Method of defrosting an energy recovery ventilator unit

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9791163
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14641090

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A method of defrosting an energy recovery ventilator unit. The method comprises defrosting an energy recovery ventilator unit. The method comprises activating a defrost process of an enthalpy-exchange zone of the energy recovery ventilator unit when an air-flow blockage in the enthalpy-exchange zone coincides with a frost threshold in the ambient environment surrounding the energy recovery ventilator unit. The method also comprises terminating the defrost process when a heat transfer efficiency across the enthalpy-exchange zone returns to within 10 percent of a pre-frosting heat transfer efficiency wherein, the heat transfer efficiency is proportional to a temperature difference between an intake air zone of the energy recovery ventilator and a supply air zone of the energy recovery ventilator divided by a temperature difference between an return air zone of the energy recovery ventilator and the intake air zone.

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LENNOX INDUSTRIES INCRICHARDSON TX

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McKie, Justin Dallas, US 22 210
Perez, Eric Carrollton, US 52 290
Schneider, Steve Carrollton, US 31 309
Thomas, Herman Marcus Carrollton, US 8 31

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