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US 3,942,588 AGranted
Cooling tower
AssigneeThe Lummus Company
InventorWillem Schoonman
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Abstract
A cooling tower with a plurality of radially extending circumferentially spaced tubular heat exchanger units having their heat exchanger surfaces in vertical planes, preferably upwardly and outwardly inclined vertical planes, with the radial outer end of each unit having a greater width (in the vertical direction) than the radial inner end of each unit.
Claims5
A cooling tower, comprising:
- a hollow tower;
- a plurality of radially extending tubular heat exchanger units circumferentially spaced within the lower portion of the tower, said heat exchanger units having their heat exchanger surfaces extending in an inclined vertical plane, each of said heat exchanger units having a radial inner end and a radial outer end, the width in the vertical direction of the radial outer end being greater than the width, in the vertical direction, of the radial inner end, each of said heat exchanger units comprising first, second and third heat exchangers, the first heat exchanger comprising the radial inner end of the heat exchanger unit, said second and third heat exchangers being superimposed one on top of the other with the heat exchanger surfaces in a vertical plane, said superimposed second and third heat exchangers comprising the radial outer end of said heat exchanger unit;
- and air directing means for directing air which enters the tower through the heat exchanger units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.