US 12,276,436 B2
Ultra low flow desiccant air conditioning systems devices and methods
Philip Farese, New Canaan, CT (US); Rachel Ellman, Cupertino, CA (US); and Kristopher Toivola, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Mojave Energy Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Mojave Energy Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/646,505.
Application 18/646,505 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2024/023423, filed on Apr. 5, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/457,984, filed on Apr. 7, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0337393 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. B01D 53/02 (2006.01); F24F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 3/1429 (2013.01) [F24F 3/1417 (2013.01); F24F 2003/1458 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of regenerating a liquid desiccant with a desorber, the desorber including a housing defining an interior volume, and a distributor component including a conduit and an array of emitters disposed along the conduit, the method comprising:
directing a gas at a first mass flow rate having a predetermined temperature and humidity across a media bed disposed within the interior volume of the housing;
receiving the liquid desiccant at the conduit, the liquid desiccant including water and a salt at a first salt concentration by weight;
dispensing, through each emitter of the array of emitters, the liquid desiccant to the media bed at a second mass flow rate such that the liquid desiccant wets the media bed and water is transferred from the liquid desiccant to the gas; and
after the dispensing, directing the liquid desiccant out of the housing via an outlet port,
wherein the first mass flow rate is selected so that when the water is transferred to the gas with the liquid desiccant dispensed at the second mass flow rate, the liquid desiccant at the outlet port becomes regenerated and includes the salt at a second salt concentration by weight, the second salt concentration being larger than the first salt concentration.