Power plant including a cooling tower surrounding the power plant site
US4036021A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 9, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S165/90
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A power plant, especially a nuclear power plant, is positioned within the interior of a double walled dry cooling tower, the cooling tower having its own foundation and encompassing the power plant site. The inner and outer walls of the cooling tower are adapted to form a relatively small ring zone as compared to the basis area of the power plant, said ring zone having a cooling air entrance at the lower end of the outer wall and an exit at its upper end. Within the ring zone, at its lower end, there are arranged cooling elements of heat exchangers, being exposed to the upwardly flowing cooling air stream. Through this arrangement the break in of cool winds or cool air, otherwise flowing reversely to the cooling air stream, from the exterior via the exit, is prevented.
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