Cooling apparatus and a method for cooling a waterflow

A cooling apparatus for cooling a waterflow, the cooling apparatus comprising:

• a counterflow evaporative cooler adapted to cool the waterflow therethrough longitudinally;
• a crossflow evaporative cooler adapted to receive and further cool the cooled waterflow from the counterflow evaporative cooler therethrough longitudinally, wherein the crossflow evaporative cooler comprises a one side, an opposite side opposite the one side, a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side, wherein the top side and the bottom side extend from the one side to the opposite side;
• wherein the crossflow evaporative cooler is adapted to receive an airflow to flow laterally therethrough to further cool the cooled waterflow therethrough forming a cross-flow with the cooled waterflow, wherein the airflow enters the crossflow evaporative cooler at the one side and exits the crossflow evaporative cooler at the opposite side without exiting the top side and the cooled waterflow flows into the crossflow evaporative cooler at the top side and exits the crossflow evaporative cooler at the bottom side, wherein the cooled waterflow cools the airflow therethrough and the counterflow evaporative cooler is adapted to receive the cooled airflow therethrough longitudinally from the crossflow evaporative cooler to cool the waterflow therethrough;
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• a deflector adapted to deflect the cooled waterflow from the counterflow evaporative cooler to the crossflow evaporative cooler and allow the cooled airflow to flow from the crossflow evaporative cooler to the counterflow evaporative cooler therethrough, and separate the cooled airflow exiting the crossflow evaporative cooler from the cooled waterflow entering the crossflow evaporative cooler, wherein the cooled airflow from the crossflow evaporative cooler is directed through the deflector to the counterflow evaporative cooler, wherein the cooled waterflow is cooled further by the cooled airflow before entering the crossflow evaporative cooler such that a temperature of the further cooled waterflow entering the crossflow evaporative cooler is lower than the temperature of the waterflow exiting the counterflow evaporative cooler.