Heating tower apparatus and method with isolation of outlet and inlet air
AssigneeMarley Cooling Technologies, Inc.
InventorsEldon Mockry, Jidong Yang, Gregory Hentschel, Jason Stratman, Glenn Brenneke, Darrin Clubine, James Randall, Ohler Kinney
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Abstract
A method for heating a fluid using a heating tower. The method includes the steps of drawing an air stream into the heating tower through an inlet and passing the air stream over a fill medium. The method for heating a fluid also includes passing a fluid of the fill medium along with discharging the air stream from the heating tower through an outlet. The method further includes isolating the inlet air stream from the outlet air stream.
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A heating tower apparatus for heating a liquid which falls in a generally downward direction along a vertical axis, comprising:
- an air flow inlet that provides an inlet air flow stream, wherein said air inlet comprises an inlet duct;
- an air flow outlet that provides an outlet air flow stream;
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- at least one heating tower cell connected to said inlet duct and said outlet, comprising:
- a liquid distribution assembly;
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- a fill medium, wherein said liquid distribution assembly distributes liquid onto said fill medium,
- wherein said inlet duct isolates the inlet air flow stream from the outlet air flow stream.
A heating tower apparatus for heating a liquid having which falls in a generally downward direction along a vertical axis, comprising:
- an air flow inlet that provides an inlet air flow stream;
- an air flow outlet that provides an outlet air flow stream, wherein said air flow outlet comprises an outlet duct;
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- at least one heating tower cell connected to said inlet and said outlet duct, comprising:
- a liquid distribution assembly;
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- a fill medium, wherein said liquid distribution assembly distributes liquid onto said fill medium,
- wherein said outlet duct functions to isolate the inlet air flow stream from the outlet air flow stream.
A heating tower apparatus for heating a liquid having which falls in a generally downward direction along a vertical axis, comprising:
- a liquid distribution assembly;
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- a fill medium, wherein said liquid distribution assembly distributes liquid onto said fill medium;
- an air flow inlet that provides an inlet air flow stream;
- an air flow outlet that provides an outlet air flow stream;
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- a housing that isolates said inlet air flow stream from said outlet air flow stream.
A heating tower apparatus for heating a liquid having which falls in a generally downward direction along a vertical axis, comprising:
- an air flow inlet that provides an inlet air flow stream;
- a plurality of heating tower cells each connected to said air flow inlet, wherein each of said heating tower cells comprises:
- a liquid distribution assembly;
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- a fill medium, wherein said liquid distribution assembly distributes liquid onto said fill medium;
- an air flow outlet that provides an outlet air flow stream;
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- a housing that that extends over each of said air flow outlets of said plurality of heating tower cells, wherein said housing isolates said inlet air flow stream from said outlet air flow stream.
A heating tower apparatus for heating a liquid having which falls in a generally downward direction along a vertical axis, comprising:
- means for drawing an air stream into the heating tower through an inlet;
- means for passing the air stream over a fill medium;
- means for passing the fluid over the fill medium;
- means for discharging the air steam from the heating tower through an outlet;
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- means for isolating the inlet air stream from the outlet air stream.
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A heating tower apparatus for heating a liquid which falls in a generally downward direction along a vertical axis, comprising:
- a first heating tower cell having a width W;
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- a second heating tower cell having the width W, adjacent said first heating tower cell,
- wherein said first heating tower cell and said second heating tower cell are spaced apart a distance D, wherein D is equal to 2 W.
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