Indirect supplemental evaporation cooler
OwnerEdward C. Koplininventor
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Abstract
A cooler for an air conditioning system or other system having a heated surface to be cooled has an array of nozzles for issuing a fine spray of liquid. A fan of the cooler induces flow of air over a surface to be cooled, the nozzles issuing into the flow of air the fine spray at a distance from the heated surface such that the liquid of the fine spray is fully evaporated prior to contact with the heated surface. Drop sizes of 20 to 30 microns are typical.
Claims11
An air-water cooling system for use with an evaporative cooling system having cooling coils and an induction fan for creating a stream of air impinging on the coils,
- a source of small droplets of liquid for projecting the droplets into a stream of air directed toward cooling coils of an air conditioning system,
- said source located at a distance from cooling coils to be cooled such that the droplets evaporate before contacting the cooling coils.
A method for rapidly cooling air to be injected into a stream of air directed at cooling coils of a dry cooler comprising,
- establishing a stream of air across cooling coils of a dry cooler,
- injecting into the stream of air droplets of a size such as to fully evaporate prior to contacting the cooling coils.
An air-water cooling system for use with an evaporative cooling system having cooling coils and an induction fan for creating a stream of air impinging on the coils,
- a source of small droplets of liquid for projecting the droplets into a stream of air directed toward cooling coils of a cooling system,
- said source located at a distance from cooling coils to be cooled such that the droplets evaporate before contacting the cooling coils.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.