Patent ID: 8726975

Claim:
An air-supplied dry cooler for condensing steam to form a condensate, comprising: at least one direct-flow condenser; at least one counter-flow condenser (dephlegmator) having heat exchanger pipes; a plurality of heat exchanger pipes having outlet openings; an upper suction chamber having a bottom and being connected to the heat exchanger pipes; a baffle with baffle openings for reducing an outlet cross-section of at least one of the heat exchanger pipes; a gas barrier, wherein condensate entering the suction chamber through a baffle opening accumulates in the bottom of the suction chamber and is returned to a heat exchanger pipe via the gas barrier; and a pipe bottom disposed underneath the baffle, wherein the gas barrier is formed by the baffle, the pipe bottom and the condensate, wherein accumulating condensate is introduced into the outlet openings of the heat exchanger pipes affixed to the pipe bottom.