US4665715A
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Method of air conditioning and air-conditioner for carrying out the same
Assignee: ABG Semca SA
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Filing: 1986-01-15
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Granted: 1987-05-19
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Expires: 2006-01-15
Abstract
Abstract A conditioning method and an air-conditioner for carrying out such method which comprises, in a compression, cooling and expansion cycle, a drying operation performed prior to the expansion. According to the invention, a dryer is alternately operated in an adsorption phase and a regeneration phase, depending on whether it communicates with the outlet or the inlet of a heat exchanger. The present method and device can be advantageously applied to environment control in the field of aircraft and automotive vehicle air conditioning.
Inventors
- 👤 Jacques Signoret
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 06:42
CPC Classifications
F; F24; F24F; F24F3/00; F24F3/12; F24F3/14; F24F3/1411; F24F3/1423; B; B64; B64D; B64D13/00; B64D13/06; F04; F04B; F04B39/00; F04B39/16; F24F5/00; F24F5/0085; F24F2203/00; F24F2203/10; F24F2203/1004; F24F2203/1032; F24F2203/1068; F24F2203/108; F24F2203/1084; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T50/00; Y02T50/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
299 words
An air-conditioner comprising: (a) a compressor; (b) a first dryer; (c) a first conduit for delivering air from said compressor to said first dryer; (d) a first exchanger; (e) a second conduit for delivering air from said first dryer to said first exchanger; (f) a third conduit leading from said first conduit to said second conduit around said first dryer; (g) a first valve located in said third conduit; (h) a water extractor that removes the condensation water in liquid phase issuing from said first exchanger; (i) a fourth conduit for delivering air from said first exchanger to said water extractor; (j) a second dryer that absorbs the water not extracted in liquid phase by said water extractor and water in vapor phase; (k) a fifth conduit for dlivering air from said water extractor to said second dryer; (l) an expansion turbine; (m) a sixth conduit for delivering air from said second dryer to said expansion turbine; (n) a seventh conduit leading from said fifth conduit to said sixth conduit around said second dryer; (o) a second valve located in said seventh conduit; (p) a fan; (q) a shaft on which said compressor, said expansion turbine, and said fan are all commonly mounted; (r) an eighth conduit for delivering air from said expansion turbine to an enclosure to be air-conditioned; (s) a ninth conduit for delivering stale air from the enclosure to be air-conditioned to said first exchanger; (t) a tenth conduit for delivering air from said first exchanger to said fan; and (u) an eleventh conduit for delivering air from said fan to the external environment, whereby, in use, one of said first and second dryers is operated in a regeneration phase while the other one of said first and second dryers is operated in an adsorption phase.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
299 words
An air-conditioner comprising: (a) a compressor; (b) a first dryer; (c) a first conduit for delivering air from said compressor to said first dryer; (d) a first exchanger; (e) a second conduit for delivering air from said first dryer to said first exchanger; (f) a third conduit leading from said first conduit to said second conduit around said first dryer; (g) a first valve located in said third conduit; (h) a water extractor that removes the condensation water in liquid phase issuing from said first exchanger; (i) a fourth conduit for delivering air from said first exchanger to said water extractor; (j) a second dryer that absorbs the water not extracted in liquid phase by said water extractor and water in vapor phase; (k) a fifth conduit for dlivering air from said water extractor to said second dryer; (l) an expansion turbine; (m) a sixth conduit for delivering air from said second dryer to said expansion turbine; (n) a seventh conduit leading from said fifth conduit to said sixth conduit around said second dryer; (o) a second valve located in said seventh conduit; (p) a fan; (q) a shaft on which said compressor, said expansion turbine, and said fan are all commonly mounted; (r) an eighth conduit for delivering air from said expansion turbine to an enclosure to be air-conditioned; (s) a ninth conduit for delivering stale air from the enclosure to be air-conditioned to said first exchanger; (t) a tenth conduit for delivering air from said first exchanger to said fan; and (u) an eleventh conduit for delivering air from said fan to the external environment, whereby, in use, one of said first and second dryers is operated in a regeneration phase while the other one of said first and second dryers is operated in an adsorption phase.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
An air-conditioner as recited in claim 1 and further comprising a twelfth conduit for delivering external air to said compressor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
An air-conditioner as recited in claim 1 and further comprising a thirteenth conduit for introducing outside air into said ninth conduit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
51 words
An air-conditioner as recited in claim 1 and further comprising: (a) a second exchanger located in said sixth conduit; (b) a fourteenth conduit for delivering air from the enclosure to be air-conditioned to said second exchanger; and (c) a fifteenth conduit for delivering air from said second exchanger to said fan.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
65 words
An air-conditioner as recited in claim 4 and further comprising: (a) a first spray nozzle located in said ninth conduit; (b) a second spray nozzle located in said fourteenth conduit; (c) a sixteenth conduit for delivering condensation liquid from said water extractor to said first spray nozzle; and (d) a seventeenth conduit for delivering condensation liquid from said water extractor to said second spray nozzle.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
An air-conditioner as recited in claim 1 and further comprising: (a) a first spray nozzle located in said ninth conduit and (b) a sixteenth conduit for delivering condensation liquid from said water extractor to said first spray nozzle.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
An air-conditioner as recited in claim 1 wherein each one of said first and second dryers comprises a drum which is movable about an axis and which comprises cyclically disposed sectors adapted to operate successively in the adsorption phase and in the regeneration phase.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
76 words
An air-conditioner as recited in claim 7 wherein: (a) said drum is disposed in a space delimited by a tank and a cap; (b) said drum is adapted to rotate within said space so as to present cyclically each one of said sectors in a regeneration zone and in an adsorption zone; and (c) said regeneration zone and said adsorption zone are delimited by walls and are adapted to communicate with associated ones of said conduits.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
An air-conditioner as recited in claim 8 wherein said drum is connected by connecting means extending through said tank to driving motor means adapted to successively move each sector of said drum into said regeneration zone.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1994-05-18 | 1994-11-17 | 1995-05-19 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1998-05-18 | 1998-11-17 | 1999-05-19 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |