Patent ID: 9702574
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: F24F,F24T,F28D,F28F,Y02B,Y02E

Claim:
1. A method of cooling air contained in an air chamber using a cool water source configured to hold water having a first temperature, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a set point temperature using a thermostat; measuring a second temperature of the air contained in the air chamber using a temperature sensor; comparing the set point temperature to the second temperature of the air in the air chamber using a control circuit in electrical communication with the temperature sensor and with the thermostat; detecting that the set point temperature is less than the second temperature using the control circuit; delivering, using an inlet piping component, a first volume of the water held by the cool water source to a heat exchanger of a liquid-to-air type having a tube that includes an inlet orifice, an outlet orifice, an interior surface, and an exterior surface, and having a heat sink in thermal communication with the exterior surface of the tube; passing the first volume of the water through the inlet orifice and along the interior surface of the tube of the heat exchanger, wherein the inlet piping component is in fluid communication with the inlet orifice; moving a first volume of the air contained by the air chamber along the heat sink of the heat exchanger using a fan that is operably coupled to the control circuit; transferring heat to the first volume of the water from the first volume of the air, thereby altering the first volume of the air to exhibit a first conditioned temperature that is less than the second temperature and altering the first volume of the water to exhibit a first altered temperature that is greater than the first temperature and that approximately equals the first conditioned temperature; moving the first volume of the air having the first conditioned temperature back into the air chamber; retaining at least a portion of the first volume of water from the heat exchanger with the first altered temperature in a warm water tank that is configured for warm water distribution; and expelling the remaining first volume of water from the heat exchanger with the first altered temperature to a location different than the original cool water source.