Patent ID: 8882895

Claim:
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 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 for providing heat to the desiccant stack; a plurality of air transport lines, the air transport lines at least enabling communication between the chamber and the desiccant stack; a plurality of at least one of valves, fans and manifolds communicating with the chamber for controlling airflow within the water recovery device; 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 and thereby provide an amount of water condensate.