Precise Adiabatic Water Control
OwnerJohn D. Bittner, Jeffrey E. Newel +1inventors
InventorsJohn D. Bittner, Jeffrey E. Newel, Kasra Mohammadi
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Abstract
A method of operating a cooling system having one or more evaporative pads includes: obtaining measurements of one or more ambient conditions associated with the cooling system; determining, based at least in part on at least one of the one or more ambient conditions and one or more characteristics of at least one of the one or more evaporative pads, an available evaporation rate; and controlling, based at least in part on the available evaporation rate, an application rate of water to at least one of the one or more evaporative pads.
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A method of operating a cooling system having one or more evaporative pads, comprising:
- obtaining measurements of one or more ambient conditions associated with the cooling system;
- determining, based at least in part on at least one of the one or more ambient conditions and one or more characteristics of at least one of the one or more evaporative pads, an available evaporation rate;
- and
- controlling, based at least in part on the available evaporation rate, an application rate of water to at least one of the one or more evaporative pads.
A cooling system, comprising:
- one or more heat exchanger coils;
- one or more evaporative pads external to the one or more heat exchanger coils;
- one or more nozzle assemblies external to the one or more evaporative pads and configured to provide water to at least one of the one or more evaporative pads;
- one or more ambient sensors each configured to provide a signal representative of one or more ambient conditions associated with the cooling system;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to at least one of the one or more ambient sensors, the controller configured to:
- receive the signal representative of at least one of the one or more ambient conditions;
- and
- control a supply of water to the at least one evaporative pad in response to the signal representative of the one or more ambient conditions.
A method of operating an adiabatic cooling system having one or more evaporative pads, comprising:
- obtaining measurements of one or more ambient conditions associated with the cooling system;
- determining, based in part on at least one of the one or more ambient conditions and one or more characteristics of at least one of the one or more evaporative pads, an application rate setpoint;
- and
- controlling a flow of water to at least one of the one or more evaporative pads to maintain the application rate setpoint.
A method of operating a cooling system having one or more evaporative pads, comprising:
- determining a base efficiency for at least one of the one or more evaporative pads;
- obtaining measurements of one or more conditions associated with the cooling system while the cooling system is operating;
- determining, based at least in part on at least one of the measurements of the one or more conditions, one or more adjustments to the base efficiency of at least one of the one or more evaporative pads;
- determining a current pad efficiency based on the one or more adjustments to the base efficiency;
- and
- controlling, based at least in part on the current pad efficiency, an application rate of water to at least one of the one or more evaporative pads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.