Patent ID: 7603774

Claim:
A method of assembling a mechanical draft cooling tower comprising the steps of: providing a cooling tower structure having an air outlet at a top section of the cooling tower structure, providing a liquid spray assembly adapted to spray liquid downwardly from below the air outlet, mounting a fill sheet assembly within the cooling tower structure below the liquid spray assembly, mounting an indirect heat exchange assembly beneath the fill sheet assembly, the indirect heat exchange assembly adapted to receive a fluid to be cooled and to outlet the fluid after cooling, providing a first air inlet in a side of the cooling tower structure, a majority of the first air inlet being located beneath the fill sheet assembly, providing a first closing assembly whereby the first air inlet can be substantially closed to inlet air, providing a second air inlet in a side of the cooling tower structure, a majority of the second air inlet being located beneath a top surface of the indirect heat exchange assembly, and providing a second closing assembly whereby the second air inlet can be substantially closed to inlet air.