Partitioning member for total heat exchange element, total heat exchange element and total heat exchange ventilator using the partitioning member for total heat exchange element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9921010-B2
Application number	US-201314410023-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2013
Priority date	Sep 11, 2012
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

Partitioning member ( 1 ) for total heat exchange element includes porous base material ( 2 ), and porous base material ( 2 ) is filled with hydrophilic polymer compound ( 3 ) at a surface and an inside thereof. Hydrophilic polymer compound ( 3 ) is formed by polymerizing a low-molecular-weight organic compound having a quaternary ammonium group and an amide group, and represented by chemical formula (1):

wherein A is a linear or branched alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R1, R2 and R3 are linear or branched alkyl groups each independently having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; and Y has a polymerizable functional group, and is polymerized to form a main chain of the hydrophilic polymer compound.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A partitioning member for a total heat exchange element, the partitioning member comprising:
a porous base material having a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and through-holes passing through the porous base material; and
a hydrophilic polymer compound filling the through-holes and disposed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface, wherein:
the hydrophilic polymer compound is formed by polymerizing a low-molecular-weight organic compound having a quaternary ammonium group and an amide group, and represented by chemical formula (1):

wherein A is a linear or branched alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R1, R2 and R3 are linear or branched alkyl groups each independently having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; and Y has a polymerizable functional group, and is polymerized to form a main chain of the hydrophilic polymer compound,
an average diameter of the through-holes shown is between 0.01 μm and 100 μm, both inclusive, and
the porous base material is made of one selected from the group consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene, an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, a polytetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer and a polytetrafluoroethylene-propylene hexafluoride copolymer.

2. The partitioning member according to claim 1 , wherein the hydrophilic polymer compound is formed by polymerizing a low-molecular-weight organic compound represented by chemical formula (2):

wherein A is a linear alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and Y is the same as that in chemical formula (1).

3. A total heat exchange element comprising:
a plurality of total heat exchange element pieces that are stacked; and
a plurality of partitioning members disposed on each of the plurality of total heat exchange element pieces, each of the plurality of partitioning members being the partitioning member according to claim 1 .

4. A total heat exchange ventilator comprising:
the total heat exchange element according to claim 3 .

5. A total heat exchange element comprising:
a plurality of total heat exchange element pieces that are stacked; and
a plurality of partitioning members disposed on each of the plurality of total heat exchange element pieces, each of the plurality of partitioning members being the partitioning member according to claim 2 .

6. A total heat exchange ventilator comprising:
the total heat exchange element according to claim 5 .

7. The partitioning member according to claim 1 , wherein the porous base material has a porosity from 5% to 95%, both inclusive.

8. The partitioning member according to claim 1 , wherein the porous base material has a porosity from 50% to 95%, both inclusive.

9. The partitioning member according to claim 1 , wherein the hydrophilic polymer compound is disposed on both the first and second surfaces.

10. The partitioning member according to claim 1 , wherein the hydrophilic polymer compound is formed by polymerizing a low-molecular-weight organic compound impregnated or coated on the porous base material.

11. The total heat exchange element according to claim 3 , wherein the partitioning member is configured so that two air streams along one surface and the other surface of the porous base material exchange latent heat and sensible heat therebetween.

12. The partitioning member according to claim 1 , wherein the through-holes have a curved portion.

13. The partitioning member according to claim 1 , wherein the through-holes do not have a linear shape.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ootomo Miyuki
• Hamada Yousuke

Classifications

• F28F2245/02

  hydrophilic · CPC title

• F28D9/0037

  the conduits for the other heat-exchange medium also being formed by paired plates touching each other (F28D9/0043 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y02B30/563

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F28F21/065 Primary

  the heat-exchange apparatus employing plate-like or laminated conduits · CPC title

• F24F2003/1435

  comprising semi-permeable membrane · CPC title