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Wet/dry cooling tower and method

Patent ·
OSTI ID:863893
 [1];  [2]
  1. Lynnfield, MA
  2. Waban, MA
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A wet/dry cooling tower wherein a liquid to-be-cooled is flowed along channels of a corrugated open surface or the like, which surface is swept by cooling air. The amount of the surface covered by the liquid is kept small compared to the dry part thereof so that said dry part acts as a fin for the wet part for heat dissipation.

Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
Patent Number(s):
US 4269796
OSTI ID:
863893
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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