A cooling system with at least one cooling tower and multiple upper pans or distribution manifold pipes is provided with a strainer tank assembly at the tower lower end in proximity to the sump to receive incoming fluid for cooling, which strainer tank includes a screen to strain particulate material from the inlet fluid communicated to the tower upper end and to equally distribute this fluid at the lowest elevation at a pressure with a higher static pressure component than its dynamic pressure component to avoid a requirement for a flow control valve to provide relatively quiescent fluid for fluid distribution to the tower and fluid transfer media therein. A pressure relief baffle in the strainer tank is operable in response to a fluid overpressure condition to bypass the screen and open fluid communication to avert catastrophic failures within the fluid circuit.
申请公布号
US5328600(A)
申请公布日期
1994.07.12
申请号
US19930046655
申请日期
1993.04.12
申请人
BALTIMORE AIRCOIL COMPANY, INC.
发明人
CATES, ROBERT E.;SMITH, WILLIAM H.;SCHINNER, EDWARD N.;FLAMM, KATHERINE K.;KAPLAN, VLADIMIR