Abstract Apparatus in the form of a cooling tower having an air outlet and drift eliminator at the inner top area and above the point of entrance of the liquid flow to be cooled, together with fluid distributor means leading flow to a plurality of top panels lying in a horizontal plane and which, as to each, have two series of apertures, one series being air orifices and the second series having means for holding depending flow-receiving elements in register therewith, there being a plurality of bottom panels of form similar to the said top panels but which have only air orifices at the tops of upwardly directed areas intermediate channel formations, the bottom ends of the flow-receiving elements lying below the said air orifices and in the channel formations. The said bottom panels provide cool-fluid reception means and they discharge into a network of flow means which preferably is adapted to concentrate the flow to one or several points for removal through the cooling tower. At the base of the cooling tower is an air inlet opening below which the structure is adapted, as desired in some cases, to incorporate one or more liquid reservoirs. At the top of the cooling tower, or at one or more upper side areas, suitable fan means for upward movement of cooling air, may be provided.
A liquid cooling apparatus in the form of a cooling tower having an air outlet, means below said outlet for entrance of the liquid flow to be cooled, at least one top panel lying in substantially a horizontal plane below said outlet for the liquid flow and having two series of apertures, one series being air orifices and the second series below said air orifices having means for holding depending flow receiving elements with fluid flow space around them, at least one bottom panel having air orifices at the tops of upwardly directed areas intermediate channel formations, a plurality of flow receiving elements held by said top panel and depending therefrom and having their bottom ends lying below the air orifices of the bottom panel, and means for collecting and discharging cooled liquid received from said bottom panel, the top panel being formed with a plurality of spaced upwardly directed peaks apertured at their tops to form air orifices, the top panel at the base areas being formed with a plurality of apertures each associated with grip means holding a depending flow receiving element in such manner that liquid may flow along the said element from said top panel, the bottom panel being in combination with a collection trough member, having a plurality of flow-guiding members for the liquid received from said bottom panel, said flow guiding members being adapted to direct flow of said liquid in a plurality of directions and thence to a point of discharge of said collection trough member.
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A liquid cooling apparatus in the form of a cooling tower having an air outlet, means below said outlet for entrance of the liquid flow to be cooled, at least one top panel lying in substantially a horizontal plane below said outlet for the liquid flow and having two series of apertures, one series being air orifices and the second series below said air orifices having means for holding depending flow receiving elements with fluid flow space around them, at least one bottom panel having air orifices at the tops of upwardly directed areas intermediate channel formations, a plurality of flow receiving elements held by said top panel and depending therefrom and having their bottom ends lying below the air orifices of the bottom panel, and means for collecting and discharging cooled liquid received from said bottom panel, the top panel being formed with a plurality of spaced upwardly directed peaks apertured at their tops to form air orifices, the top panel at the base areas being formed with a plurality of apertures each associated with grip means holding a depending flow receiving element in such manner that liquid may flow along the said element from said top panel, the bottom panel being in combination with a collection trough member, having a plurality of flow-guiding members for the liquid received from said bottom panel, said flow guiding members being adapted to direct flow of said liquid in a plurality of directions and thence to a point of discharge of said collection trough member.