Patent ID: 9303884
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: B01D,F24F

Claim Text:
1. Dehumidifier apparatus of the solid desiccant type comprising a desiccant wheel ( 1 ) and wheel drive, a housing with internal baffles and air seals proximate to the wheel face to create plenums or sectors and prevent air from leaking between adjacent sectors, to create three paths for air to pass through the wheel; the sectors being sequentially a reactivation sector ( 3 )to dry the desiccant to a low equilibrium relative humidity, a process sector ( 2 ) to dry return air from the process and makeup air received from an outside air sector ( 33 ), the outside air sector ( 33 ) to dehumidify another airstream ( 34 ), to provide makeup air ( 36 ) for the process sector ( 2 ) and all the air for the reactivation sector ( 3 ).