EP 4386272 A1 20240619 - AN APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR HUMIDIFYING A GAS
Title (en)
AN APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR HUMIDIFYING A GAS
Title (de)
VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM BEFEUCHTEN EINES GASES
Title (fr)
APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ D'HUMIDIFICATION DE GAZ
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 22306853 A 20221212
Abstract (en)
An apparatus (10) for humidifying a gas comprises a gas flow passage (20) along a top-to-bottom direction (D), with a gas inlet (22) opening towards a gas outlet (24), a heat exchange structure (34) between the gas inlet and outlet, a heat source (32) configured for heating the heat exchange structure (34), a liquid pouring device (50) within the gas flow passage between the gas inlet and the heat exchange structure for pouring a liquid downwards onto an upper end (52) of the heat exchange structure (34) such that said liquid wets the heat exchange structure where the latter delimits portions (36) of the gas flow passage, and a liquid inlet (54) for supplying the liquid pouring device with said liquid. The apparatus enables evaporation of at least part of the liquid into said gas within the portions of the gas flow passage delimited by the heat exchange structure.
IPC 8 full level
F24F 6/08 (2006.01); F24F 6/10 (2006.01); F25B 39/04 (2006.01); F28D 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F24F 6/08 (2013.01); F24F 6/10 (2013.01); F25B 39/04 (2013.01); F28D 5/02 (2013.01); F24F 2110/40 (2017.12)
Citation (search report)
- [XI] DE 102008031586 B3 20090702 - TERRAWATER GMBH [DE]
- [X] US 4404814 A 19830920 - BEASLEY ALBERT W [US], et al
- [X] FR 1012988 A 19520721
- [A] US 2021325059 A1 20211021 - ISHIDA KOZO [JP], et al
- [A] GB 1582891 A 19810114 - HUMIDIFIER GROUP LTD
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA
Designated validation state (EPC)
KH MA MD TN
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 22306853 A 20221212