EP 1058064 A2 20001206 - A method and a device to reduce or avoid formation and smell of mildew in a building
Title (en)
A method and a device to reduce or avoid formation and smell of mildew in a building
Title (de)
Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Reduzierung oder Vermeidung der Entwicklung von Schimmel und Geruch im Gebäude
Title (fr)
Méthode et dispositif pour réduire ou éviter la formation du mildiou et les odeurs dans un bâtiment
Publication
Application
Priority
SE 9902084 A 19990604
Abstract (en)
In a method of reducing or avoiding the formation of mildew and its associated malodours in a building that includes a floor over crawl space structure and that rests on a foundation (1c) a rotor-equipped dehumidifier is provided in the crawl space situated beneath the floor structure and delimited by the foundations. A subpressure is maintained in the crawl space, so that air will be drawn from the building interior and through the floor structure and into said space by suction. This is achieved by leading part of the process air delivered to the dehumidifier away from the dehumidifier and out from said space, after said air has been pressurized by the fan (4) of the dehumidifier and prior to dehumidifying said air. This enables the pressurized process air to be led away through conduit means (3e, 12) that extends at least initially in connection with the moist air exhaust conduit (3d) of the dehumidifier (3). The inventive method obviates the need for a separate fan to sustain a subpressure in said space. The invention also relates to a device that operates in accordance with the inventive method. <IMAGE> <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
F24F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F24F 3/1423 (2013.01); F24F 2203/1012 (2013.01); F24F 2203/1032 (2013.01); F24F 2203/1056 (2013.01); F24F 2203/1068 (2013.01); F24F 2203/1084 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT CH DE FI FR GB LI
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1058064 A2 20001206; EP 1058064 A3 20011031; NO 20002774 D0 20000530; NO 20002774 L 20001205; NO 311145 B1 20011015; SE 512501 C2 20000327; SE 9902084 D0 19990604; SE 9902084 L 20000327
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 00850096 A 20000531; NO 20002774 A 20000530; SE 9902084 A 19990604