System for producing conditioned air

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR COMFORT CONDITIONING OF A CLOSED SPACE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING AT LEAST THREE SEPARATE AIR CONDITIONING DEVICES, A FIRST OF SAID DEVICES BEING A DEHUMIDIFIER INCLUDING A DESICCANT AND EFFECTIVE TO REMOVE WATER FROM AIR CIRCULATED IN CONTACT THEREWITH, A SECOND OF SAID DEVICES BEING EFFECTIVE TO REDUCE THE SENSIBLE HEAT AND TO CHANGE THE DEWPOINT OF AIR CIRCULATED IN CONTACT THEREWITH, AND A THIRD OF SAID DEVICES BEING EFFECTIVE TO LOWER THE SENSIBLE HEAT OF AIR CIRCULATED IN CONTACT THEREWITH; MEANS FOR CIRCULATING FRESH AIR THROUGH THE FIRST OF SAID DEVICES; MEANS EFFECTIVE TO RECEIVE AIR FROM THE FIRST OF SAID DEVICES, TO CIRCULATE A FIRST PART OF SUCH AIR THROUGH THE SECOND OF SAID DEVICES AND THEN INTO THE CLOSED SPACE, AND TO CIRCULATE A SECOND PART OF SUCH AIR THROUGH THE THIRD OF SAID DEVICES AND THEN INTO THE CLOSED SPACE; MEANS EFFECTIVE TO CONTROL THE RELATIVE PROPORTIONS OF THE AIR CIRCULATED THROUGH THE SECOND AND THE THIRD OF SAID DEVICES AND INTO THE CLOSED SPACE TO MAINTAIN AN INSTANTANEOUSLY REQUIRED DEWPOINT IN THE SPACE; TRANSFERRING MEANS EFFECTIVE TO ABSORB HEAT FROM THE SECOND AND THIRD OF SAID DEVICES, SAID TRANSFERRING MEANS BEING EFFECTIVE TO MAINTAIN SAID DEVICES AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW A PREDETERMINED TAIN SAID DEVICES AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW A PREDETERMINED MAXIMUM; MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID TRANSFERRING MEANS; A CIRCULATING SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING HEAT FROM THE FIRST OF SAID DEVICES TO A HEAT TRANSFER MEDIUM. SAID CIRCULATING SYSTEM BEING EFFECTIVE TO MAINTAIN SAID FIRST DEVICE AT A TEMPERATURE ABOVE THE PREDETERMINED MAXIMUM; AND MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CIRCULATING SYSTEM AND EFFECTIVE TO REJECT HEAT FROM THE HEAT TRANSFER MEDIUM.