Method for cleaning air cooler as well as device for carrying out the method, and air cooler equipped for the same

Abstract

The invention relates to an air loaded air cooler (9) such as an engine. The air cooler has an area (15) designed to a heat exchanger arranged between an air inlet and an air outlet. The area contains a plurality of vertical flow passages (18) which is crossed by an uncooling air from up to down and limited by an outer cooling surface, wherein a high reliability and a long service life can be realized by that the area (15) designed to the heat exchanger is rotated about a half rotation around an axis which traverses the uncooling air and extends along the flow direction from up to down, and the area (15) designed to the heat exchanger can be loaded by the uncooling air crossing the area from up to down at an up and down reversal position which is rotated about a half rotation.

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technical field

[0001] The invention relates to a method for cleaning an air cooler according to the preamble of claim 1 and a device for carrying out the method according to the preamble of claim 12 , and to a Air coolers constructed for this purpose as described in the preamble of 31. Background technique

[0002] Contaminants (impurities) in the form of dust particles or the like brought into the air cooler by the air to be cooled can narrow and block the flow channels assigned to the air. According to experience, such narrowings or blockages are already formed at a small distance from the inlet side, i.e. from the upper side of the air cooler, where condensation water usually also starts to form, so that the pollutants are humidified and can interact with each other. Gather into a viscous substance. As the flow channel narrows or becomes progressively more clogged, a progressively higher pressure drop occurs. Once the pressure drop has reached the specified level, the...

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