An air conditioning apparatus comprises an inlet module, an airflow guiding module, a hygroscopic wheel a dehumidification heating module and an internal recirculation heating module. The airflow guiding module includes an air channel switching unit, an outflowing air channel in air communication with an external environment outside of an air-conditioning environment, and an inflowing air channel in air communication with the air-conditioning environment. The air conditioning apparatus of the present invention meets various requirements for air conditioning. In addition, when the air conditioning apparatus performs a dehumidification process, the hygroscopic wheel and the dehumidification heating module is applied to remove the moisture of the air conditioning flow of the inflowing air channel, and thus the relative humidity of the air-conditioning environment is directly reduced so as to increase the dehumidifying efficiency.

A dehumidifying method includes: a dehumidifying step of causing an adsorption surface of a desiccant wheel to adsorb water vapor in the supply air; a cooling step of cooling the supply air dehumidified in the dehumidifying step with an air cooler constituting a part of a heat pump device; a first temperature increasing step of increasing a temperature of the supply air cooled in the cooling step with a temperature increasing medium to reduce a relative humidity of the supply air; a supplying step of supplying an air conditioning chamber with the supply air having a reduced relative humidity; a second temperature increasing step of increasing a temperature of the regeneration air with an air heater constituting a part of the heat pump device to reduce a relative humidity of the regeneration air; and a desorbing step of desorbing the water vapor adsorbed on the adsorption surface from the adsorption surface with the heated regeneration air.

Rotary wheel regenerator are described that use polymer, paper, metallic or other substrate having a parallel-plate heat transfer surface or media configuration. The substrate media can be either non-desiccant-coated sensible substrate, or enthalpic desiccant coated substrate. In exemplary embodiments, the spirally wound substrate media strips are arranged in a parallel plate manner using an embossed formation periodically to hold the strips in a parallel plate configuration. The strip layers are arranged so that every other layer is embossed and every other layer is without embossments. The embossed standoffs are not required to be aligned with one another periodically, and a parallel plate arrangement is achieved.

A ventilation unit with heat recovery, comprising a first block having an air interconnection to the interior of the building, a third block having an air interconnection to the exterior of the building and a second block located between them, in which the heat recovery exchanger is located, with at least one first channel and at least one second channel. The second block is insertable between the first block and the third block in such manner that the first channels are airtightly connectable to the first block and to the third block. The second channels are airtightly connectable to the first block, different from the air duct to which the first channels are connectable, and the second channels are also airtightly connectable to one of the air ducts of the third block, different from the air duct to which the first channels are connectable.

An air conditioning apparatus comprises an inlet module, an airflow guiding module, a hygroscopic wheel a dehumidification heating module and an internal recirculation heating module. The airflow guiding module includes an air channel switching unit, an outflowing air channel in air communication with an external environment outside of an air-conditioning environment, and an inflowing air channel in air communication with the air-conditioning environment. The air conditioning apparatus of the present invention meets various requirements for air conditioning. In addition, when the air conditioning apparatus performs a dehumidification process, the hygroscopic wheel and the dehumidification heating module is applied to remove the moisture of the air conditioning flow of the inflowing air channel, and thus the relative humidity of the air-conditioning environment is directly reduced so as to increase the dehumidifying efficiency.

The present invention relates to a dehumidifying and cooling apparatus, comprising: a housing in which a first channel and a second channel are formed; a heating unit disposed inside the first channel; a desiccant rotor which is rotatably provided inside the housing; a cooling unit disposed inside the second channel; and a refrigerant circulation unit having a refrigerant circulation circuit including a compressor and a condenser, wherein the condenser is disposed inside the second channel such that the refrigerant circulated therein, can be condensed by the heat exchange with the second air cooled by the cooling unit.

An object is to provide a dehumidifying member having a high tensile strength. The object can be achieved by a dehumidifying member including a honeycomb structure. The honeycomb structure includes a planar base material and a corrugated base material, a contact part where a wave top portion of the corrugated base material and the planar base material are in contact with each other, and an air hole. The contact part includes an adhesion part adhered by an adhesive agent and silica gel formed on the air hole side from the contact part. The component forming the adhesive agent differs from the component of the silica gel formed on the air hole side from the adhesion part.