Air Conditioning System for a Motor Vehicle

The invention relates to an air conditioner () for the interior () of a vehicle (), which has a main channel () for conducting air () in a main airflow () to the vehicle interior (), wherein the air conditioner () contains a dehumidifier () for dehumidifying a first subsidiary airflow () to the main airflow () in the main channel (), which contains at least one dehumidifying element () for dehumidifying the first subsidiary airflow () flowing through it, wherein the dehumidifying element () is placed in the main channel () such that the first subsidiary airflow () flows through it, at least during a dehumidifying mode, wherein the dehumidifier () has an air supply channel () for the dehumidifying element (), which conducts the first subsidiary airflow () from the dehumidifying element () to the main channel (), and an exhaust air channel (), which conducts a second subsidiary airflow () from the dehumidifying element () to the exterior () of the vehicle (), wherein the dehumidifying element () is configured to be operated in a sorption mode (SB) to accumulate moisture, in which the dehumidified air (′) in the first subsidiary airflow () is conducted through the air supply channel () to the main channel (), and to be operated in a desorption mode (DB), in which the moisture is discharged, such that the dehumidified air (″) in the second subsidiary airflow () is discharged through the exhaust air channel () into the vehicle's exterior ().