Patent ID: 8302670

Claim:
An air cooled condensing tower system having an outside perimeter and a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, comprising: a first framework supporting a fan deck having fan shrouds, said first framework extends within a first vertical plane positioned at a first position along the horizontal axis, wherein said first vertical plane defines the outside perimeter of the air cooled condenser; a second supporting framework, said second framework extends within a second vertical plane positioned at a second position along the horizontal axis, inboard of said first vertical plane; a plurality of steam headers running longitudinally above the fan deck; a plurality of condenser coils extending downward and at an angle from the steam headers, and above the fan deck; a plurality of collector tubes disposed at the bottom of the condenser coils and above the fan deck; at least one substantially non-porous side wall disposed on at least one side of the tower and spanning from a height generally proximate the steam supply headers downward to a height generally proximate the fan deck; a downwardly and outwardly projecting elongated upper air guide extending downwardly and outwardly from the side wall, wherein said upper air guide is positioned proximate to the fan deck and on said first supporting framework; at least one supplemental air guide extending downwardly and outwardly from the second supporting framework, and disposed beneath the upper air guide, and having an upper end terminating in the plane of the second supporting framework and a lower end extending outwardly and downwardly therefrom, wherein the upper air guide and supplemental air guide each comprise a plurality of support struts a third supporting framework, said third framework extends within a third vertical plane positioned at a third position along the horizontal axis, inboard of said first and second vertical planes; and at least one third supplemental air guide extending downwardly and outwardly from the third supporting framework, and disposed beneath the upper air guide, and having an upper end terminating in said third vertical plane that is inboard of the side wall, and a lower end extending outwardly and downwardly therefrom, wherein the second supplemental air guide is inboard of the outside perimeter of the tower, and the third supplemental air guide being entirely inboard of the second supplemental air guide.