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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2015
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
The School Corporation Kansai University, Suita-shi, Osaka, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
THE SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a dehumidification apparatus with good energy efficiency. A moisture absorbing material (polymeric moisture absorbing material), which absorbs moisture and swells at a temperature not higher than a predetermined temperature sensitive point, while shrinking and releasing condensed water at a temperature higher than the temperature sensitive point as a result of phase transition, is formed so as to be divided into a plurality of segments which are made apart from each other during dehydration. A rotation motor () is used to move the moisture absorbing material (polymeric moisture absorbing material) between a moisture absorption region () and a dehydration region (). In the dehydration region (), the moisture absorbing material (polymeric moisture absorbing material) is heated by the heater ().