Combination direct and indirect evaporative media

An evaporative cooling media comprising a plurality of plates, each plate being formed with a direct portion and a longitudinally adjacent indirect portion, the plates being positioned transversely adjacent to each other in an ordered array such that the direct portions are coaligned and the indirect portions are coaligned to form a combined direct and indirect evaporative cooling media.

An evaporative cooling media comprising a plurality of plates, each plate being formed with a direct portion and an indirect portion, the indirect portion including a first indirect section having a vertical array of generally horizontally extending fins, a second indirect section having a vertical array of generally horizontally extending fins, the fins of the first indirect section being vertically staggered from the fins of the second indirect section, and a hinge portion disposed between the first and second indirect sections, the first indirect section being folded about the hinge portion for placing the first and second indirect sections in an opposed relation, the plates being positioned adjacent to each other in an ordered array such that the direct portions are coaligned and the indirect portions are coaligned to form a combined direct and indirect evaporating cooling media.

An evaporative cooling media comprising a plurality of plates, each plate being formed with a direct portion and an indirect portion, the indirect portion including a top flange section, a bottom flange section having a vertical height different than the top flange section, first and second indirect sections having a vertical array of generally horizontally extending fins, the fins of the first indirect section being coplanar with the fins of the second indirect section, and a hinge portion disposed between the first and second indirect sections, the first indirect section being folded about the hinge portion for placing the first and second indirect sections in an opposed relation, the plates being positioned adjacent to each other in an ordered array such that the direct portions are coaligned and the indirect portions are coaligned to form a combined direct and indirect evaporative cooling media.

A combined direct and indirect evaporative cooling media comprising first and second plates, the first and second plates including a direct portion having a vertical array of corrugations inclined from horizontal, an indirect portion having a vertical array of generally horizontally extending fins, a top flange portion, and a bottom flange portion having a vertical height different than the top flange portion, the plates being arrayed to form the media such that the top flange portion of the first plate is in an opposed relation to the bottom flange portion of the second plate.

A combined direct and indirect evaporative cooling media comprising first and second plates, the first and second plates including an indirect portion and a direct portion, the direct portion including a vertical array of corrugations having a first end adjacent the indirect portion and a second end adjacent an end of the plate, the corrugations of the first plate being inclined upwardly from their first ends to their second ends, and the corrugations of the second plate being inclined downwardly from their first ends to their second ends.

An evaporative cooling media comprising a plurality of plates, each plate being formed with a direct portion and a longitudinally adjacent indirect portion, the indirect portion including a first indirect section having a vertical array of generally horizontally extending fins, a second indirect section having a vertical array of generally horizontally extending fins, and a hinge portion disposed between and unitary with the first and second indirect sections, the first indirect section being folded about the hinge portion to place the first and second indirect sections in an opposed relation to form a channel therebetween, the fins extending outwardly from the channel.