SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING AND/OR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES

摘要

A system and method is provided for increasing efficiency in evaporative coolers by use of a water treatment system 85 as part of the evaporative cooler system. More specifically, in at least one embodiment, the water is processed in line from the water source 80 to the water storage tank 86. In at least one other embodiment or in combination with the prior embodiment, the water is processed in the water storage tank 86 prior to moistening of the transfer material 90 through which air passes during the cooling process. The water treatment system 85 in at least one embodiment passes the water through a vortex chamber 130 leading into a disk-pack turbine 250 having an expansion chamber 252 and outlets into a discharge chamber 230 that leads to at least one discharge port 232. In a further embodiment, the system includes an intake module 400, a vortex module 100, a disk-pack turbine module 200, and a motor 310 for driving the disk-pack turbine 250. In a further embodiment, the system and method is used as part of the operation of an industrial process system that includes a water treatment system 85.