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US 12,692,175 B2Granted
Method for utilizing multiple simultaneous independent sources of water in a cooling tower
AssigneeEcolab USA Inc.
InventorsBrian V. Jenkins, Craig W. Myers, Daniel L. Legereit, Emily Ann Taylor, F. Philip Yu, Bryan M. Bailiff, Michael R. Fisher, Bradley R. Goins
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Abstract
A cooling tower system is disclosed. The cooling system includes a cooling tower; at least two make-up water inlet streams configured to supply water to the cooling tower; a blowdown stream configured to remove water from the cooling tower; at least one sensor monitoring water in each of the make-up water inlet streams; and a controller operably connected to the at least one sensor.
Claims16
A cooling tower system, comprising:
- a cooling tower;
- at least two make-up water conduits configured to supply make-up water from at least two make-up water inlet streams to cooling water within the cooling tower;
- a blowdown stream configured to remove cooling water from the cooling tower;
- at least one sensor monitoring water in each of the at least two make-up water inlet streams;
- and
- a controller operably connected to the at least one sensor in each of the at least two make-up water inlet streams;
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- receive data from the at least one sensor in each of the at least two make-up water inlet streams,
- create a virtual make-up stream, which is a mixed stream of the at least two make-up water inlet streams, from the data received from the at least one sensor in each of the at least two make-up water inlet streams, and
- control dosage of chemical additives to cooling water and blowdown flow rates from the cooling tower based on predicted flow rate and conductivity of the virtual make-up stream.
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A cooling tower system, comprising:
- a cooling tower;
- at least two make-up water conduits connected to a pipe configured to supply make-up water from at least two make-up water inlet streams to cooling water within the cooling tower;
- a blowdown stream configured to remove cooling water from the cooling tower;
- a conductivity sensor and a flow sensor monitoring water in each of the at least two make-up water inlet streams;
- and
- a controller operably connected to the conductivity sensor and the flow sensor;
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- receive data from conductivity sensor and the flow sensor,
- create a virtual make-up stream, which is a mixed stream of the at least two make-up water inlet streams, from the data received from the conductivity sensor and the flow sensor, and
- control dosage of chemical additives to cooling water and blowdown flow rates from the cooling tower based on predicted flow rate and conductivity of the virtual make-up stream.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.