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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 1997
Filed:
May. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Malik, Northport, NY (US);
Robert Kosson, Massapequa, NY (US);
Michael Vasely, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
George Stegmann, Thornwood, NY (US);
Assignees:
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, New York, NY (US);
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376272 ; 376298 ; 165911 ; 261153 ;
Abstract
The performance of a compact heat exchanger in which a flow of air is employed to cool a flow of water can be enhanced by spraying water as a fine mist into the stream of coolant air. The water droplets, preferably less than 100 microns in diameter, coat the heat exchanger surface on the air side of the heat exchanger and provide evaporative cooling. The preferred form of heat exchange surface has strip fins.