COMPOSITE HANGER GRID AND COMPONENTS, SPLASH BAR, ASSEMBLY THEREOF AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY

摘要

A composite hanger grid for supporting splash bars in a cooling tower uses separate vertical suspension members and horizontal beams by which all of the operational loads imposed on the splash bars are transferred to the horizontal beams, which then transfer the load to the vertical suspension members. Since all of the horizontal beams are independent of each other and separate components from the vertical suspension members, the horizontal beams will be loaded equally throughout the entire hanger grid. Also disclosed are components of the composite hanger grid, splash bars adapted for use with specific embodiments of the composite hanger grid, assemblies of the composite hanger grid with its supported splash bars, a method of assembling a composite hanger grid and a method of assembling an evaporative cooler fill assembly, including hanger grids and splash bars, in a cooling tower.

主权项

1. A composite hanger grid having a top and a bottom and a width, the hanger grid being capable of supporting splash bars generally perpendicular to the hanger grid, wherein each splash bar has a first side edge and a second side edge, the hanger grid comprising:
a plurality of vertical suspension members, each suspension member having a longitudinal axis and a continuous length extending at least to the bottom of the hanger grid; at least two vertically aligned horizontal beams as separate components from the vertical suspension members, each horizontal beam having a first end, a second end, a bottom, a length, and at least one upper surface portion being capable of supporting a splash bar, all of the suspension members extending substantially perpendicularly through the horizontal beams at two or more spaced locations along the length of the horizontal beams; each horizontal beam being supported by a structure associated with and at one of any variable locations along the length of the suspension members by which the horizontal beams are supported in tension by the suspension members, whereby the suspension members and the horizontal beams form a grid of a plurality of windows defined by the suspension members and the horizontal beams.