Patent ID: 8545609

Claim:
A system for dehumidifying air in an enclosed space or area comprised of desiccant rotor/wheel assembly having the following; a. a cabinet; b. a desiccant rotor/wheel assembly rotatively mounted within the casing or cabinet and having the core impregnated with a desiccant material and a metallic outer shell construction surrounding the desiccant core material, wherein the desiccant rotor/wheel assembly simultaneously rotates through a process section and a microwave reactivation section; c. means for driving the rotation of the desiccant rotor/wheel assembly within the cabinet; d. a first high static blower to provide means for drawing a supply airflow from the enclosed area or space and through the process section wherein moisture in the process inlet airflow is removed by the desiccant rotor/wheel assembly core material; e. a process dry air outlet located downstream of the process section is utilized for discharging dry air supply from the desiccant rotor/wheel assembly into the enclosed space or area to be treated, dehumidified and controlled; f. a the microwave reactivation section including a microwave heating chamber which is enclosed in an explosion-proof casing or cabinet including explosion-proof rated system components for purpose of raising the temperature of a thermal fluid within coils assemblies which come in contact and heating incoming reactivation airflow; g. a second high static blower to provide means for drawing in the incoming reactivation airflow from outside the enclosed space or area and siphoning it through the reactivation section to heat the airflow into a super-heated reactivation airflow, urging the reactivation airflow through the reactivation heating coils assembly part of the microwave reactivation section and through the desiccant rotor/wheel assembly core material; h. wherein the super heated reactivation airflow has a demagnetizing effect which deactivates the desiccant core material, wherein the moisture retained within the desiccant core material is immediately released into the reactivation airflow to create a reactivation hot wet airflow discharge; i. a reactivation air outlet which is located downstream of the reactivation section, exhausts the reactivation hot wet airflow discharge externally into ambient atmosphere outside of the enclosed space or area which is being treated and dehumidified.