Vortex-augmented cooling tower-windmill combination

Patent · Tue Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5632631

McAllister, Jr, J E

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 passages to provide power as a by-product.

• Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
• Patent Number(s): US 4499034
• OSTI ID: 5632631
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 2 Sep 1982; Other Information: PAT-APPL-414193
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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