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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2002
Yoshimasa Kikuchi, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Yabu, Osaka, JP;
Akira Kamino, Osaka, JP;
Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an air conditioning apparatus which is provided with two adsorption elements (). The air conditioning apparatus repeats in alternation an operation in which the second adsorption element () is regenerated and, at the same time, air is dehumidified by the first adsorption element (), and an operation in which the first adsorption element () is regenerated and, at same time, air is dehumidified by the second adsorption element (). Additionally, the air conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit. The refrigerant circuit performs a refrigeration cycle in which a regenerative heat exchanger () operates as a condenser and a first cooling heat exchanger () or a second cooling heat exchanger () operates as an evaporator. For example, air, which has robbed heat of adsorption in the first adsorption element (), is further heated by the regenerative heat exchanger () and is introduced into the second adsorption element (). Consequently, the second adsorption element () is regenerated.