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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2013
System and method for controlling temperature and humidity in multiple spaces using liquid desiccant
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Christopher Laughman, Waltham, MA (US);
Daniel J Burns, Wakefield, MA (US);
Scott A. Bortoff, Brookline, MA (US);
Richard C. Waters, Concord, MA (US);
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A branch controller operates with a system for temperature and humidity control. The branch controller includes a fluid control system for controlling a flow of the liquid desiccant in an arrangement of channels forming a first path for exchanging the liquid desiccant between a liquid desiccant conditioning unit and at least a first space conditioning unit and a second path for directing the liquid desiccant received from the first space conditioning unit to a second space conditioning unit. The branch controller includes a processor for comparing operational conditions of the first space conditioning unit and the second space conditioning unit. The processor selects between the first path and the second path based on the comparison and commands the fluid control system to control the flow of the liquid desiccant according to the selected path.