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US 2014/0196487 A1Published application
Cooling system and methods thereof
AssigneeCIM-Tech, Inc.
InventorsRudy C. Tolkamp, Brian P. Greubel
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Abstract
Cooling system and method suitable for cooling a blast furnace with a cooling fluid during its operation. The cooling system includes a source of a gaseous fluid that feeds the gaseous fluid to multiple flow paths. A liquid is atomized into each of the multiple flow paths, within which the atomized liquid is mixed with the gaseous fluid to form a mist. The system further includes means for selectively closing each of the multiple flow paths while at least one other of the multiple flow paths remains open.
Claims20
A cooling system comprising:
- at least one source of a gaseous fluid that feeds the gaseous fluid to multiple flow paths;
- at least one source of a liquid;
- means for atomizing the liquid and introducing the atomized liquid into each of the multiple flow paths, within which the atomized liquid is mixed with the gaseous fluid to form a mist within each of the multiple flow paths;
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- means for selectively closing and isolating a portion of each of the multiple flow paths while at least one other of the multiple flow paths remains open, the closing and isolating means providing for cleaning, repair, or removal from the cooling system of a corresponding one of the atomizing means.
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