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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1994
Roger D Williams, Dallas, NC (US);
Mark S Gengler, Shelby, NC (US);
Pneumafil Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an improved heat transfer device, such as the heat exchanger included in a system for cooling and conditioning air in a textile mill, the system having an air washer and the heat exchanger operating to cool water to be used in the air washer. Water is circulated through a chilling basin where it is cooled by a refrigeration system having evaporator panels in the basin, and the water flows through the basin from a supply inlet to a discharge outlet. Bubbler tubes discharge streams of air bubbles so that the air bubbles flow along the evaporator panels in close proximity thereto. Preferably, the streams of air bubbles are discharged from the bubbler tubes under pressure supplied by an air blower, with a manifold and connecting pipes supplying the pressurized air to the bubbler tubes. The bubbler tubes are preferably spaced from the outlet so that air bubbles do not enter the discharge outlet. The chilling basin is preferably located adjacent the air washer, and both are preferably contained in a single housing.