaporator, bypasses the desiccant rotor and then returns to the room to be air-conditioned, and outdoor air introduced through the heat exchanger successively flows through the evaporator and the moisture adsorbing area in this order and then enters the room to be air-conditioned. 10. The air conditioner according to claim 9, further comprising one or plural indoor units each of which contains an indoor heat exchanger, the indoor heat exchanger being connected to the compressor in parallel to the evaporator. 11. The air conditioner according to claim 10, wherein the housing is installed within a attic or a crawlspace. 12. The air conditioner according to claim 9, wherein the outdoor air introduced through the heat exchanger successively flows through the evaporator and the moisture adsorbing area in this order and then enters the room to be air-conditioned, without being mixed with the air exhausted from the room to be air-conditioned. 13. The air conditioner according to claim 9, wherein: the radiator is sectioned into sub radiators arranged along a refrigerant flowing direction, andthe moisture adsorbing area of the desiccant rotor is regenerated by heat of one of the sub radiators located at a most upstream side with respect to the refrigerant flowing direction. 14. The air conditioner according to claim 13, wherein one of the sub radiators located at a most downstream side with respect to the refrigerant flowing direction is provided with a water sprinkling unit for sprinkling water. 15. The air conditioner according to claim 13, wherein the sub radiators arranged in series along the refrigerant flowing direction. 16. The air conditioner according to claim 13, wherein one of the sub radiators located at a most downstream side with respect to the refrigerant flowing direction is connected to the room to be air-conditioned through an air introducing passage, whereby the one of the sub radiators located at the most downstream side radiates heat by using heat of air from the room-conditioned. 17. An air conditioner comprising: a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a radiator, a pressure-reducing device and an evaporator;a heat exchanger for performing heat-exchange between outdoor air and air under cooling operation using the evaporator for a room to be air-conditioned, and for ventilating the room to be air-conditioned; anda desiccant rotor having a moisture adsorbing area for adsorbing moisture in the outdoor air when the outdoor air is introduced, the outdoor air successively flowing through the heat exchanger, the evaporator and the moisture adsorbing area in this order and then entering the room to be air-conditioned,wherein air exhausted from the room to be air-conditioned passes through the evaporator then returns to the room to be air-conditioned, without passing through the desiccant rotor. 18. The air conditioner according to claim 17, wherein the air exhausted from the room to be air-conditioned is mixed with outdoor air introduced through the heat exchanger so as to form mixed air and at least a part of the mixed air passes through the evaporator then returns to the room to be air-conditioned, without passing through the desiccant rotor. 19. The air conditioner according to claim 17, wherein the outdoor air successively flows through the heat exchanger, the evaporator and the moisture adsorbing area in this order and then entering the room to be air-conditioned, without being mixed with the air exhausted from the room to be air-conditioned. 20. The air conditioner according to claim 17, further comprising one or plural indoor units each of which contains an indoor heat exchanger, the indoor heat exchanger being connected to the compressor in parallel to the evaporator.
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