Patent ID: 9631834
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: F24F,F25B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A dehumidifier, comprising: a dehumidifier housing having first and second air intake chambers that are partitioned from one another, said first air intake chamber located within a first portion of said dehumidifier housing and said second air intake chamber located within a second portion of said dehumidifier housing, said first and second portions defining a width of said dehumidifier housing and being partitioned such that air respectively received into said first and second air intake chambers remains uncombined; a dehumidifying circuit, comprising an evaporator located in said first portion of said dehumidifier housing, a condensing panel having a width that spans said width of said dehumidifier housing, said condensing panel having a first portion located in said first portion of said dehumidifier housing and a second portion located in said second portion of said dehumidifier housing, and a first blower and a second blower located within said first portion of said dehumidifier housing, said first blower and said second blower located in said first air intake chamber and positioned to direct a first air stream through said evaporator and said first portion of said condensing panel along a first air flow path, for reducing a humidity of said first air stream, wherein said first air stream is comprised of both return air which is pulled from an indoor space by said second blower and fresh air which is driven from an outdoor space by said first blower, and the fresh air is fluidly coupled to a portion of said evaporator by a plenum, said plenum helping to prevent the fresh air from mixing with the return air; and a heat removing circuit, comprising a third blower located within said second portion of said dehumidifier housing, said third blower located in said second air intake chamber and positioned to direct a second air stream through a second portion of said condensing panel and along a second air flow path, for removing heat from said second portion of said condensing panel, where the second air stream is comprised of air from the indoor space which is exhausted to the outdoor space; wherein said second air intake chamber is fluidly coupled to said indoor space by a second return air duct and is fluidly coupled to said outdoor space by an exhaust air duct.