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US 10,648,747 B2Granted
Modular cooling tower with screwless FRP exterior
AssigneeComposite Cooling Solutions, L.P.
InventorsToby Daley, James A. Bland
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Abstract
A factory-assembled or packaged cooling tower/cell having screwless (and boltless) exterior side panels is provided. The exterior panels are double-walled and are fastened to an outer support member, such as a corner end cap. Only fasteners extending through the outer support member and through only one of the walls of the panels are utilized. This eliminates the possibility of leaking fluid emanating from use of the fasteners.
Claims15
A packaged cooling tower, comprising:
- a support frame structure defining an interior volume;
- a fluid distribution system to distribute fluid within the interior volume defined by the support frame structure and disposed at an upper level;
- a heat transfer material disposed at the upper level and within the interior volume defined by the support frame structure and for receiving fluid from the fluid distribution system and through which the fluid travels;
- a fluid collection basin disposed below the support frame structure;
- air moving equipment operable for causing air movement for heat transfer between the fluid and air, the air moving equipment comprising at least two fan units;
- an air inlet disposed in a lower level;
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- an exterior panel wall disposed above the air inlet and at the upper level and forming a first exterior side of the cooling tower, the exterior panel wall comprising,
- a first double wall panel member and a second double wall panel member, wherein each double wall panel member comprises a first wall spaced laterally from a second outer wall, the first walls and second outer walls comprising fiber reinforced material,
- a corner member fastened to the first double wall panel member via a first fastener and fastened to the second double wall panel member via a second fastener, and
- wherein the first and second fasteners extend only through the corner member and the second outer walls of the first and second double wall panels, respectively.
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A packaged cooling tower, comprising:
- a support frame structure defining an interior volume;
- a fluid distribution system to distribute fluid within the interior volume defined by the support frame structure and disposed at an upper level;
- a heat transfer material disposed at the upper level and within the interior volume defined by the support frame structure and for receiving fluid from the fluid distribution system and through which the fluid travels;
- a fluid collection basin disposed below the support frame structure;
- air moving equipment operable for causing air movement for heat transfer between the fluid and air, the air moving equipment comprising at least two fan units;
- an air inlet disposed in a lower level;
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- an exterior panel wall disposed above the air inlet and at the upper level and forming a first exterior side of the cooling tower, the exterior panel wall comprising:
- a first double wall panel member and a second double wall panel member, wherein each double wall panel member comprises a first interior-facing wall spaced laterally from a second exterior-facing wall, the first walls and second walls comprising fiber reinforced material,
- a corner member fastened to the first double wall panel member via a first fastener and fastened to the second double wall panel member via a second fastener, and
- wherein the first and second fasteners extend through the corner member and through second exterior-facing walls of the first and second double wall panels, respectively, and the first and second fasteners do not extend through the first interior-facing walls.
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A packaged cooling tower, comprising:
- a support frame structure defining an interior volume;
- a fluid distribution system to distribute fluid within the interior volume defined by the support frame structure and disposed at an upper level;
- a heat transfer material disposed at the upper level and within the interior volume defined by the support frame structure and for receiving fluid from the fluid distribution system and through which the fluid travels;
- a fluid collection basin disposed below the support frame structure;
- air moving equipment operable for causing air movement for heat transfer between the fluid and air, the air moving equipment comprising at least two fan units;
- an air inlet disposed in a lower level;
- and
- an exterior panel wall disposed above the air inlet and at the upper level and forming a first exterior side of the cooling tower, the exterior panel wall comprising:
- a first double wall panel member and a second double wall panel member, wherein each double wall panel member comprises a first wall spaced laterally from a second outer wall, the first walls and second outer walls comprising fiber reinforced material,
- a corner member fastened to the first double wall panel member via a first fastener and fastened to the second double wall panel member via a second fastener, and
- wherein the first and second fasteners extend through the corner member and through the second outer walls of the first and second double wall panels, respectively, and the first and second fasteners do not extend through the first walls.
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