US 11,402,164 B2 · Cooling tower water diversion system and method

Abstract

A system and method for installing a water diversion system to a cooling tower flume and distribution basin to dam a section of the basin includes installing first and second basin dams extending radially from respective first and second parapets of the flume wall to the basin wall in sealing contact with a basin floor, blocking water from flowing from the undammed section of the basin into the dammed section using the basin dams, and installing a flume dam to each notch of one or more notches distributed peripherally along the flume wall between the first and second parapets, blocking water from flowing from the flume into the distribution basin through the one or more notches using the flume dam, and such that the flume dams installed to the one or more notches in combination with the first and second basin dams define a dammed section of the basin.

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Dependent claims

A water diversion system for a cooling tower, the cooling tower including a flume, a distribution basin, and a flume wall disposed between the flume and the distribution basin;

the flume wall including a plurality of parapets and a plurality of notches distributed peripherally along the flume wall such that a parapet is separated from an adjacent parapet by a notch of the plurality of notches, to allow water to flow from the flume into the distribution basin via the notch;
the water diversion system comprising:
a first flume dam configured to be removably attached to a first parapet of the plurality of parapets and a second parapet of the plurality of parapets to block a first notch of the plurality of notches separating the first and second parapets when the first flume dam is in an installed position;
and
wherein in the installed position the first flume dam is configured to block water from flowing through the first notch from the flume into the distribution basin.

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A method for installing a water diversion system in a cooling tower, the method comprising:

removably installing a first basin dam such that the first basin dam extends radially from a first parapet of a flume wall of the cooling tower to a basin wall of the cooling tower such that the first basin dam is in sealing contact with a basin floor of the cooling tower;
removably installing a second basin dam such that the second basin dam extends radially from a second parapet of the flume wall to the basin wall such that the second basin dam is in sealing contact with the basin floor of the cooling tower;
removably installing a respective flume dam of one or more flume dams to a respective notch of one or more notches distributed along the flume wall of the cooling tower between the first and second parapets, wherein, once installed, the respective flume dam is configured to block water from flowing from a flume of the cooling tower into a distribution basin of the cooling tower through the respective notch;
wherein, once installed, the one or more flume dams cooperatively block water from flowing from the flume into the distribution basin through the one or more notches distributed along the flume wall of the cooling tower between the first and second parapets;
and
wherein, once installed, the one or more flume dams and the first and second basin dams cooperatively divide the distribution basin of the cooling tower into a dammed section and an undammed section such that, in their respective installed positions, the first and second basin dams are configured to block water from flowing into the dammed section from the undammed section of the distribution basin, and the one or more flume dams are configured to block water from flowing from the flume into the dammed section.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Cooling tower water diversion system and method

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