Air-conditioning system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9671118-B2
Application number	US-201614996607-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2016
Priority date	Sep 7, 2010
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

An air-conditioning system includes: a first duct through which air discharged from an electronic instrument passes; a water vapor retention chamber; an evaporator configured to be heated by the air passing through the first duct and thereby to generate water vapor inside the water vapor retention chamber; a desiccant rotor including an adsorbent to adsorb moisture and configured to be driven and rotated by a driving unit; a humidification chamber; a second duct configured to feed outdoor air introduced from an outdoor space into the humidification chamber; and a third duct configured to feed the air passing through the humidification chamber into a room where the electronic instrument is installed, wherein a portion of the desiccant rotor is located inside the water vapor retention chamber, and another portion of the desiccant rotor is located inside the humidification chamber.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A humidifier, comprising:
an evaporator configured to generate water vapor by using waste heat;
a desiccant rotor including an adsorbent to adsorb the water vapor; and
a humidification chamber configured to humidify air by using moisture adsorbed to the adsorbent,
wherein the evaporator includes:
a heat-absorbing plate that absorbs the waste heat; and
a water storage unit configured to store water and thermally connected to the heat-absorbing plate.

2. The humidifier according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a water vapor retention chamber,
wherein the evaporator is configured to generate the water vapor inside the water vapor retention chamber, and
an openable and closable air valve is provided at each of two ends of the water vapor retention chamber.

3. The humidifier according to claim 1 , wherein activated carbon is contained in the desiccant rotor.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Yoshida Hiroaki
• Fukuda Hiroyuki

Classifications

• F24F6/06

  using moving unheated wet elements · CPC title

• F24F6/08

  using heated wet elements · CPC title

• F24F2003/1464

  using rotating regenerators · CPC title

• H05K7/20827

  within rooms for removing heat from cabinets, e.g. air conditioning devices · CPC title

• F24F3/1423 Primary

  with a moving bed of solid desiccants, e.g. a rotary wheel supporting solid desiccants · CPC title