Evaporative cooling tower and method
AssigneeRush Air, Inc.
InventorsKelly D. Rushmore, James H. Shoffner
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Abstract
A cooling tower for evaporating water from a brine solution is provided and may include a housing having an air inlet and a brine inlet. The cooling tower may also include a heat-exchange assembly having a heat-exchange media that suspends the brine solution and at least one nozzle in fluid communication with the brine inlet. The at least one nozzle may receive the brine solution from the brine inlet and may transfer the brine solution from the brine inlet to the heat-exchange media to allow the heat-exchange media to transfer moisture from the brine solution to air received from the air inlet to reduce the moisture content of the brine solution.
Claims17
A cooling tower for evaporating water from a brine solution, the cooling tower comprising:
- a housing having an air inlet and a brine inlet, said brine inlet receiving the brine solution;
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- a heat-exchange assembly including a heat-exchange media that suspends the brine solution and at least one nozzle in fluid communication with said brine inlet, said at least one nozzle receiving the brine solution from said brine inlet and transferring the brine solution from said brine inlet to said heat-exchange media to allow said heat-exchange media to transfer moisture from the brine solution to air received from said air inlet to reduce the moisture content of the brine solution.
A cooling tower for evaporating water from a brine solution, the cooling tower comprising:
- a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, said housing receiving air at said air inlet;
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- a heat-exchange assembly including a heat-exchange media disposed generally within said housing and suspending the brine solution therein, at least one nozzle for depositing the brine solution on said heat-exchange media, and at least one heat tube disposed between said at least one nozzle and said heat-exchange media, said heat-exchange media operable to transfer moisture from the brine solution to said air to reduce the moisture content of the brine solution.
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