Claims
- 1. Apparatus for ultra high energy efficient heating, cooling and dehumidifying of air, said apparatus comprising:
- combustion means for generating useful heat for heating of an air stream, said combustion means including combustion control means and flue gas discharge means,
- matrix container means including at least one matrix container for retaining matrix means, with each said container including front, rear and side walls, and screen means separating each said container into first, second, and third consecutive chambers, said first and third chambers having at least one intake-exit opening for intake and for exit of first and second air streams, said second chamber housing said matrix means and having flanged openings for replacement of said matrix means, said matrix container means operating in a short cycle including a sorption and desorption periods,
- matrix means including at least a single matrix means including solid materials for removing of particulates and for absorbing heat and moisture from said first air stream and for simultaneously cooling said first air stream during said sorption period, and then releasing said particulates and said heat and moisture into said second air stream and simultaneously heating said second air stream during said desorption period,
- air fan means for pumping said two air streams periodically through said matrix container means in preselected time intervals, said air fan means pumping said two air streams alternately and countercurrently to each other through said matrix container means and said matrix means during said sorption and desorption periods to facilitate countercurrent transfer of heat and moisture between said two air streams,
- compartment means in communication with said matrix container means, said compartment means housing said combustion means and including an intake and an exit means for intake and exit of said two air streams, and
- process control means interconnected with said matrix means and said air fan means, and provided for controlling said operating cycle of said matrix means by regular periodic switching of said air fan means, and for maintaining a continuous operation of said apparatus operating in either of a heating mode, cooling mode, and or a dehumidifying mode.
- 2. Apparatus of claim 1 with the flue gas generated in said combustion means being discharged via said flue gas discharge means to outdoors.
- 3. Apparatus of claim 1 with said combustion means being in communication with said matrix container means through said flue gas discharge means with said flue gas being discharged via said flue gas discharge means into and through said matrix container means together with one of said two air streams to outdoors.
- 4. Apparatus of claim 3 with said combustion control means being interconnected with and controlled by said process control means, with said process control means controlling said operation of said combustion means, with said combustion means operating in a cyclic mode, with the combustion reactions occurring in said combustion means being carried out in a cyclic combustion process controlled and maintained by said process control means, with said cyclic combustion process comprising a short combustion period followed by a short venting period, with said flue gas discharge means eliminating the leakage and carry over of said flue gas into said heated air stream.
- 5. Apparatus as claimed in claims 2, 3, or 4 including in addition means for recirculation of an air stream including blower means, filter means and damper means, with said compartment means including intake exit-means for intake and exit of said first and second air streams and said recirculated air stream, and having partition means for directing one of said first and second air streams into said blower means, with said blower means being controlled by said process control means.
- 6. Apparatus of claim 5 with said air fan means drawing said flue gas with one of said first and second air streams from said compartment means alternately into, through and out of said matrix container means and out of said apparatus, with said blower means drawing alternately said the other air stream into, through, and out of said matrix container means into said compartment means and then together with said recirculated air stream through said compartment means out of said apparatus.
- 7. Apparatus of claims 2, 3, or 4 with said matrix container means including in addition heater means for reactivation of said matrix means.
- 8. Apparatus of claim 7 including in addition means for recirculation of an air stream including blower means, filter means and damper means, with said compartment means including intake exit means for intake and exit of said first and second air streams and said recirculated air stream, and having partition means for directing one of said first and second air streams into said blower means, with said blower means being controlled by said process control means.
- 9. Apparatus of claim 8 with said air fan means drawing said flue gas with one of said first and second air streams from said compartment means alternately into, through and out of said matrix container means and out of said apparatus, with said blower means drawing alternately said the other air stream into, through and out of said matrix container means into said compartment means and then together with said recirculated air stream through said compartment means out of said apparatus.
- 10. Apparatus of claims 2, 3, or 4 with said matrix means including first matrix and a second matrix, with said first matrix including solid materials for removing particulates and for absorbing heat and moisture from one of said two air streams during said sorption period and then releasing said particulates and said absorbed heat and moisture into said other air stream during said desorption period, with said second matrix including solid materials with wetting means, with said second matrix operating either in a dry or a wet operating modes, with said second matrix absorbing and releasing heat when operating dry, and washing, humidifying and cooling said two air streams when operating wet during said sorption and desorption periods, with said process control means in addition controlling said dry and wet operations of said second matrix.
- 11. Apparatus of claim 10 with said matrix container means including in addition heater means for reactivation of said matrix means.
- 12. Apparatus of claims 10 or 11 including in addition means for recirculation of an air stream including blower means, filter means and damper means, with said compartment means including intake exit means for intake and exit of said first and second air streams, and having partition means for directing one of said first and second air streams into said blower means, with said blower means being controlled by said process control means.
- 13. Apparatus of claim 12 with said air fan means drawing said flue gas with one of said first and second air streams from said compartment means alternately into, through and out of said matrix container means and out of said apparatus, with said blower means drawing alternately said the other air stream into, through and out of said matrix container means into said compartment means and then together with said recirculated air stream through said compartment means out of said apparatus.
- 14. Apparatus of claims 2, 3 or 4 with each said matrix container means including partition means with damper means separating each said matrix container into first and second chambers, said partition with damper means provided for permitting passage of said first and second air streams either through one or through both said chambers, with both said chambers including matrix means, with said first chamber including first and second matrix, with said first said matrix including solid materials for absorbing heat from one of said two air streams during said sorption period and then releasing said absorbed heat into said other air stream during said desorption period, with said second matrix including solid materials with wetting means, with said second matrix operating either in a dry or a wet operating mode, with said second matrix absorbing and releasing heat when operating dry, and washing, humidifying and cooling said two air streams when operating wet during said sorption and desorption periods, with said process control means controlling said dry and wet operations of said second matrix, with said second chamber including third matrix including desiccant means for removing moisture from one of said two air streams during said sorption period and then releasing said moisture into said other air stream during said desorption period.
- 15. Apparatus of claim 14 with said matrix container means including in addition heater means for reactivation of said desiccant means.
- 16. Apparatus of claims 14 or 15 including in addition means for recirculation of an air stream including blower means, filter means and damper means, with said compartment means including intake exit means for intake and exit of said first and second air streams, and having partition means for directing one of said first and second air streams into said blower means, with said blower means being controlled by said process control means.
- 17. Apparatus of claim 16 with said air fan means drawing said flue gas with one of said first and second air streams from said compartment means alternately into, through and out of said matrix container means and out of said apparatus, with said blower means drawing alternately said the other air stream into, through and out of said matrix means into said compartment means and then together with said recirculated air stream through said compartment means out of said apparatus.
- 18. Apparatus of claims 2, 3, or 4 with said matrix means including first matrix and a second matrix, with said first matrix including solid materials for removing particulates and for absorbing heat from one of said two air streams during said sorption period and then releasing said particulates and said absorbed heat into said other air stream during said desorption period, with said second matrix including solid materials with wetting means, with said second matrix operating either in a dry or a wet operating modes, with said second matrix absorbing and releasing heat when operating dry, and washing, humidifying and cooling said two air streams when operating wet during said sorption and desorption periods, with said process control means in addition controlling said dry and wet operations of said second matrix.
- 19. Apparatus of claim 18 including in addition means for recirculation of an air stream including blower means, filter means and damper means, with said compartment means including intake exit means for intake and exit of said first and second air streams, and having partition means for directing one of said first and second air streams into said blower means, with said blower means being controlled by said process control means.
- 20. Apparatus of claim 19 with said air fan means drawing said flue gas with one of said first and second air streams from said compartment means alternately into, through and out of said matrix container means and out of said apparatus, with said blower means drawing alternately said the other air stream into, through and out of said matrix container means into said compartment means and then together with said recirculated air stream through said compartment means out of said apparatus.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of my earlier application Ser. No. 07/152,808 filed Feb. 5, 1988 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,952,283 granted Aug. 28, 1990.
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