AIR CONDITIONER Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: ventilation and air conditioning in industrial, public buildings and structures. SUBSTANCE: air conditioner has housing 1 with pan 2 divided by partitions 3 for separation of the outdoor air flow into the auxiliary and main ones, heat exchanger 4 consisting of two stacks 5 of horizontally laid plates 6 with formation of dry (7) and wet (8) ducts. Moistening of the wet ducts is accomplished by atomizer 9 installed at the inlet of the auxiliary air flow, with the water spray cone directed towards it. The auxiliary air flow past heat exchanger 4 is discharged through built up duct 10, whose wall serves also as the wall of heat exchanger 4. Nozzle 11 is installed at the outlet of the main air flow, past the heat exchanger. The directions of water cones of atomizer 9 and nozzle 11 may change. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency. 1 dwg