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Granted Patent B2
US 12,693,037 · App. 18/796,790 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Staged regenerated liquid desiccant dehumidification systems

Inventors: Michael Benedict (Sunnyvale, CA); Eugene S. Beh (Portola Valley, CA); Francisco E. Torres (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Mojave Energy Systems, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,693,037
App. No.
18/796,790
Filed
Aug 7, 2024
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3763
USPC
62/271
Abstract

A system comprises a liquid desiccant regeneration system, a first air contactor stage, and a second air contactor stage. The regeneration system has a first stage with a first concentration output and first diluted output, and a second stage with a second concentration output, different from the first concentration output, and a second diluted output. The first air contactor stage is coupled to the first concentrated output to form a first output air stream having a reduced water content and a first diluted air contactor output. The second air contactor stage is coupled to the second concentrated output to form a second output air stream having a reduced water content and a second diluted air contactor output. Both diluted air contactor outputs are recirculated into the regeneration system, and the output air streams are combined.

Claims (47)

1 . A system, comprising:

a liquid desiccant regeneration system including:

a first liquid desiccant stage that outputs a first stream of liquid desiccant at a first concentration; and

a second liquid desiccant stage that outputs a second stream of liquid desiccant at a second concentration different from the first concentration;

an air contactor system including:

a first air contactor stage configured to dispose a first input air stream having a first water content by percent mass in contact with the first stream of liquid desiccant to form (1) a first output air stream having a second water content by percent mass that is lower than the first water content, and (2) a first diluted liquid desiccant stream, the first diluted liquid desiccant stream being circulated back into the liquid desiccant regeneration system; and

a second air contactor stage configured to dispose a second input air stream having a third water content by percent mass in contact with the second stream of liquid desiccant to form (1) a second output air stream having a fourth water content by percent mass that is lower than the third water content, and (2) a second diluted liquid desiccant stream, the second diluted liquid desiccant stream being circulated back into the liquid desiccant regeneration system;

a supply airflow path configured to flow the first input air stream to the air contactor system; and

a heat exchanger thermally coupled to the supply airflow path and configured to remove heat from the first input air stream upstream of the air contactor system.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the second input air stream is the first output air stream, and the third water content is equal to the second water content.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first output air stream is combined with the second output air stream to produce a combined conditioned output air stream.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the heat is sensible heat such that the heat exchanger provides sensible cooling, the heat exchanger being further configured to remove moisture from the first input air stream upstream of the air contactor system to provide latent cooling.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger is further configured exchange heat between the first input air stream and water.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger comprises an evaporator coil of a vapor compression system disposed within the supply airflow path and configured to remove heat from the first input air stream.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein a portion of the heat removed from the first input air stream is added to a regeneration airflow.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein liquid desiccant comprises at least one of LiCl, NaCl, LiBr, or CaCl 2 ).

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the liquid desiccant regeneration system is an electrochemical regeneration system driven by an electric potential.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the liquid desiccant regeneration system is an electrochemical regeneration system driven by an electric potential that engenders faradaic reactions happening at two different electrodes, and material undergoing the faradaic reactions is circulated between the two different electrodes.

11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the liquid desiccant regeneration system is driven by reverse osmosis.

12 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the liquid desiccant regeneration system is a thermal regeneration system.

13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein heat for thermal regeneration is provided by a heat exchanger thermally coupled to a regeneration airflow path and configured to add the heat to a regeneration airflow upstream of the liquid desiccant regeneration system.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the heat exchanger is further configured to exchange heat between the regeneration airflow and water.

15 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the heat exchanger is further configured to exchange heat between the regeneration airflow and a condenser of a vapor compression system.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the condenser is part of a vapor compression system, the heat exchanger further including an evaporator coil of the vapor compression system within the supply airflow path, the evaporator coil being configured to remove heat from the supply airflow.

17 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the third water content by percent mass is different from the first water content by percent mass.

18 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first air contactor stage and the second air contactor stage are separate air contactors.

19 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first air contactor stage and the second air contactor stage are stages of a same air contactor.

20 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a heat removal system coupled to at least two streams of a group of streams, the group of streams comprising the first input air stream, the second input air stream, the first concentrated liquid desiccant stream, and the second concentrated liquid desiccant stream.

21 . The system of claim 20 , wherein the heat removal system comprises a first stage coupled to the first stream of liquid desiccant and a second stage coupled to the second stream of liquid desiccant.

22 . The system of claim 20 , wherein the heat removal system comprises vapor compression.

23 . A method of conditioning an airflow comprising:

concentrating a first stream of liquid desiccant to a first concentration;

concentrating a second stream of liquid desiccant to a second concentration different from the first concentration;

circulating the first stream of liquid desiccant through a first air contactor stage of an air contactor system;

circulating the second stream of liquid desiccant through a second air contactor stage of the air contactor system;

disposing a first input air stream having a first water content by percent mass in contact with the first stream of liquid desiccant in the first air contactor stage to form (1) a first output air stream having a second water content by percent mass that is lower than the first water content, and (2) a first diluted liquid desiccant stream;

disposing a second input air stream having a third water content by percent mass in contact with the second stream of liquid desiccant in the second air contactor stage to form (1) a second output air stream having a fourth water content by percent mass that is lower than the third water content, and (2) a second diluted liquid desiccant stream, the first input air stream and the second input air stream being formed from a supply air stream; and

removing, with a heat exchanger, heat from the supply air stream upstream the first and second air contactor stages.

24 . The method of claim 23 , wherein the heat is sensible heat such that the removing the heat from the supply air stream provides sensible cooling, the method further comprising removing moisture from the supply air stream upstream of the first and second air contactor stages to provide latent cooling.

25 . The method of claim 23 , wherein the heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between the supply air stream and water.

26 . The method of claim 23 , wherein the heat exchanger exchanges heat between an evaporator coil of a vapor compression system and the supply air stream.

27 . The method of claim 23 , wherein the second input air stream is the first output air stream, and the third water content is equal to the second water content.

28 . The method of claim 23 , further comprising combining the first output air stream with the second output air stream to produce a combined conditioned output air stream.

29 . The method of claim 23 , wherein the first air contactor stage and the second air contactor stage are separate air contactors.

30 . The method of claim 23 , wherein the first air contactor stage and the second air contactor stage are stages of a same air contactor.

31 . The method of claim 23 , wherein the second concentration is greater than the first concentration, and the first water content of the first input air stream is higher than the third water content of the second input air stream.

32 . The method of claim 23 , further comprising combining a portion of the first stream of liquid desiccant after the concentrating the first stream to the first concentration with the second stream of liquid desiccant before concentrating the second stream to the second concentration such that the concentrating the second stream includes concentrating the portion of the first stream.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2026
From: MOJAVE ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
To: CELTIC BANK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075957/0743 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2024
From: BENEDICT, MICHAEL; BEH, EUGENE S.; TORRES, FRANCISCO E.
To: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 068250/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2024
From: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
To: MOJAVE ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 068250/0062 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17204703 · Mar 17, 2021
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