摘要 |
A desiccant-assisted air conditioning system utilizes a compressor ( 10 ), a condenser coil ( 11 ), an evaporator coil ( 13 ), supplemental desiccant coils ( 19, 20 ) connected therewith, and damper ( 18 A, 19 B) and valve arrangements that direct air and refrigerant through the system coils in several different thermodynamic operating paths. The system combines, transfers and reverses thermodynamic energies between the desiccant, the refrigerant and the crossing air, and simultaneously maximizes the refrigerant vapor compression closed cycle and desiccant vapor compression open cycle. The desiccant coils ( 19, 20 ) not only provide an effective gas phase change in their crossing air streams, but also simultaneously provide endothermic and exothermic energy exchanges between the air streams and the passing refrigerant that maximize the operating efficiency of the compressor, condenser coil, and evaporator coil, conserves energy, and produces quality conditioned air output. |