Evaporative fluid cooling apparatuses and methods thereof

US9709301B1 · kind B1 · utility

Inventors

• Gerald McDonnell · Spring Hill, US
• Jeffrey Paul Cheesman · Hamburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 11, 2016
• Grant date: Jul 18, 2017
• Expiry date: May 11, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02B30/54
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An evaporative fluid cooling apparatus includes a cooling housing, at least two fluid coils, an air movement apparatus, and one or more spray apparatuses. The cooling housing defines a cooling chamber with an air housing input and an air housing output. The fluid coils are positioned in and extend across at least a portion of the cooling chamber in a spaced apart stacked arrangement. One of the fluid coils is positioned closer to the air housing output and has a first fluid input configured to be coupled to a fluid return from one or more air handler devices and a first fluid output coupled to a second fluid input to the other fluid coil. The other fluid coil is positioned closer to the air housing input and has a second fluid output configured to be coupled to a fluid supply to the air handler devices.