Patent ID: 7128310
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: F28C,F28D,F28F,Y02B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A cooling tower having an outside and an inside and a longitudinal axis, comprising: an evaporative media; a liquid distribution system that distributes hot liquid over said evaporative media; a heat exchanger that transfers heat from a first air stream into a second air stream, said heat exchanger comprising at least one generally diamond shaped heat exchanger pack that includes a first set of passageways and a second set of passageways; an air current generator that directs said first air stream through said evaporative media and through said first set of passageways and wherein said air current generator directs said second air stream through said second set of passageways; a first plurality of air ducts that open to the inside of the cooling tower, wherein said first plurality of air ducts connect to said first set of passageways of said plurality of generally diamond shaped heat exchanger packs; and a second plurality of air ducts that open to the outside of the cooling tower, wherein said second plurality of air ducts connect to said second set of passageways of said plurality of generally diamond shaped heat exchanger packs, wherein said at least one generally diamond shaped heat exchanger pack is a plurality of generally diamond shaped heat exchanger packs, each of said plurality of generally diamond shaped heat exchanger packs having said first set of passageways and said second set of passageways, wherein said plurality of generally diamond shaped heat exchanger packs are positioned adjacent to each other so that a portion of each of said plurality of generally diamond shaped heat exchanger packs abut one another so that said heat exchanger extends across the inside of the cooling tower to form a single tier heat exchanger.