Patent ID: 9186597
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B01D,C02F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling an evaporation assembly module, the evaporation assembly module including an evaporation element, a pipe having at least one fluid outlet and being configured for wetting at least a portion of the evaporation element by fluid passing through the at least one fluid outlet, and a support structure configured for holding the evaporation element in a suspended position, the method comprising: a) constructing a support system including the support structure, the support system including inter-connected generally vertical columns arranged so that each of the inter-connected generally vertical columns is located at an intersection of first and second imaginary horizontal lines that are substantially perpendicular to each other and along which corresponding first and second pluralities of substantially parallel columns are arranged, the first plurality of substantially parallel columns having a greater number of columns than the second plurality of substantially parallel columns; each of the inter-connected generally vertical columns having at least one section extending along at least a majority of the column's vertical dimension, at which, in the horizontal cross-section thereof, the largest dimension is substantially perpendicular to the first imaginary horizontal line along; b) subsequent to step (a), connecting the pipe to the evaporation element so as to ensure that fluid passing through at least the fluid outlet of the pipe wets at least a portion of the evaporation element; and c) subsequent to step (b), suspending the pipe and the connected evaporation element to the support structure, in a suspended position.