Patent ID: 6240742
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
A modular portable cooling system comprising:(a) a power module making available power excitation at its output;(b) a blower module having means for connecting to said power excitation and having at least first and second blowers excited by said power and each blower preferably having a filter canister with an input and an output and with one canister being an upper canister arrange a above the other canister which is a lower canister;(c) an air-conditioning module including a heat exchanger comprising:(i) an upper compartment having entrance and exit ducts and containing a water adsorbing material; said entrance duct being arranged in line with the lower canister of said blower module;(ii) a lower compartment having entrance and exit ducts and containing water and also housing heat-exchanging fins, said entrance duct being arranged in line with the lower canister of said blower module; and(iii) tubing interconnecting said upper and lower compartments; and(iv) means fluidly coupled to said upper and lower compartments for maintaining pressure of said upper and lower compartments so as to reduce the boiling point of water near room temperature; and(d) at least one air-distribution module having an interior and a manifold which divides said interior into upper and lower passageways each passageway having entrance and exit sections with the entrance section of an upper passageway being arranged so as to be in line with the exit duct of said upper compartment of said heat exchanger and with the entrance section of the lower passageway being arranged so as to be in line with the exit duct of said lower compartment of said heat exchanger.