Vortex-augmented cooling tower - windmill combination

Patent · 02 September 1982

OSTI ID:5847873

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 passage to provide power as a by-product.

• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• Assignee: EDB-83-175940; ERA-08-053853
• Patent Number(s): None
• Application Number: ON: DE83018089
• OSTI ID: 5847873
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
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COOLING TOWERS
DESIGN
FLUID FLOW
MACHINERY
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
TOWERS
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
VORTEX FLOW
WIND TURBINES