US 12,222,133 B2
Desiccant coated fan blade
Ravi Neelakantan, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael Benedict, Palo Alto, CA (US); Kathryn F. Murphy, San Francisco, CA (US); Mahati Chintapalli, Minnetonka, MN (US); and Stephen Meckler, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/336,900.
Prior Publication US 2022/0390127 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. F24F 3/14 (2006.01); F24F 3/147 (2006.01); F24F 3/153 (2006.01); F24F 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 3/1423 (2013.01) [F24F 3/147 (2013.01); F24F 3/153 (2013.01); F24F 7/08 (2013.01); F24F 2003/1464 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
one or more fans each comprising fan blades, the fan blades comprising a desiccant material on an outer surface of the fan blades;
an ambient airflow that flows across the fan blades to adsorb airborne moisture in from the ambient airflow to the desiccant material; and
a heated airflow that flows across the fan blades to desorb moisture from the desiccant material via the heated airflow, the fan blades being operated to drive one or both of the ambient airflow and heated airflow via rotation of the fan.