Vortex-augmented cooling tower - windmill combination
Abstract
A cooling tower for cooling large quantities of effluent water from a production facility by utilizing natural wind forces includes the use of a series of helically directed air inlet passages extending outwardly from the base of the tower to introduce air from any direction in a swirling vortical pattern while the force of the draft created in the tower makes it possible to place conventional power generating windmills in the air passage to provide power as a by-product.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5847873
- Application Number:
- ON: DE83018089
- Assignee:
- ERA-08-053853; EDB-83-175940
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-76SR00001
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 17 WIND ENERGY; 42 ENGINEERING; COOLING TOWERS; DESIGN; WIND TURBINES; VORTEX FLOW; FLUID FLOW; MACHINERY; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; TOWERS; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINERY; 170602* - Wind Energy Engineering- Turbine Design & Operation; 420400 - Engineering- Heat Transfer & Fluid Flow
Citation Formats
McAllister, Jr, J E. Vortex-augmented cooling tower - windmill combination. United States: N. p., 1982.
Web.
McAllister, Jr, J E. Vortex-augmented cooling tower - windmill combination. United States.
McAllister, Jr, J E. Thu .
"Vortex-augmented cooling tower - windmill combination". United States.
@article{osti_5847873,
title = {Vortex-augmented cooling tower - windmill combination},
author = {McAllister, Jr, J E},
abstractNote = {A cooling tower for cooling large quantities of effluent water from a production facility by utilizing natural wind forces includes the use of a series of helically directed air inlet passages extending outwardly from the base of the tower to introduce air from any direction in a swirling vortical pattern while the force of the draft created in the tower makes it possible to place conventional power generating windmills in the air passage to provide power as a by-product.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 1982},
month = {Thu Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 1982}
}