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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328886 | Air-to-air atmospheric heat exchanger for condensing cooling tower effluent A sheet for use in a heat exchange apparatus. The sheet includes a first vertical rib that extends in a first direction generally parallel to the vertical axis of the heat exchange apparatus, wherein said first vertical rib protrudes in a second direction out of the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318581 | Carbonating apparatus A carbonating apparatus includes an elongated carbonation chamber defining a longitudinal axis and having an inlet end and an outlet end. A manifold assembly is provided at the inlet end of the carbonation chamber. The manifold assembly includes a manifold body havi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7272955 | Cooling apparatus and process An integrated cooling apparatus and process which includes a source of compressed gas; a cooling unit for cooling the compressed gas to form cooled compressed gas by heat exchange with water having a first purity, thereby producing a stream of cooled compressed gas ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7150100 | Method of forming a jacketed steam distribution tube A method of forming a jacketed steam distribution tube assembly includes simultaneously extruding an inner tube, an outer tube, and a plurality of connecting members for connecting the inner tube to the outer tube, thereby forming a jacketed steam distribution tube ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137619 | Heating tower apparatus and method with wind direction adaptation A heating tower apparatus for heating a liquid having more than one inlet and more than one outlet. Each of the more than one inlet and more than one outlet is selectively openable and closable. The heating tower apparatus also includes a liquid distribution assembl... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128310 | Air-to-air atmospheric heat exchanger for condensing cooling tower effluent A cooling tower having a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes at least one heat exchanger pack having a generally diamond shape. The heat exchanger pack includes a first set of passageways for receiving a stream of warm, water laden air and a second set of pa... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6938434 | Cooling system A system is disclosed that incorporates a generator for generating a liquid coolant. This invention provides a self-contained water (or similar liquid coolant) chilling system of suitable capacity to cool small to medium size structures, such as private residences a... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6723284 | Membrane apparatus with enhanced mass transfer, heat transfer and pumping capabilities via active mixing A combination mass transfer and pump apparatus, which in a single step actively mixes a first mass and a second mass and simultaneously pumps one of the first mass and the second mass through the apparatus. The combination mass transfer and pump apparatus substantia... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6227526 | Steam distribution device and method A steam distribution device for a steam humidification system includes a source of steam, a horizontally mounted steam dispersion element for receiving steam from the source of steam and for dispersing a portion of the steam into an air stream, a horizont... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6065740 | Steam distribution device and method A steam distribution device for a steam humidification system is a source of steam, a horizontally mounted steam dispersion element for receiving steam from the source of steam and for dispersing a portion of the steam into an air stream, a horizontally m... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5782080 | Quench cooler for gas turbine system A quench cooler for cooling a hot flowing gas essentially comprises a cylindrical shell (10) which is connected to a hot-gas line (7) and to a cold-gas line (9) and which has means (30) for injecting water. The water injection means (30) are pressure-atom... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5775410 | Heat exchanger The invention relates to a heat exchanger wherein the heating vapor is fed onto heat exchange surfaces of membrane material from a vapor distributor, the vapor distributor having parallel conduits for directing vapor over the entire width of the surfaces.... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5759857 | Leak detection using chemical markers Leakage in a heat exchanger between two liquids which are in indirect heat exchange relationship is detected by marking one of the two liquids with a colorless chemical marker and detecting it in the second liquid by extraction and conversion to a colored... | 06/02/1998 |
| 4675028 | Gas saturation monitoring system and method for controlling condensable fuel added to a gas A device for monitoring the amount of butane that can be safely added into a fuel gas before condensation occurs includes a dry-bulb thermocouple for measuring the temperature of the gas and a wet-bulb thermocouple for measuring the temperature of a wick ... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4544513 | Combination direct and indirect evaporative media A combined direct and indirect media is disclosed which is formed from a plurality of plate-like structures. The plates are generally sheet-like elements having an indirect portion and a direct portion. The indirect portion includes a first indirect secti... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4514344 | Apparatus for the mixing of different streams of air in a cooling tower Apparatus for the mixing of different streams of air and particularly dry and moist streams of air, in a cooling tower. In order to obtain an effective low-loss mixing over a short flow path by simple means, eddy fields are produced by at least one cylind... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4367183 | Air channeling device for mixing dry and humid air streams of a combined wet and dry atmospheric cooler Device for mixing dry and humid air streams of a combined atmospheric cooler employing parallel air streams. The device comprises a wet exchange unit and a dry heat exchange unit which are disposed in parallel in the air stream. The device for mixing the ... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4361524 | Cooling tower with plume prevention system Plume formation by exhaust air from wet cooling towers during periods when ambient air conditions are conducive to the formation of such plumes is prevented by preheating inlet air and/or precooling influent hot water to reduce the temperature difference ... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4300913 | Apparatus and method for the manufacture of product gas Product gas resulting from the partial oxidation of finely divided fuel in a reactor is discharged as a stream into a tube leading downwardly into a vessel containing a water bath in which the lower end of the tube is immersed. Liquid slag produced during... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4295865 | Method for removing dust from flue gases A method for removing dust and noxious materials from flue gases within a tall chimney through which the dust can be collected efficiently without increasing the operating cost of the boiler. A spraying device assembly is adapted to be mounted in a vertic... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4265840 | Vapor distributor pipe for air humidifier A vapor-air humidifier for air climatizing or conditioning installations is disclosed which comprises a double-wall vapor distributor pipe defining vapor exhaust pipe means. By means of a jacket chamber or space, heated by the vapor or steam, the internal... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4076771 | Bottom vented wet-dry water cooling tower A generally rectangular, bottom-vented, mechanical draft combination wet-dry water cooling tower is provided which has excellent water conservation properties and resistance to recirculation of heated discharge air, and which is designed for minimizing un... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4022853 | Installation for changing the temperature of fluid media, particularly for cooling liquids and condensing vapors with air An installation for changing the temperature of fluid media has a gas-liquid contacting arrangement and an indirect heat-exchange arrangement. The gas-liquid contacting arrangement is made up of a chamber and a device inside the chamber through which liqu... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4003970 | Combined wet and dry heat transfer system and method for cooling towers An adjustably operable heat transfer system for cooling tower installations, the heat transfer units consisting of a section of only "wet" operating evaporative heat exchanger units and a section of dual-purpose heat exchanger units which are adapted for ... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3994999 | Combination wet-dry cooling tower A wet-dry cooling tower with an upper tubular heat exchange section superposed over a lower sloped film fill section. The film fill comprises a number of spaced sheets, preferably of the corrugated type. Also, splash-type fill may be disposed on either si... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3944636 | Cooling tower A cooling tower has circumferentially distributed inlet openings at the lower end for the entrance of cooling air and a central upper outlet opening. Cooling air flows through the tower, on the one hand, counter-currently to a medium to be cooled which fl... | 03/16/1976 |
