US 12,285,719 B2
Solar-driven membrane-based open-cycle adsorption air conditioner
Jordan D. Clark, Columbus, OH (US); Casey Wade, Columbus, OH (US); and W. S. Winston Ho, Columbus, OH (US)
Assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation, Columbus, OH (US)
Appl. No. 17/430,564
Filed by Ohio State Innovation Foundation, Columbus, OH (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/018257
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/168171, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/835,763, filed on Apr. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/806,463, filed on Feb. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0134277 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B01D 53/26 (2006.01); B01D 53/06 (2006.01); B01D 53/28 (2006.01); B01J 20/22 (2006.01); B01J 20/26 (2006.01); B01J 20/28 (2006.01); B01J 20/34 (2006.01); F24F 3/14 (2006.01); F24F 5/00 (2006.01); F24S 21/00 (2018.01)
CPC B01D 53/261 (2013.01) [B01D 53/06 (2013.01); B01D 53/28 (2013.01); B01J 20/226 (2013.01); B01J 20/26 (2013.01); B01J 20/28004 (2013.01); B01J 20/28026 (2013.01); B01J 20/28033 (2013.01); B01J 20/3425 (2013.01); B01J 20/3483 (2013.01); F24F 3/1411 (2013.01); F24F 5/0035 (2013.01); F24S 21/00 (2018.05); B01D 2253/204 (2013.01); B01D 2257/80 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioner comprising:
an intake mechanism configured to draw into the air conditioner a first amount of air and an amount of moisture from an exterior of the air conditioner;
a plurality of metal organic frameworks distributed within a polymer membrane, the metal organic frameworks in fluid communication with the intake mechanism, the metal organic frameworks configured to adsorb the amount of moisture from the first amount of air;
an indirect evaporative cooler in fluid communication with the metal organic frameworks and configured to cool the first amount of air, the indirect evaporative cooler comprising a barrier membrane having a first side and a second side, the first side positioned to contact the first amount of air prior to being cooled, and the second side configured to contact a cooling stream formed from a combination of a third amount of air from outside of the air conditioner system and a portion of the first amount of air that is siphoned from the first amount of air after the first amount of air is cooled, and
wherein the cooling stream is fed back into the indirect evaporative cooler; and
a solar heater configured to heat a second amount of air,
wherein the second amount of air is configured to regenerate the metal organic frameworks.