Abstract: A self-contained air conditioner unit comprises an enclosure including a first intake aperture positioned to communicate with outside ambient air and a first outlet aperture positioned to communicate with a habitable space in which the air conditioner is placed, and a second intake aperture positioned to communicate with a habitable space in which the air conditioner is placed, and a second outlet aperture positioned to communicate with ambient air outside of the habitable space. A water reservoir is disposed at the bottom of the enclosure. A heat exchanger is disposed in the cabinet over the water reservoir, and comprises a plurality of vertically disposed, alternating wet air channels and dry air channels, the alternating wet air channels and dry air channels defined by substantially parallel opposing heat-transfer partitions.

Abstract: A self-contained air conditioner unit comprises an enclosure including a first and second intake apertures positioned to communicate with outside ambient air and first, second, and third outlet apertures positioned to communicate with a habitable space in which the air conditioner is placed. A water reservoir is disposed at the bottom of the enclosure. A two-section heat exchanger is disposed in the cabinet over the water reservoir, each section comprising a plurality of vertically disposed, alternating wet air channels and dry air channels defined by substantially parallel opposing heat-transfer partitions. The first-section dry-air channels communicate with a pre-mixing chamber at intake ends thereof and an air-distributing chamber at outlet ends thereof. Each first-section wet channel communicates with the distributing chamber at intake ends thereof and the second outlet aperture at outlet ends thereof.