Combined air conditioning and ventilation assembly

Patent · Tue Apr 21 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6637649

Dolison, D H; Rahn, W H

A system is described for the cooling and heating of the interior of a building structure, system comprising: (a) an air conditioning assembly mounted on the building structure, the air conditioning assembly structured to selectively heat and cool air passing into the building interior, (b) a delivery duct assembly connected to the air conditioning assembly substantially at one end thereof and extending into the building interior at an opposite end of the delivery duct assembly, (c) delivery duct assembly including at least one elongated delivery duct disposed and structured to direct conditioned air issuing from the air conditioning assembly into the building interior, (d) air return means for delivering air to an intake portion of the air conditioning assembly and comprising at least one return duct disposed at least in part within the building interior, (e) one return duct comprising a first air intake located along the length of the return duct in a lowermost zone of the building interior and a second air intake located along the length of the return duct in an uppermost zone of the building structure, (f) first and second air intakes each comprising an air damper structure for selective movement between an open and a closed position.

• Assignee: NOV; EDB-87-095167; NOV-87-058409
• Patent Number(s): US 4658889
• OSTI ID: 6637649
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320106* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Building Equipment-- (1987-)
AIR CONDITIONERS
AIR CONDITIONING
AIR FLOW
BUILDINGS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DESIGN
DRAFT CONTROL SYSTEMS
DUCTS
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
HEATING
INTAKE STRUCTURES
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
OPERATION
POSITIONING
SPACE HEATING
VENTILATION SYSTEMS