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Title: Liquid desiccant based dehumidification and cooling system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1840461

A liquid desiccant system including a high desorber, a low desorber, and an absorber that are in fluid communication with a working solution, where the high desorber provides rejected water vapor from the working fluid for condensation in a condenser of the low desorber that provides heat for rejection of additional water from the working solution in the low desorber effectively multiplying the heat provided for desorption. The low desorber provided the concentrated working solution to the absorber where water from ambient air is condensed into the concentrated working solution to provide a dilute working solution within a working solution conduit of the absorber that is thermally coupled to an internal cooler of the absorber. In some embodiments, the working solution can be an aqueous solution of at least one ionic liquid.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EE0006718
Assignee:
The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, FL)
Patent Number(s):
11,123,682
Application Number:
16/217,599
OSTI ID:
1840461
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 12/12/2018
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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