Gas and liquid contact apparatus – Fluid distribution – Pumping
Patent
1979-11-20
1983-08-09
Clements, Gregory N.
Gas and liquid contact apparatus
Fluid distribution
Pumping
261DIG11, 261DIG77, 261109, F28C 104
Patent
active
043977936
ABSTRACT:
Means for increasing the efficiency of effluent discharge from a cooling tower or other stack by means of introducing gaseous fluid streams through at least one or more vertical slots positioned about the periphery of a chimney of said tower or stack wherein said slots are capable of directing said fluid streams tangentially within the periphery of said chimney to create a vortex within said chimney. Each of said slots extend at least a portion of the height of said chimney, and preferably extends from above a fill at the base of said chimney to approximately the mouth of said chimney. Means are provided for introducing cooling gaseous fluid streams into and through said fill to a cavity within said fill which also contains heat transfer or other effluent constituent removal surfaces or passages or other means to provide heat or other effluent constituent dissipation. The upper limit of said cavity is bounded by a floor, which defines the demarcation between said chimney and said fill. An orifice, through said floor, is preferably centrally positioned with respect to the central vertical axis of said chimney. The aforesaid tangentially directed gaseous fluid streams create a vortex within said chimney, such that a low pressure core is created to increase the momentum of the heat dissipating cooling gaseous fluid streams in said fill cavity and accelerate said cooling streams and entrain said cooling streams through said orifice to within said chimney to be exhausted by the aid of said vortex from the mouth thereof.
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Stillman Gerald I.
Wiley Rudolf A.
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