Abstract: The performance of a compact heat exchanger in which a flow of air is employed to cool a flow of water can be enhanced by spraying water as a fine mist into the stream of coolant air. The water droplets, preferably less than 100 microns in diameter, coat the heat exchanger surface on the air side of the heat exchanger and provide evaporative cooling. The preferred form of heat exchange surface has strip fins.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 26, 1995
Date of Patent:
July 1, 1997
Assignees:
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Michael Vasely
Inventors:
Paul Malik, Robert Kosson, Michael Vasely, George Stegmann
Abstract: A system for cooling water from a spent fuel pool of a nuclear power generating plant. The system includes a heat exchanger in which a flow of air is employed to cool a flow of pool water. The performance of the heat exchanger is enhanced by spraying water as a fine mist into the flow of coolant air. The water droplets, preferably less than 100 microns in diameter, coat the heat exchange surface on the air side of the heat exchanger and provide evaporative cooling. The preferred form of heat exchange surface has strip fins.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 22, 1994
Date of Patent:
January 30, 1996
Assignees:
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Michael Vasely
Inventors:
Paul Malik, Robert Kosson, Michael Vasely, George Stegmann