Patent ID: 11904292
Assignee: FLOW DRY TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 16:
17. An adsorbent system comprising:
an enclosure having a cavity defining a humidity-controlled environment;
a body having or defining a channel therein, wherein said body is coupled to said enclosure such that a first end of the channel is in selective fluid communication with an ambient environment and such that a second end of said channel is in fluid communication with said humidity-controlled environment;
an adsorbent material in said channel, wherein said channel and adsorbent material are configured such that inlet fluid flowing from the first end to the second end is flowable over at least a portion of said adsorbent material along an inlet fluid path which is the shortest path flowable through said channel by said inlet fluid, and wherein said channel and adsorbent material are configured such that outlet fluid flowing from the second end to the first end is directly flowable over the portion of said adsorbent material flowable over by the inlet fluid along an outlet fluid path; and
a valve system positioned at or adjacent to or in fluid communication with the first end of the channel, wherein the valve system includes an inlet valve portion that is biased to a closed position to generally block a flow of inlet fluid therethrough and that is movable to an open position when a pressure in said channel is sufficiently low relative to a pressure in said ambient environment, and wherein the valve system further includes an outlet valve portion that is biased to a closed position to generally block a flow of outlet fluid therethrough and that is movable to an open position when the pressure in said channel is sufficiently high relative to the pressure in said ambient environment.