Patent ID: 8876956
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: B01D,F24F,F25B,F25D,Y02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A water recovery device comprising: a desiccant stack including a chamber defining an airflow path therein, the desiccant stack including a plurality of desiccant trays, each desiccant tray including a desiccant media cartridge and an amount of liquid desiccant placed within the desiccant tray and absorbed by a media material of the media cartridge; a condenser communicating with the desiccant stack; a heat exchanger communicating with the desiccant stack; a heat source in communication with the heat exchanger for providing heat to the heat exchanger; wherein the water recovery device is operated in a charge cycle for circulating ambient air through the chamber to remove water vapor by the liquid desiccant and retaining water vapor in the chamber, the water recovery device being further operated in an extraction cycle to remove the retained water vapor within the chamber, the condenser providing a cooling source to condense the water vapor, thereby producing an amount of water condensate.