DIRECT FORCED DRAFT FLUID COOLER/COOLING TOWER AND LIQUID COLLECTOR THEREFOR

摘要

A water collector for use in fluid coolers, cooling towers and the like is provided with fans at the bottom of the collector, and a plurality of layers of water collection troughs or channels above the fans to capture water droplets sprayed downwardly from the top of the device through a heat exchanger or fill media above the collection troughs. In one embodiment the collection troughs supply the collected water to one or more gutters inside the housing which lead the water to an external collection tank from which the water is recirculated through the system.

主权项

1. A water collector and air diffusing device for use in cooling towers and fluid coolers comprising a plurality of layers containing a plurality of longitudinally extending separate troughs for collecting liquid falling from above the troughs, said troughs in said layers being spaced laterally from each other to provide air passages between them and being laterally offset from the troughs above or below them with the troughs in at least some alternate layers being in generally vertical alignment with one another; said troughs each having at least one open end; and at least a pair of trough support plate structures having openings therein for receiving said troughs; said support plate structures being longitudinally spaced from each other along the lengths of the troughs and said troughs being removably mounted in said openings, whereby said troughs capture substantially all of the liquid falling from above the troughs and diffuse air uniformly when leaving the device.