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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2009
James H. Fort, Granby, CT (US);
James H. Fort, Granby, CT (US);
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Abstract
A water-from-air extraction system () includes a first open air passage () including a first portion () and a second portion () with the first portion () being fluidly linked to the second portion (). A desiccant wheel () is arranged between the first and second portions (). The water from air extraction system () further includes a second open air passage () including a first end portion () that leads to a second end portion () through an intermediate portion (). The first and second end portions () are fluidly connected to the first portion () of the first open air passage () and the intermediate section () is fluidly linked to the desiccant wheel (). A condensing heat exchanger () is fluidly connected to the intermediate section () of the second open air passage () downstream from the desiccant wheel (). The condensing heat exchanger () extracts water from an air flow passing through the second open air passage ().