MECHANICAL-DRAFT TOWER Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: heat-power engineering. SUBSTANCE: mechanical-draft tower has housing 1 with central plate with water distributing tubes 4 arranged in tiers and peripheral plate of water distributing tubes 3 with spraying nozzles 6. Basin 8 is divided into central portion 7 and peripheral portion by means of partition 9. Discharge pipe line 10 is connected to central zone of basin 8. Air is fed to mechanical-draft tower through ports 11. Mechanical-draft tower has recirculating pipe line connected to peripheral portion of basin and to central plate of water distributing tubes. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency. 3 cl, 4 dwg