Patent ID: 7191604

Claim:
A method of designing one of a heat pump dehumidification system and an improved efficiency interior air heat exchange means for an operative heat pump system, which heat pump system is comprised of at least a refrigerant, refrigerant transport tubing, a compressor, interior heat exchange means, and exterior heat exchange means, comprising providing a first interior air heat exchange means to withdraw heat from the interior air, situated between the system's exterior heat exchange means and the system's compressor's refrigerant gas/vapor intake point, and providing a second interior air heat exchange means to reject heat into the interior air, situated between the system's compressor's refrigerant gas/vapor discharge point and the system's exterior heat exchange means; and where the heat pump system's second interior air heat exchange means rejects heat into the interior air at a rate equal to the first interior air heat exchange means, less the rate equivalent to the additional heat of compression generated by means of the system's compressor.