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Balcke-durr Aktiengesellschaft

Balke-durr Ag

Gunter Mayr

Jorg Schlaich

Willi Baur

Wilhelm Zellner

Fritz Leonhardt

Wolfgang Muller

Wolfhart Andra

Hugo Schulte

Supporting structure for a large natural draft cooling tower consisting of a central tower support in the form of a hollow column of reinforced concrete and hyperboloid-shaped cooling tower mantle supported by the central tower support with the aid of cables and tie rings at the top and bottom of the cooling tower mantle. The upper tie ring is suspended from the top of the central tower support by means of a series of inclined supporting cables and the lower tie ring is connected to the upper tie ring by means of two sets of oppositely diagonally inclined mantle supporting cables, under a downwardly directed preload, forming a hyperboloid-shaped cable grid. To this grid are attached the section panels of the cooling tower mantle. The cable preload is provided by means of holding cables extending between the lower tie ring and a series of ground anchors, or by means of the diagonally inclined cables themselves which may be attached to the ground anchors. The mantle supporting cables may include a third set of cables in a meridian arrangement or in a concentric circular arrangement. The inclined supporting cables of the upper tie ring carry wind deflector rings.

Supporting structure for large natural draft cooling tower

The invention relates to a structure, such as a cooling tower, comprising a waisted tubular envelope consisting of a membrane made of a material which is capable of supporting tension in all directions in its plane. The membrane is pre-tensioned and carried with its tubular axis upright from a support which provides the vertical component of the pre-tensioning.

Tubular structure

A method of mounting a natural draft cooling tower having a tower mantle suspended on a central support projecting beyond the upper rim of the mantle which is clamped and tightened between a pressure ring at the upper rim of the mantle and a foundation. In order to mount the cooling tower mantle, the pressure ring lying on the ground and coaxially surrounding the central support is suspended on a lifting ring by means of a plurality of supporting cables exceeding in length the radius of the pressure ring. This lifting ring is guided on the central support, suspended on a plurality of pulling elements which are lifted by at least one lifting device detachably connected to the central support, as a mantle section corresponding to the advance of the lifting device is displayed. After the lower rim of the cooling tower mantle has been connected to the foundation, the mantle is tightened by the lifting device. By attaching the lifting ring to the central support, the cooling tower mantle is maintained in its pre-stressed position.

Method of mounting a natural draft cooling tower

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Stuttgart, Germany

Gunter Mayr