Air conditioning device and method for controlling an air conditioning device

The air conditioning device has a flow channel (10) into a blower (11) with an evaporator (12) and a heat exchanger (13) and is arranged in the vehicle interior (17). A deviation means (14,15) is provided for change in the direction of flow (16) of supply air such that main stream path of the supply air flows alternatively along the side (20) into the adsorbent (18) over the heat exchanger. An independent claim has also been included for the method of operation of the air conditioning device.