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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1987
Ohler L Kinney, Jr, Leawood, KS (US);
Thomas W Bugler, III, Prairie Village, KS (US);
The Marley Cooling Tower Company, Mission, KS (US);
Abstract
A crossflow cooling tower includes at least two separate packs of film fill which are both horizontally and vertically offset relative to each other. Each of the film packs has a height within a certain critical range of values, and presents a plurality of air passageways of lengths within a certain critical range. In addition, each pack is inclined from vertical to a degree within a certain range of values. Construction of a multilevel tower with film fill packs in accordance with the invention provides far greater cooling effectiveness than could be attained by, for instance, a single film fill pack or fill structure comprising a plurality of splash bars. A water distribution system directs separate streams of hot water to be cooled to a corresponding distribution basin laying atop each fill pack and nozzles within the floor of each basin are subjected to substantially equal heads so that the flow rates of the water dispersed to each pack are essentially equal.