Angularly grooved corrugated fill for water cooling tower
AssigneeBaltimore Aircoil Company, Inc.
InventorsThomas P. Carter, Robert E. Cates, Richard H. Harrison, Jr., Edward N. Schinner
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Abstract
This invention involves spaced, horizontally extending corrugations, spaced, vertically oriented film surface sheets. The surface of the fill is enhanced by molded-in angular grooves to define discrete water passageways and air turbulation ridges.
Claims4
A fill sheet of formable material having therein horizontal sinusoidal corrugations with angular grooves of variable depth with a generally zigzag spiral pattern throughout with nearly horizontal water cooling pockets an angle of about 15.degree. to the horizontal at the sinusoidal point of inflection between each corrugation, having a pair of opposed sides adapted for coverage by heated water flowing thereover and having an integrally-formed near-vertically corrugated mist eliminator at an air exit end of said sheet.
A fill unit for packing use in a water-cooling tower said unit comprising normally upright sheets of formable material with each sheet having horizontal sinusoidal corrugations with angular grooves of variable depth with a generally zigzag downward spiral pattern throughout, each sheet having a pair of opposed sides adapted for coverage by heated water flowing downwardly thereover and having nearly horizontal, water-cooling pockets at an angle of about 15.degree. to the horizontal at the sinusoidal point of inflection between each corrugation and each sheet having an integrally-formed near-vertically corrugated mist eliminator at an air exit end of said fill unit.
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