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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Zidu MA, Ellington, CT (US);
Inventor:
Zidu Ma, Ellington, CT (US);
Assignee:
CARRIER CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 21/00 (2006.01); F25D 17/06 (2006.01); F25B 15/00 (2006.01); B01D 15/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/44 (2006.01); B01D 11/04 (2006.01); C02F 1/26 (2006.01); B01D 17/00 (2006.01); F25B 43/00 (2006.01); E03B 3/28 (2006.01); F24F 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 43/00 (2013.01); E03B 3/28 (2013.01); F24F 3/1417 (2013.01);
Abstract
An air conditioning and water producing system includes a heat pumping unit and a membrane contactor in thermal communication with the heat pumping unit. The membrane contactor is configured such that a first brine flow is cooled by the heat pumping unit and diluted at the membrane contactor. A distiller is in thermal communication with the heat pumping unit and the membrane contactor such that a second brine flow is heated by the heat pumping unit and conveyed through the distiller. Thermal interaction between the second brine flow and the first brine flow flowing through the distiller extracts water from the second brine flow.