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AssigneeBaltimore Aircoil Company, Inc.
InventorsRobert E. Cates, William H. Smith, Edward N. Schinner, Katherine K. Flamm, Vladimir Kaplan
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A cooling system with at least one cooling tower and multiple upper pans or distribution manifold pipes is provided with a strainer tank assembly at the tower lower end in proximity to the sump to receive incoming fluid for cooling, which strainer tank includes a screen to strain particulate material from the inlet fluid communicated to the tower upper end and to equally distribute this fluid at the lowest elevation at a pressure with a higher static pressure component than its dynamic pressure component to avoid a requirement for a flow control valve to provide relatively quiescent fluid for fluid distribution to the tower and fluid transfer media therein. A pressure relief baffle in the strainer tank is operable in response to a fluid overpressure condition to bypass the screen and open fluid communication to avert catastrophic failures within the fluid circuit.
A strainer tank for a cooling tower apparatus, said strainer tank comprising:
A pressure relief mechanism operable in a stainer tank assembly having a fluid enclosure, at least one removable end cap for said fluid enclosure, said at least one end cap having a first curved inner surface with a first radius of curvature, said mechanism comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.