WO2006035299A3 - Cooling tower - Google Patents

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WO2006035299A3
WO2006035299A3 PCT/IB2005/002886 IB2005002886W WO2006035299A3 WO 2006035299 A3 WO2006035299 A3 WO 2006035299A3 IB 2005002886 W IB2005002886 W IB 2005002886W WO 2006035299 A3 WO2006035299 A3 WO 2006035299A3
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cooling
cooling tower
water
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heated air
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PCT/IB2005/002886
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Kevan Vaughan Russel-Smith
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Kevan Vaughan Russel-Smith
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Priority to US11/664,202 priority Critical patent/US20070296093A1/en
Priority to AU2005288660A priority patent/AU2005288660B2/en
Publication of WO2006035299A2 publication Critical patent/WO2006035299A2/en
Publication of WO2006035299A3 publication Critical patent/WO2006035299A3/en
Publication of WO2006035299B1 publication Critical patent/WO2006035299B1/en

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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F25/00—Component parts of trickle coolers
    • 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
    • F28C1/00—Direct-contact trickle coolers, e.g. cooling towers
    • F28C1/02—Direct-contact trickle coolers, e.g. cooling towers with counter-current only
    • 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
    • F28C1/00—Direct-contact trickle coolers, e.g. cooling towers
    • F28C1/14—Direct-contact trickle coolers, e.g. cooling towers comprising also a non-direct contact heat exchange
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D1/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
    • F28D1/02—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid
    • F28D1/03—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with plate-like or laminated conduits
    • F28D1/0308—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with plate-like or laminated conduits the conduits being formed by paired plates touching each other
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D21/00—Heat-exchange apparatus not covered by any of the groups F28D1/00 - F28D20/00
    • F28D2021/0019—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for
    • F28D2021/0068—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for for refrigerant cycles
    • F28D2021/007—Condensers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D21/00—Heat-exchange apparatus not covered by any of the groups F28D1/00 - F28D20/00
    • F28D2021/0019—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for
    • F28D2021/0068—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for for refrigerant cycles
    • F28D2021/0071—Evaporators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F2270/00—Thermal insulation; Thermal decoupling
    • 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
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B30/00—Energy efficient heating, ventilation or air conditioning [HVAC]
    • Y02B30/70—Efficient control or regulation technologies, e.g. for control of refrigerant flow, motor or heating

Abstract

A method of operating an evaporative cooling tower includes contacting water with air in a cooling zone to cool the water and heat the air and cooling the heated air to condense water therefrom, thereby to reduce water loss from the cooling tower. Typically, the cooling of the heated air is by means of evaporative cooling employing a refrigerant.
PCT/IB2005/002886 2004-09-29 2005-09-28 Cooling tower WO2006035299A2 (en)

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US11/664,202 US20070296093A1 (en) 2004-09-29 2005-09-28 Cooling Tower
AU2005288660A AU2005288660B2 (en) 2004-09-29 2005-09-28 Cooling tower

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ZA2004/7865 2004-09-29
ZA200407865 2004-09-29
ZA200407866 2004-09-29
ZA2004/7866 2004-09-29

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WO2006035299A2 WO2006035299A2 (en) 2006-04-06
WO2006035299A3 true WO2006035299A3 (en) 2006-05-18
WO2006035299B1 WO2006035299B1 (en) 2006-06-22

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DE2520221A1 (en) * 1975-04-29 1976-11-11 Escher Wyss Gmbh Power station water cooling tower - passes heating steam through pipes above drip collector sump to reduce fog formation
US4662902A (en) * 1984-07-26 1987-05-05 Kraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft Evaporation cooling tower
CA2327936A1 (en) * 1999-12-10 2001-06-10 Hudson Products Corporation Passive wet cooling tower plume abatement system
US6394174B1 (en) * 1999-01-29 2002-05-28 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd System for reclaiming process water
US20030071373A1 (en) * 2001-10-11 2003-04-17 The Marley Cooling Tower Company Air-to-air atmospheric exchanger for condensing cooling tower effluent
US20040118280A1 (en) * 2002-04-10 2004-06-24 Tinguee Larry B. Apparatus and method for reduction of gases emitted from a cooling tower

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DE2520221A1 (en) * 1975-04-29 1976-11-11 Escher Wyss Gmbh Power station water cooling tower - passes heating steam through pipes above drip collector sump to reduce fog formation
US4662902A (en) * 1984-07-26 1987-05-05 Kraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft Evaporation cooling tower
US6394174B1 (en) * 1999-01-29 2002-05-28 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd System for reclaiming process water
CA2327936A1 (en) * 1999-12-10 2001-06-10 Hudson Products Corporation Passive wet cooling tower plume abatement system
US20030071373A1 (en) * 2001-10-11 2003-04-17 The Marley Cooling Tower Company Air-to-air atmospheric exchanger for condensing cooling tower effluent
US20040118280A1 (en) * 2002-04-10 2004-06-24 Tinguee Larry B. Apparatus and method for reduction of gases emitted from a cooling tower

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