Cooling tower
AssigneeThe Air Preheater Company, Inc.
InventorRichard F. Stockman
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Abstract
A rotor for a gas-liquid heat exchange device that comprises a plurality of spaced heat absorbent elements mounted on a rotary shaft. The shaft is adapted to be rotated continuously between a hot liquid and a cool gas in order that heat contained in the hot liquid is first absorbed by the elements and then, as the elements rotate, the heat of the elements is transferred to the cooler gas for dissipation into the surrounding air.
Claims7
A cooling tower for the transfer of heat between a hot liquid and a cool gas including a housing having inlet and outlet ports for the hot liquid adapted to maintain a predetermined depth of hot liquid in said housing, bearing means defining an axis of rotation that lies above the surface of said liquid, a horizontal shaft mounted on said bearing means, a pair of disc members axially mounted on said horizontal shaft and axially spaced apart to provide a spacing therebetween, a plurality of annular heat absorbent elements intermediate the disc members lying in said spacing concentrically spaced from said horizontal shaft, and support means extending axially between disc members adapted to support the annular heat absorbent elements comprising a series of telescopic rod segments that together form composite rods extending between discs to simultaneously separate said annular elements and provide a support therefor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.