Evaporative condenser
AssigneeRussell A Division of Ardco, Inc.
InventorsRobert G. O'Neal, Kenneth E. Vogel
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Abstract
An evaporative condenser having a cylindrical fiberglass housing which provides a circumferential air flow across a plurality of concentrically oriented spiral condensing coils. The planar spiral coils are generated through the compression of a conical winding of tubing formed about a multi-tiered platform, to form an evenly-spaced spiral condensing coil. Each layer of tubing is affixed to a plurality of radial braces, which provide the evaporative coils with sufficient structural integrity to be individually employed. A method and apparatus for producing spiral coils having uniform spacing between adjacent revolutions.
Claims20
An evaporative condenser, comprising:
- a housing having an air inlet port and an air outlet port;
- a condensing coil having a conically stressed planar spiral configuration wherein said spiral includes an inlet port and an outlet port;
- a fluid distribution system adapted to disperse a fluid on said condensing coil;
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- a carriage adapted to receive said coil, said carriage including a central core, said core adapted to be received within an inner periphery of said condensing coil, and a plurality of spokes extending from said core.
An evaporative condenser, comprising:
- a cylindrical housing having a circumferential air inlet port, and an axial air outlet port;
- at least one planar spiral condensing coil, the coil material having the structural characteristics resulting from having been formed by the compression of a conical winding of tubing to a common plane, said coil having an inner periphery, an outer periphery, an inlet port and an outlet port, said coil being sized to be received in said housing;
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- a fluid distribution system adapted to disperse fluid on said spiral condensing coil.
An evaporative condenser, comprising:
- a cylindrical housing having a circumferential air inlet port, and an axial air outlet port;
- at least one planar spiral condensing coil formed by the compression of a conical winding of tubing to a common plane, said coil having an inner periphery, an outer periphery, an inlet port and an outlet port, said coil being sized to be received in said housing;
- a fluid distribution system adapted to disperse fluid on said coil;
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- a brace affixed to said coil, said brace extending radially across said condensing coil, and said brace having a first end within said inner periphery of said coil.
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