METHOD OF ENHANCING PERFORMANCE OF A POROUS EVAPORATIVE MEDIA

• Main Authors: CHEN, Bingzhi, SILVERNAIL, Carter M, MURCIA, Michael J, DHAWAN, Ashish, YIN, Zhangzhang, MOHS, Thomas R, DALKE, Shawn Michael, LOWE, Robert M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.10.2024
• Subjects: AIR-CONDITIONING, AIR-HUMIDIFICATION, VENTILATION, USE OF AIRCURRENTS FOR SCREENING; ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; APPARATUS THEREFOR; BLASTING; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OFGENERAL APPLICATION; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL; HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS,IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA COME INTO DIRECT CONTACTWITHOUT CHEMICAL INTERACTION; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE SUBSTANCESFROM CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS; RANGES; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; REGENERATION OF PULPING LIQUORS; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; TEXTILES; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; VENTILATING; WEAPONS

The method of improving an evaporative performance of a porous evaporative media in a cooling system that utilizes water evaporation for heat transfer, the method comprising contacting the porous evaporative media with a nonionic surfactant, optionally in combination with an antiscalant.