Cooling tower
AssigneeAggreko, LLC
InventorsBilly Wayne Childers, Jr., Atul Amar Kumar Swamy
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Abstract
A cooling tower for evaporative cooling of water is contained within an ISO-compliant shipping container frame, permitting stacking of cooling towers for transport and for certain industrial applications. A volume of fill media is contained within the frame. Spaced apart troughs underlie the fill media, running substantially the length of the fill media and connecting to a basin. Baffles are connected to one upper edge of the troughs, while an air flow space is positioned over the other upper trough edge. A water distribution system, with variable flow nozzles positioned closely above the fill media, sprays water over the upper surface of the fill media, where it moves by gravity down into the troughs. Fans atop the fill media move air vertically upward through the fill media.
Claims6
An evaporative cooling tower, comprising:
- a volume of fill media for passage of water downward therethrough;
- a means for moving air vertically upward through said fill media;
- a means for distributing water across an upper surface of said fill media;
- a water collection system positioned below said fill media, said water collection system comprising air flow paths therethrough such that air may pass upwardly through said water collection system while water flowing downwardly out of said fill media is collected and flows to a basin, and wherein said water collection system comprises a plurality of spaced apart troughs, one or more of said troughs spanning said cooling tower fill media, each of said troughs comprising a pair of upper edges, one or more of said troughs comprising an angled baffle extending from one of said upper edges, and an air flow space above the other edge, whereby water flowing downwardly from said fill media flows onto said baffle and into said trough, and wherein air flow is through spaces between said troughs and through said air flow space above said edge of said troughs.
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