Precooler for an evaporative cooler

Patent · Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5068882

Medrano, M V

This patent describes a precooler for air flowing through ambient air inlets of an associated evaporative cooler comprising: a jacket adapted to at least partially envelope the exterior of the associated evaporative cooler in upstream air flow relationship to the air inlets, the jacket comprising an upright frame and porous media supported within the frame, the media being capable of permitting the gravitation therethrough of cooling water and the transverse flow of ambient air so that the ambient air may be precooled by the media before entering the airflow inlets, a manifold adjacent the upper portion of the media and adapted to discharge water into the latter for gravitation therethrough, a first means for connecting the manifold to a source of cooling water in the associated evaporative cooler, and a second means for collecting water which gravitated through the media and for conveying it back to a sump in the associated evaporative cooler.

• Assignee: NOV; NOV-85-026051; EDB-86-182978
• Patent Number(s): US 4612778
• OSTI ID: 5068882
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 14 Feb 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
BUILDINGS
EVAPORATIVE COOLING
COOLING SYSTEMS
JACKETS
AIR FLOW
GRAVITATION
POROUS MATERIALS
PUMPS
WATER
COOLING
ENERGY SYSTEMS
FLUID FLOW
GAS FLOW
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
320100* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Buildings