US3869087A - Water spray cooling system - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28C—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITHOUT CHEMICAL INTERACTION
- F28C3/00—Other direct-contact heat-exchange apparatus
- F28C3/06—Other direct-contact heat-exchange apparatus the heat-exchange media being a liquid and a gas or vapour
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B17/00—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups
- B05B17/08—Fountains
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10S261/00—Gas and liquid contact apparatus
- Y10S261/79—Cooling ponds
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- ABSTRACT [52] US. Cl 239/128, 261/36 R, 261/120 A spray Cooling system employing a pump and spray [51] Int. Cl. B051) 17/08 ads in a fl ng str am f at r.
- Baffles are pro- [58] Field of Search 261/84, 91, 36 R, 120, vided in the stream to insure that the hot surface 261/116; 239/128, 11, 110 water will not flow past the pump without being forced through the spray heads. Openings are pro- [56] References Cited vided throughthe lower portions of the baffles well UNITED STATES PATENTS below the level of the pump intake.
- a further object of this invention is to provide a water spray cooling system in a flowing body of water with means for directing the hotter surface water to the pump intake and prohibiting such hotter surface water from bypassing the pump.
- An additional object of this invention is to provide a water spray cooling system of the hereinbefore described type wherein the spray pump inlet is located as close to the surface of the water without sucking air and the baffle extends at least below the level of the pump inlet.
- a more specific object of the subject invention is to provide a water spray cooling system of the hereinbefore described type wherein the capacity of the pump is greater than the volume of hotter water being baffled to the pump inlet.
- FIG. 1 is a plan schematic view of a water spray cooling system constructed in accordance with this invention
- FIG. 2 is an enlarged front elevation taken along the lines II-ll of FIG. I;
- FIG. 3 is a left end elevation of FIG. 2.
- a flowing stream of water is generally designated as 6.
- the hotter water is received from the left end of the stream from a source such as a power generating plant and is discharged from the right into the water reservoir or lake from which the water was originally drawn for the power generating plant.
- Each spray cooling unit 7 includes a pump motor combination 8 which is mounted on a support 9.
- This support may either be a float or as shown herein for purposes of illustration may be supported by legs 11 extending to the bottom of the stream 6.
- the pump 12 may be driven by an electric motor 13 or any other source of rotary power.
- the pump inlet I4 is located as close to the surface of the water as is possible without permitting the pump to suck in air.
- the pump discharge 16 is connected by means of piping 17 to a plurality of spray heads 18. Depending on the capacity of the pump, any reasonable number of spray heads can be serviced by one pump and for purposes of illustration four spray heads are shown herein connected to each pump.
- the spray heads are supported by floats 19 which also may or may not be rigidly supported by feet extending to the bottom of the stream.
- a baffling arrangement which is an integral part of this water spray cooling system is employed to direct the hotter surface water to the pump inlet. If the hotter surface water is permitted to flow past the pump inlet, the spray cooling units are not being most efficiently used.
- an inlet baffle wall 21 extends from the hot water inlet 22 parallel to the stream flow between the pump inlet 14 and the four spray heads 18.
- the downstream end of this baffle wall terminates in contact with a diagonally extending baffle wall 23 which extends from one side of the stream 6 toward the other side and connects to an additional baffle wall 24 which extends between the next downstream pump and the connected spray heads 18.
- the baffle wall 24 extends to an additional diagonal baffle 26 so as to com pletely isolate the pump from the connected spray heads.
- the diagonal baffle wall 26 could extend to an additional wall to isolate any subsequent spray cooling unit pumps from the connected spray heads. In this instance, however, for purposes of illustration the diagonal baffle wall 26 extends to the cooler water outlet 27.
- a system for cooling water in a continually flowing stream having a layer of relatively hotter water at the surface of said stream comprising:
- a system for cooling water in a continually flowing stream having a layer of relatively hotter water at the surface of said stream comprising:
- At least one water spray head connected to the discharge of said pump to receive hotter water therefrom and spray said water into the atmosphere above the stream to cool same;
- baffle means positioned in said stream defining a pump area and a spray area, said baffle means prohibiting the flow of said hotter surface water from bypassing said pump intake, said baffle means including walls defining an opening therethrough connecting said pump and spray head areas in water communication said intake to said pump being located above said opening through said baffle.
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US4762276A (en) * | 1985-12-26 | 1988-08-09 | Foust H Clyde | Fluid evaporation device for mud pits |
US4819874A (en) * | 1987-07-28 | 1989-04-11 | Geiger Emery A | Floating rock island fountains |
EP2487233A1 (en) * | 2011-02-11 | 2012-08-15 | Krüger A/S | An apparatus for production of biogas by digestion of organic material |
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US1233119A (en) * | 1916-02-05 | 1917-07-10 | Spray Engineering Co | System and apparatus for spraying in cooling-ponds and the like. |
US3061276A (en) * | 1960-02-02 | 1962-10-30 | Gilbert Associates | River water temperature control system |
US3622074A (en) * | 1970-05-21 | 1971-11-23 | Ceramic Cooling Tower Co | Modular floating water-cooling system |
US3785558A (en) * | 1972-09-27 | 1974-01-15 | Ashbrook Corp | Single float water cooler |
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US1233119A (en) * | 1916-02-05 | 1917-07-10 | Spray Engineering Co | System and apparatus for spraying in cooling-ponds and the like. |
US3061276A (en) * | 1960-02-02 | 1962-10-30 | Gilbert Associates | River water temperature control system |
US3622074A (en) * | 1970-05-21 | 1971-11-23 | Ceramic Cooling Tower Co | Modular floating water-cooling system |
US3785558A (en) * | 1972-09-27 | 1974-01-15 | Ashbrook Corp | Single float water cooler |
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US4762276A (en) * | 1985-12-26 | 1988-08-09 | Foust H Clyde | Fluid evaporation device for mud pits |
US4819874A (en) * | 1987-07-28 | 1989-04-11 | Geiger Emery A | Floating rock island fountains |
EP2487233A1 (en) * | 2011-02-11 | 2012-08-15 | Krüger A/S | An apparatus for production of biogas by digestion of organic material |
WO2012107489A1 (en) * | 2011-02-11 | 2012-08-16 | Krüger A/S | An apparatus for production of biogas by digestion of organic material |
CN103443261A (en) * | 2011-02-11 | 2013-12-11 | 克鲁格公司 | An apparatus for production of biogas by digestion of organic material |
CN103443261B (en) * | 2011-02-11 | 2015-01-28 | 威立雅水务技术支持公司 | An apparatus for production of biogas by digestion of organic material |
US9133430B2 (en) | 2011-02-11 | 2015-09-15 | Veolia Water Solutions And Technologies Support | Apparatus for production of biogas by digestion of organic material |
US20220119277A1 (en) * | 2020-10-15 | 2022-04-21 | Custom Environmental Consulting LLC | Enhanced Leachate Evaporation With Heat Induced Acceleration Process |
US11897786B2 (en) * | 2020-10-15 | 2024-02-13 | Custom Environmental Consulting LLC | Enhanced leachate evaporation with heat induced acceleration process |
US20240140825A1 (en) * | 2020-10-15 | 2024-05-02 | Custom Environmental Consulting LLC | Enhanced Leachate Evaporation With Heat Induced Acceleration Process |
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Owner name: WOODS KATHLEEN D., AS TRUSTEE Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION A DE CORP.;REEL/FRAME:004149/0001 Effective date: 19830329 Owner name: CONNECTICUT NATIONAL BANK THE, A NATIONAL BANKING Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION A DE CORP.;REEL/FRAME:004149/0001 Effective date: 19830329 |
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Owner name: ALLIS-CHALMERS PUMP, INC., A DE CORP Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION A DE CORP;REEL/FRAME:004432/0807 Effective date: 19850626 |
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Owner name: WOODS, KATHLEEN D. Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:ALLIS-CHALMERS PUMP, INC.;REEL/FRAME:004441/0414 Effective date: 19850522 Owner name: CONNECTICUT NATIONAL BANK, THE, A NATIONAL BANKING Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:ALLIS-CHALMERS PUMP, INC.;REEL/FRAME:004441/0414 Effective date: 19850522 |
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Owner name: ITT CORPORATION, 320 PARK AVE., NEW YORK, NY, A CO Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:005031/0424 Effective date: 19881110 |