US EPA

6885191 

Journal Article 

HYPERBOLIC CROSS FLOW COOLING TOWER WITH BASINS AND FILL INTEGRATED INTO SHELL 

Fordyce, H 

1973 

English 

A FIREPROOF, HYPERBOLIC, NATURAL DRAFT, CROSSFLOW WATER COOLING TOWER IS DESCRIBED. IT HAS A TWO STORY FILL ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE BETWEEN RESPECTIVE CONCRETE HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION AND COLD WATER BASINS WITHIN THE TOWER SHELL AND INTEGRAL WITH THE AIR INLETS OF THE SHELL. STAINLESS STEEL FILL AND ELIMINATOR SUPPORTS SUSPENDED FROM THE DISTRIBUTION AND BASIN UNITS CARRY TRANSVERSELY THREE-QUARTER WAVE ASBESTOS CEMENT BOARD FILL MEMBERS AND TRANSVERSELY FULL WAVE ELIMINATOR BARS RESPECTIVELY CUT FROM CORRUGATED SHEETS. THE FILL MEMBERS ARE PLACED ON EDGE WITH THE LONGITUDINAL LENGTH PARALLEL TO THE AIR FLOW THROUGH EACH FILL ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE WHILE THE ELIMINATOR BARS LIE IN FLAT, GENERALLY HORIZONTAL DISPOSITION WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXES SLIGHTLY TILTED FOR DRAINAGE OF THE BARS AND LOCATED PERPENDICULAR TO THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF AIR THROUGH RESPECTIVE FILL ASSEMBLY STRUCTURES. (SINHA - OEIS) 

Water Resources Abstracts; WASTE WATER TREATMENT; PATENTS; COOLING TOWERS; THERMAL POLLUTION; WATER COOLING; HEATED WATER; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; EQUIPMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; SW 3040:Wastewater treatment processes