Mist evaporating device and method

A water misting and evaporative cooling system, comprising:

• an elongate substantially vertical stationary member having a bore therein and comprising first and second axially connecting elongate housings;
• a fitting within the second elongate housing for receiving an end of a stationary conduit extending through the first elongate housing and passing at least partially through the second elongate housing:
• one or more rotatable conduits each in fluid communication with the stationary conduit, each of the one or more conduits including a radially outward bent portion;
• one or more aerating misting nozzles each at an outer end of the bent portion of a respective conduit, each misting nozzle receiving water from a respective conduit and having a central nozzle axis angled with respect to a central axis of a respective conduit for discharging mist while producing a tangential thrust for rotating the one or more conduits and misting nozzles about the elongate member to discharge mist into the air for cooling;
• an adjustment member for varying an axial position of the second housing relative to the first housing;
• a rotatable sleeve fluidly extending between the filling and the one or more rotatable conduits;
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• a dynamic seal sealing with the rotatable sleeve.

A water misting and evaporative cooling device, comprising:

• a stationary elongate member having a bore therein:
• a rotatable sleeve within the bore of the elongate member;
• a tube within the bore of the elongate stationary member and having an outer diameter substantially less than an outer diameter of the rotatable sleeve;
• a seal sealing with the outer diameter of the tube;
• a bushing surrounding the rotatable sleeve and within the bore of the elongate member and guiding rotation of the rotatable sleeve;
• one or more rotatable conduits each rotatable with the rotatable sleeve and in fluid communication with the rotatable sleeve and extending radially outward from the rotatable sleeve;
• one or more aerating misting nozzles each at an outer end of a respective conduit, each misting nozzle receiving water from a respective conduit and having a central nozzle axis angled with respect to a central axis of a respective conduit for discharging mist while producing a tangential thrust for rotating the one or more conduits and misting nozzles.