Patent ID: 9599403
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B01F,F28C,Y02B

Claim:
1. A cooling tower comprising: a housing; a cooling unit disposed inside of the housing and configured to convert high-temperature cooling water into low-temperature cooling water by contacting it with ambient air, wherein the cooling unit comprises a wet unit and a dry unit that limit or block transfer of materials therebetween; a cooling water distributing unit for spraying cooling water to the cooling unit; a plume generating unit for generating plume by contacting first air with second air, wherein the first air is discharged from the wet unit and the second air is discharged from the dry unit; a plume collecting unit disposed inside or outside of the housing and configured to collect plume generated in the plume generating unit; and an exhausting means disposed in a front end or back end of the plume collecting unit.