Heat rejection system

Patent · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:863490

Smith, Gregory C ^[1]; Tokarz, Richard D ^[1]; Braun, Daniel J ^[1]

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1. Richland, WA

A cooling system for rejecting waste heat consists of a cooling tower incorporating a plurality of coolant tubes provided with cooling fins and each having a plurality of cooling channels therein, means for directing a heat exchange fluid from the power plant through less than the total number of cooling channels to cool the heat exchange fluid under normal ambient temperature conditions, means for directing water through the remaining cooling channels whenever the ambient temperature rises above the temperature at which dry cooling of the heat exchange fluid is sufficient and means for cooling the water.

• Research Organization: Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4184536
• OSTI ID: 863490
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

heat
rejection
cooling
rejecting
waste
consists
tower
incorporating
plurality
coolant
tubes
provided
fins
channels
therein
means
directing
exchange
fluid
power
plant
total
cool
normal
ambient
temperature
conditions
water
remaining
whenever
rises
dry
sufficient
heat rejection
cooling fins
coolant tubes
channels therein
waste heat
temperature conditions
heat exchange
ambient temperature
power plant
exchange fluid
cooling channels
coolant tube
cooling tower
dry cooling
temperature rise
tubes provide
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