Multi-cell tiles with openings for use in a liquid cooling tower
AssigneeCeramic Cooling Tower Company
InventorPaul A. Frohwerk
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Abstract
Rectangular clay tiles for a liquid cooling tower are provided with openings to increase the heat and mass transfer which is provided by the tiles. Each rectangular tile includes four side walls and inner partitions or webs which provide a plurality of vertically extending open cells. Each side wall and each partition is provided with at least one horizontal opening for each cell formed by that side wall or partition, and liquid and air can flow into or out of the cells through the openings.
Claims25
A rectangular tile for the heat and mass transfer section of a liquid cooling tower comprising a first pair of generally parallel side walls having upper and lower edges and a second pair of generally parallel side walls having upper and lower edges which extend between the side walls of said first pair, at least one partition extending between the side walls of said first pair, and at least one partition extending between the side walls of said second pair and intersecting the first-mentioned partition whereby a plurality of cells are formed by the side walls and the partitions, each of said walls having at least one opening therethrough which lies between the upper and lower edges thereof and is surrounded by the side wall for each of the cells which are formed by that side wall whereby air and liquid can flow into and out of the cells through the openings in the side walls.
In a liquid cooling tower having a plurality of vertically stacked layers of rectangular clay tiles, each of the tiles having a first pair of parallel side walls having upper and lower edges and a second pair of parallel side walls having upper and lower edges which extend perpendicularly to said first pair, at least one partition which extends perpendicularly between the side walls of said first pair, and at least one partition which extends perpendicularly between the side walls of said second pair to provide a plurality of open cells which extend vertically through the tile, the tiles of each layer being offset from the tiles of adjacent layers so that the cells of the tiles in one layer are vertically aligned with side walls or partitions of tiles in adjacent layers, and liquid supply means above the stacked layers of tiles for supplying liquid to be cooled to the stacked tiles whereby liquid flows downwardly through the cells in the tiles,
- the improvement characterized by each of the side walls having at least one opening therethrough which lies between the upper and lower edges thereof and is surrounddd by the side wall for each of the cells which are formed by that side wall whereby air and liquid can flow substantially horizontally into and out of the cells through the openings in the side walls.
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