Patent ID: 8707699

Claim:
A natural draft cooling tower that cools an industrial fluid that comprises an air cooled steam condenser, comprising: a shell having a perimeter that extends vertically about a vertical axis, wherein the air cooled steam condensers are disposed approximate to said shell; a horizontal duct that receives the industrial fluid to be heated; a central riser duct in fluid communication with said horizontal duct; a radial manifold in fluid communication with the central riser duct; at least one radial duct that extends radially from said radial manifold; a terminal duct in fluid communication with said at least one radial duct; a peripheral manifold in fluid communication with said terminal duct; at least one finned tube bundle in fluid communication with said peripheral manifold; a curved bundle duct connected to said peripheral manifold and extending to and connected to said at least one finned tube bundle wherein said bundle duct provides the fluid communication between said peripheral manifold and said at least one finned tube bundle.