Inventors:
Paul Malik - Northport NY
Robert Kosson - Massapequa NY
Michael Vasely - Hopewell Junction NY
George Stegmann - Thornwood NY
Assignee:
Consolidated Edison Company of New York - New York NY
International Classification:
G21C 1907
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.