ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,597, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Copeland LP (Sidney, Ohio).
"Multi-stage liquid desiccant dehumidification systems and methods" was invented by Peter Luttik (Wilmington, Mass.), Joseph H. Amend IV (Yellow Springs, Ohio) and Jason Warner (Greenville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air treatment system includes a three-way heat exchanger, a heat transfer fluid loop, and a pre-treatment heat exchanger positioned on the heat transfer fluid loop. The three-way heat exchanger is operable to transfer heat and moisture between air, a liquid desiccant, and a heat transfer fluid. The heat transfer fluid loop circulates the heat...