| 摘要 |
<p>A method for conditioning water vapor bearing compressed air for supply as conditioned air to an enclosure includes the steps of flowing the compressed air into a condenser-evaporator heat exchanger (14) and then cooling the compressed air with a liquid evaporating refrigerant in the condenser-evaporator (14). Thus, the water vapor in the compressed air can become condensed liquid water available for subsequent separation to form a dehumidified air. The dehumidified air undergoes reheating with a vapor condensing refrigerant in a reheater-condenser (17) such that the dehumidifier air becomes a reheated air. The reheated air is then routed through a turbine (13b) to provide the supply to the enclosure. An apparatus is also provided for accomplishing the above steps and includes a condenser-evaporator heat exchanger (14) capable of placing the compressed air in heat exchange relationship with a vapor cycle subsystem (3). A water extractor (16) is in flow communication with the condenser-evaporator (14), with the extractor (16) being for extracting the condensed water to produce a dehumidified air. A reheater-condenser (17) is in flow communication with the water extractor (16). The reheater-condenser (17) is capable of placing the dehumidified air in heat exchange relationship with the vapor cycle subsystem (3) to produce an evaporated air. A turbine (13b) is in flow communication with the reheater-condenser (17) such that the turbine (13b) is capable of producing a cooled, expanded air to the enclosure.</p> |
