Air-conditioning system with portable air-conditioning unit
First Claim
1. An air-conditioning system with a portable air-conditioning means for cooling and dehumidifying a zone comprising:
- (a) a refrigerating means for providing cold source for said air-conditioning system,(b) a portable air-conditioning unit, which is physically separated from said refrigerating unit, further comprising;
a housing for said portable air-conditioning unit of said air-conditioning system,coolant absorbing heat from the air of said zone and releasing heat to said refrigerating unit,one or a plurality of coolant carriers containing said coolant and being placed in said housing when working as a heat exchanger to absorb heat from the air of said zone and being placed in said refrigerating unit for releasing heat to said refrigerating means,an air-moving means located in said housing for forcing the air of said zone into said housing and for forcing the air passing through the surface of said coolant carriers and also for forcing the air out to said zone from said housing,(c) a portable air-conditioning means cooling said zone by forcing the air passing through said coolant carriers which are filled with said coolant and can be transported between said refrigerating means and said portable air-conditioning unit for said coolant to release heat to said refrigerating unit and to absorb heat from the air of said zone being cooled,(d) an adjusting means regulating the length of working time of said portable air-conditioning unit and the total cooling effect that said portable air-conditioning unit supplies by choosing the number of said coolant carriers loaded into said air-conditioning unit,(e) a coolant transportation means transporting said coolant between said portable air-conditioning unit and said refrigerating means by using one or a plurality of said coolant carriers.
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Abstract
An air-conditioning system comprising a portable air-conditioning unit (100, FIG. 1) for cooling and dehumidifying a zone and a refrigerating unit (10, FIG. 1) which is separated from the portable air-conditioning unit (100, FIG. 1). The portable air-conditioning unit (100, FIG. 1) comprises a housing (20, FIG. 1), an air-moving device (12, FIG. 1) and one or a plurality of coolant carriers (16, FIG. 1) which can be manually transported between the portable air-conditioning unit (100, FIG. 1) and the refrigerating unit (10, FIG. 1). The coolant carriers (16, FIG. 1) also function as cooling coils of a surface type heat-exchanger for the portable air-conditioning unit (100, FIG. 1). The coolant carriers (16, FIG. 1) are closed and sealed so that the contained coolant can be reused among cooling and refrigerating cycles. The coolant can be water or a solution of water and inorganic salt to make use of the combination of sensible heat, heat of fusion and heat of solution for cooling. The refrigerating unit (10, FIG. 1) is household refrigerator with freezer. The portable air-conditioning unit (100, FIG. 1) is substantially noise-free and the air-conditioning system improves energy efficiency considerably compared with conventional window-air-conditioning units in the prior art.
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1. An air-conditioning system with a portable air-conditioning means for cooling and dehumidifying a zone comprising:
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(a) a refrigerating means for providing cold source for said air-conditioning system, (b) a portable air-conditioning unit, which is physically separated from said refrigerating unit, further comprising; a housing for said portable air-conditioning unit of said air-conditioning system, coolant absorbing heat from the air of said zone and releasing heat to said refrigerating unit, one or a plurality of coolant carriers containing said coolant and being placed in said housing when working as a heat exchanger to absorb heat from the air of said zone and being placed in said refrigerating unit for releasing heat to said refrigerating means, an air-moving means located in said housing for forcing the air of said zone into said housing and for forcing the air passing through the surface of said coolant carriers and also for forcing the air out to said zone from said housing, (c) a portable air-conditioning means cooling said zone by forcing the air passing through said coolant carriers which are filled with said coolant and can be transported between said refrigerating means and said portable air-conditioning unit for said coolant to release heat to said refrigerating unit and to absorb heat from the air of said zone being cooled, (d) an adjusting means regulating the length of working time of said portable air-conditioning unit and the total cooling effect that said portable air-conditioning unit supplies by choosing the number of said coolant carriers loaded into said air-conditioning unit, (e) a coolant transportation means transporting said coolant between said portable air-conditioning unit and said refrigerating means by using one or a plurality of said coolant carriers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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