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Air distribution system for large cooling towers

US4737321A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 12, 1987
Grant dateApr 12, 1988
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S261/11
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Airflow to the interior portions of large counterflow cooling towers is improved by the provision of passageways from about the perimeter of the tower which passageways are free of fill and descending water so as to not obstruct inward movement of air from the perimeter, and which passageways also segregate fill against the possible spread of combustion.

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