Patent ID: 9587893
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B23P,E04H,F28C,F28F,Y02B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A system for increasing an aerodynamic supply of cooling air from the surrounding area of a cooling tower through an air inflow opening into an interior of the cooling tower, the cooling tower having a tower shell, the tower shell having a shell edge forming a bounding edge of the air inflow opening, the system comprising a plurality of aerodynamic modules detachably mounted on an outer shell face of the tower shell at the bounding edge of the air inflow opening of the cooling tower, without constricting air flow through the air inflow opening, wherein each of the aerodynamic modules has a deflection surface that diverts an airflow which flows along the outer face towards the air inflow, such that the airflow is diverted radially outwards away from the outer face before flowing around the shell edge and into the air inflow opening of the cooling tower.