09-07-2020 дата публикации
Номер: US20200217526A1
An apparatus for dehumidifying ambient atmospheric air comprising an enclosure assembly configured to define a first air path and a second air path, and containing a moisture-absorbing desiccant having a first dried state and a second moisturized state. The apparatus features a heat exchanger system including first means for (a) receiving radiated thermal energy from an internal combustion engine, and (b) transferring at least a portion of the radiated thermal energy to air drawn along the first air path to heat the air in the first air path; and second means for (a) receiving exhaust gas containing thermal energy from an internal combustion engine, and (b) transferring at least a portion of the thermal energy from the exhaust gas to air drawn along the first air path to heat the air in the first air path. The first air path within said enclosure assembly connects the ambient atmosphere to a reactivation air outlet through the heat exchanger system and the desiccant in the second moisturized state, and the second air path within said enclosure assembly connects the ambient atmosphere to a dried air outlet through the desiccant in the first dried state. There is also provided a first blower configured to draw air from the ambient atmosphere along the first air path through the heat exchanger system to provide heated air, and to further draw the heated air along the first air path through the desiccant in the second moisturized state, to change the desiccant from the second moisturized state to the first dried state, and a second blower configured to draw air from the ambient atmosphere along the second air path through the desiccant in the first dried state, to provide dried air at the dried air outlet and to change the desiccant from the first dried state to the second moisturized state.
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