Dehumidifier having split condenser configuration
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F25D-021/00
F24F-013/30
F24F-001/14
F24F-003/14
F24F-013/22
F25B-006/04
출원번호
US-0300909
(2011-11-21)
등록번호
US-9631834
(2017-04-25)
발명자
/ 주소
Uselton, Robert B.
Jackson, Mark Cree
출원인 / 주소
Lennox Industries Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Bell Nennally & Martin LLP
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초록▼
One aspect provides a dehumidifier that has a dehumidifying circuit and includes an evaporator, a first portion of a condensing circuit, and a first blower configured to direct a first air stream along a first flow path and through the evaporator and the first portion of the condensing circuit, for
One aspect provides a dehumidifier that has a dehumidifying circuit and includes an evaporator, a first portion of a condensing circuit, and a first blower configured to direct a first air stream along a first flow path and through the evaporator and the first portion of the condensing circuit, for reducing the humidity of the first air stream. The dehumidifier also comprises a heat removing circuit, comprising a second blower configured to direct a second air stream along a second flow path and through a second portion of the condensing circuit for removing heat from the second portion of the condensing circuit. The first and second condensing circuits are fluidly coupled.
대표청구항▼
1. A dehumidifier, comprising: a dehumidifier housing having first and second air intake chambers that are partitioned from one another, said first air intake chamber located within a first portion of said dehumidifier housing and said second air intake chamber located within a second portion of sai
1. A dehumidifier, comprising: a dehumidifier housing having first and second air intake chambers that are partitioned from one another, said first air intake chamber located within a first portion of said dehumidifier housing and said second air intake chamber located within a second portion of said dehumidifier housing, said first and second portions defining a width of said dehumidifier housing and being partitioned such that air respectively received into said first and second air intake chambers remains uncombined;a dehumidifying circuit, comprising an evaporator located in said first portion of said dehumidifier housing, a condensing panel having a width that spans said width of said dehumidifier housing, said condensing panel having a first portion located in said first portion of said dehumidifier housing and a second portion located in said second portion of said dehumidifier housing, and a first blower and a second blower located within said first portion of said dehumidifier housing, said first blower and said second blower located in said first air intake chamber and positioned to direct a first air stream through said evaporator and said first portion of said condensing panel along a first air flow path, for reducing a humidity of said first air stream, wherein said first air stream is comprised of both return air which is pulled from an indoor space by said second blower and fresh air which is driven from an outdoor space by said first blower, and the fresh air is fluidly coupled to a portion of said evaporator by a plenum, said plenum helping to prevent the fresh air from mixing with the return air; anda heat removing circuit, comprising a third blower located within said second portion of said dehumidifier housing, said third blower located in said second air intake chamber and positioned to direct a second air stream through a second portion of said condensing panel and along a second air flow path, for removing heat from said second portion of said condensing panel, where the second air stream is comprised of air from the indoor space which is exhausted to the outdoor space;wherein said second air intake chamber is fluidly coupled to said indoor space by a second return air duct and is fluidly coupled to said outdoor space by an exhaust air duct. 2. The dehumidifier recited in claim 1, further comprising a second blower located in said first portion of said dehumidifier housing and fluidly coupled to an indoor space by a supply air duct. 3. The dehumidifier recited in claim 1, wherein said second portion of said dehumidifier housing is fluidly coupled to said indoor space by said second return air duct that includes a controlled damper and fluidly coupled to an outdoor space by a damper controlled, outdoor air supply duct, and is fluidly coupled to said outdoor space by a damper controlled exhaust air duct. 4. The dehumidifier recited in claim 1, wherein said second air intake chamber is further fluidly coupled to said outdoor space by an intake air duct. 5. The dehumidifier recited in claim 1, further comprises: a second condenser panel fluidly coupled to said second portion of said condensing panel and located in said second portion of said dehumidifier housing, andan evaporative pad located in said second portion of said dehumidifier housing and between said second portion of said condensing panel and said second condenser panel. 6. The dehumidifier recited in claim 5, wherein said evaporator has a drain pan associated therewith and said drain pan having a conduit coupled thereto that extends from said drain pan to said evaporative pad. 7. The dehumidifier recited in claim 5 wherein said evaporator pad is coupled to a humidity sensor comprising a controller configured to run said third blower. 8. The dehumidifier recited in claim 1 including a filter comprising a material that removes particulates or gas-phase contaminants positioned in said first or second air streams. 9. The dehumidifier recited in claim 8, wherein said particulate filter consists of a minimum filtration efficiency of MERV 6 up to and including a HEPA filter. 10. The dehumidifier recited in claim 1 further including an ultraviolet light positioned adjacent said evaporator. 11. The dehumidifier recited in claim 1, wherein said dehumidifying circuit is located within an indoor space and said heat removing circuit is located in an outdoor space, said first and second portions of said condensing panel being fluidly coupled together by a refrigerant tube that extends between said first and second portions of said condensing panel. 12. The dehumidifier recited in claim 1, wherein said first blower is fluidly coupled to said evaporator by said plenum.
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