Systems and methods for conditioning air and transferring heat and mass between airflows
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising:
- a first chamber having a plurality of first sectors;
a second chamber having a plurality of second sectors;
a first airflow device forming a first airflow through the first chamber;
a second airflow device forming a second airflow through the second chamber;
a heat and mass transfer substance flowing in a plurality of the first and second sectors, the substance interacting with the first and second airflows through the first and second chambers;
thermal inducement apparatus thermally interacting with the substance establishing a thermal gradient between the first sectors and a thermal gradient between the second sectors providing a heat and mass energy gradient for the first airflow through the first sectors and a reversed heat and mass energy gradient for the second airflow through the second sectors; and
plumbing moving the substance between at least one of the first sectors and at least one of the second sectors.
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Abstract
An air conditioning system includes a first chamber having a plurality of first sectors, a second chamber having a plurality of second sectors, a first airflow device forming a first airflow through the first chamber, a second airflow device forming a second airflow through the second chamber, and a heat and mass transfer substance flowing in a plurality of the first and second sectors, the substance interacting with the first and second airflows through the first and second chambers. Thermal inducement apparatus thermally interacts with the substance establishing a thermal gradient between the first sectors and a thermal gradient between the second sectors providing a heat and mass energy gradient for the first airflow through the first sectors and a reversed heat and mass energy gradient for the second airflow through the second sectors. Plumbing is provided, which moves the substance throughout the system.
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25 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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a first chamber having a plurality of first sectors;
a second chamber having a plurality of second sectors;
a first airflow device forming a first airflow through the first chamber;
a second airflow device forming a second airflow through the second chamber;
a heat and mass transfer substance flowing in a plurality of the first and second sectors, the substance interacting with the first and second airflows through the first and second chambers;
thermal inducement apparatus thermally interacting with the substance establishing a thermal gradient between the first sectors and a thermal gradient between the second sectors providing a heat and mass energy gradient for the first airflow through the first sectors and a reversed heat and mass energy gradient for the second airflow through the second sectors; and
plumbing moving the substance between at least one of the first sectors and at least one of the second sectors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. Apparatus comprising:
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air movement apparatus developing a first airflow through a first chamber and a second airflow through a second chamber, the first chamber having a first sector and the second chamber having a second sector;
a substance capable of transferring heat and mass;
an energy exchange device causing the first airflow to interact with the substance at the first sector and the second airflow interacting with the substance at the second sector, and forming a heat and mass transfer exchange between the first and second airflows;
thermal inducement apparatus thermally interacting with the substance causing an energy change transmitted to the first airflow and an opposite energy change transmitted to the second airflow; and
plumbing providing a flow of the substance of the first sector to the second sector, and a flow of the substance of the second sector to the first sector. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method comprising steps of:
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applying a heat and mass transfer substance to sectors of a first chamber;
applying the heat and mass transfer substance to sectors of a second chamber;
intermixing the substance between first chamber sectors and second chamber sectors;
adapting the substance of the first chamber sectors to contact air flowing into the space;
adapting the substance of the second chamber sectors to contact air flowing from the space;
establishing a negative thermal gradient between sectors in the first chamber; and
establishing a positive thermal gradient between sectors in the second chamber. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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