Reductive dehumidifier with built-in heating device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing dehumidifiers with loose granular hygroscopic materials require shells for containment, leading to increased manufacturing and assembly costs, reduced efficiency due to small contact areas, slow heat conduction, and inconvenient recycling.
Innovation Solution
A reductive dehumidifier with a built-in heating device that forms a solidified columnar or block-shaped hygroscopic ingot without a shell, embedding a heating element directly within the ingot for efficient heat transfer and moisture absorption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If loose granular hygroscopic materials are used, then the dehumidifier can absorb moisture, but a shell is required to contain the granules which increases manufacturing cost and assembly complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and eliminates the shell component from the dehumidifier structure. By forming the hygroscopic material into a self-contained ingot shape through high-pressure molding, the material itself becomes the structural element that previously required a shell to contain it. This removes the need for separate shell manufacturing and assembly operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the physical state and form of the hygroscopic material from loose granules to a densely packed ingot structure through high-pressure molding. This parameter change in density and form factor allows the material to maintain its moisture-absorbing functionality while eliminating the need for containment structures.
2Productivity
If a shell is used to contain granular hygroscopic materials, then the materials are contained, but the shell reduces the contact area between the hygroscopic material and outside air, reducing moisture absorption efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The shell is completely removed from the system. The hygroscopic ingot is designed to be directly exposed to the environment without any enclosing shell, maximizing the surface area available for moisture absorption while maintaining structural integrity through its molded form.
3Use of energy by moving object
If loose granular hygroscopic materials are used, then the material can be easily filled, but the contact area between particles is small resulting in slow heat conduction during drying
Solution Approach 1:
The invention changes the density and packing arrangement of the hygroscopic material through high-pressure molding. This creates a densely packed ingot structure where particles are closely contacted, significantly improving thermal conduction pathways compared to loose granular material, thereby reducing drying time and energy consumption.
4Use of energy by moving object
If a heat conduction plate is installed to accelerate heat conduction, then drying efficiency improves, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The heat conduction plate is removed from the system. The invention achieves sufficient heat conduction through the densely packed hygroscopic ingot structure itself, eliminating the need for additional thermal conduction components and their associated manufacturing and assembly costs.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Reduces manufacturing and assembly costs, enhances moisture absorption efficiency, and achieves faster drying times with improved thermal conductivity, while facilitating convenient recycling.
Implementation Method 1
the heating element is electrically connected with the power connector through the wire, wherein the heating element is tightly buried in the hygroscopic ingot body, wherein the power connector is switched on to energize the heating element through the wire, generating heat energy to heat and dry the hygroscopic ingot body
Implementation Method 2
The principle of the reductive dehumidifier that can be used repeatedly to absorb moisture is that when the hygroscopic material absorbs the moisture in the environment and reaches a saturated amount
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a reductive dehumidifier with a built-in heating device, which includes a hygroscopic ingot and a heating device. The hygroscopic ingot includes a hygroscopic ingot body, which is an ingot-shaped structure made of porous hygroscopic material as the main component and solidified by pressing and molding with a mold. The heating device includes a heating element, a wire, and a power connector. The heating element is electrically connected with the power connector through the wire. The heating element is embedded inside the hygroscopic ingot body. When the hygroscopic ingot absorbs the moisture in the environment and reaches saturation amount, the heating element can generate heat energy, and the moisture in the hygroscopic ingot body will be evaporated and dried to restore the moisture absorption efficiency, so as to form the reductive dehumidifier with the built-in heating device that does not require a shell to accommodate hygroscopic materials.