Patent ID: 8966924
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: F28C,Y02B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for cooling a fluid comprising: a pre-cooling chamber including an inlet side and an outlet side opposite the inlet side; a main tower including an inlet side and an outlet side opposite the inlet side; a main sump disposed generally below and in fluid communication with the main tower; the main sump also being disposed generally below and in fluid communication with the pre-cooling chamber; a spray pump in fluid communication with the main sump; a series of spray fluid piping in fluid communication with the spray pump and with the pre-cooling chamber; a fluid reservoir disposed generally above and in fluid communication with the main tower; and a fluid outlet disposed generally above the main tower and the pre-cooling chamber; wherein the pre-cooling chamber outlet side and the main tower inlet side are disposed in a generally side by side relationship in fluid communication with one another; wherein the fluid outlet and the pre-cooling chamber are in fluid communication with one another; wherein the fluid outlet and the main tower are in fluid communication with one another; wherein the pre-cooling chamber precools an unblocked cooling fluid flowing therethrough from the pre-cooling chamber inlet side generally transversely across to the pre-cooling chamber outlet side through a heat exchange with a pre-cooling fluid spray delivered generally downwardly and cross-wise to the generally transversely flowing unblocked cooling fluid, and with the pre-cooling fluid spray being separated from the generally transversely flowing unblocked cooling fluid, and wherein the pre-cooling chamber precools a blocked cooling fluid flowing upward toward the fluid outlet and the blocked cooling fluid is cooled directly by pre-cooling fluid spray delivered generally downwardly; wherein the pre-cooling chamber and the main tower are positioned to allow the unblocked cooling fluid to flow generally transversely between the pre-cooling chamber outlet side and the main tower inlet side; wherein the main tower is configured to allow the unblocked cooling fluid to flow therethrough from the main tower inlet side generally transversely across to the main tower outlet side in order to cool a fluid to be cooled delivered from the fluid reservoir generally downwardly and cross-wise to the generally transversely flowing unblocked cooling fluid; and wherein the fluid outlet is configured to draw the unblocked cooling fluid therethrough.