Solar powered dehumidifier apparatus

Title: Solar powered dehumidifier apparatus

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A thermally insulated light transmitting housing forms a chamber containing a desiccant and having a first gas port open to the ambient and a second gas port connected by a two way valve to a volume to be dried. Solar energy transmitted through the housing heats and dries the desiccant. The increased air pressure due to the heating of the volume to be dried causes the air from the volume to be expelled through the valve into the chamber. The desiccant is then cooled by shielding it from solar energy before the volume cools thereby increasing its moisture absorbing capacity. Then the volume is allowed to cool drawing dehumidified air through the desiccant and the valve into the volume to be dried. This cycle is then repeated.

Inventors:

Jebens, Robert W. ^[1]

(Skillman, NJ)

Issue Date:: 1980-12-30

OSTI Identifier:: 863757

Patent Number(s):: 4242112

Application Number:: 06/044,528

Assignee:: RCA Corporation (New York, NY) OSTI

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: solar; powered; dehumidifier; apparatus; thermally; insulated; light; transmitting; housing; forms; chamber; containing; desiccant; gas; ambient; connected; valve; volume; dried; energy; transmitted; heats; dries; increased; air; pressure; due; heating; causes; expelled; cooled; shielding; cools; increasing; moisture; absorbing; capacity; allowed; cool; drawing; dehumidified; cycle; repeated; solar powered; pressure due; solar energy; chamber containing; thermally insulated; air pressure; light transmitting; energy transmitted; solar power; /96/137/

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  abstractNote = {A thermally insulated light transmitting housing forms a chamber containing a desiccant and having a first gas port open to the ambient and a second gas port connected by a two way valve to a volume to be dried. Solar energy transmitted through the housing heats and dries the desiccant. The increased air pressure due to the heating of the volume to be dried causes the air from the volume to be expelled through the valve into the chamber. The desiccant is then cooled by shielding it from solar energy before the volume cools thereby increasing its moisture absorbing capacity. Then the volume is allowed to cool drawing dehumidified air through the desiccant and the valve into the volume to be dried. This cycle is then repeated.},

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