Dry and wet combined type air cooling tower
The dry-wet hybrid air-cooled tower reduces water vapor emissions through the design of cooling pipes and condenser plates, and improves air exhaust efficiency by using a combination of arc plates and air plates. This solves the problems of water waste and low air exhaust efficiency, and improves heat exchange efficiency.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202520567885.7
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-03-28
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-17
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-03-28
AI Technical Summary
Existing air-cooled towers suffer from water waste and low air exhaust efficiency, resulting in reduced heat exchange efficiency.
The dry-wet composite air-cooled tower structure reduces water vapor discharge through the design of cooling pipes and condenser plates, improves air discharge efficiency by using a combination of arc plates and air plates, and increases air pressure difference to improve air velocity and heat exchange efficiency.
It reduces water waste, improves air exhaust efficiency and heat exchange efficiency, ensures that a temperature difference is maintained between air and hot water, and enhances overall heat exchange performance.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to air cooling tower technical field, concretely is a dry -wet composite air cooling tower. BACKGROUND
[0002] Cooling tower is a kind of equipment using water and air contact, through evaporation to dissipate the waste heat generated in industry or refrigeration air conditioning. Basic principle is: dry (low enthalpy) air is after the pumping of fan, from the air inlet net into cooling tower;Saturated steam high pressure water molecules flow to the pressure low air, hot (high enthalpy) water is from the water system and is sprinkled into tower. When water droplets and air contact, on the one hand due to the direct heat transfer between air and not, on the other hand due to the pressure difference between water vapor surface and air, under the action of pressure, produce evaporation phenomenon, take the latent heat of evaporation, take away the heat in water, namely evaporation heat transfer, to achieve the purpose of cooling.
[0003] The existing can refer to the announcement number CN213932112U of Chinese practical new type patent, it discloses a dry -wet cooling composite heat source tower, including tower body, the tower body is divided into upper layer and lower layer, the upper layer is communicated with lower layer, the upper layer is provided with cooling filler and fan, the lower layer is provided with heat exchange coil, the heat exchange coil is arranged below the cooling filler, the upper portion of cooling filler is equipped with spray head, the outside of tower body is provided with air cooling finned tube, the heat exchange coil is provided with water inlet, the heat exchange coil is communicated with air cooling finned tube, the air cooling finned tube is provided with water outlet, after wet cooling in heat exchange coil, then enters air cooling finned tube dry -wet cooling, double heat dissipation, improve the heat dissipation efficiency.
[0004] The existing air cooling tower extracts the internal humid air through fan, makes the external air enter the inside, reduces the temperature of hot water attached to the surface of filler, since hot water can evaporate in air, causes part of water vapor to be discharged along with airflow, causes water resource waste, simultaneously, the air pressure difference generated by fan in the inside of air cooling tower is small, the internal air discharge efficiency is low, causes the temperature difference between internal air and water temperature to reduce rapidly, and the smaller the temperature difference between heat source and refrigerant, the worse the heat exchange efficiency, after air temperature rises, hot air cannot be discharged in time, influences the heat exchange efficiency between hot water and air. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS
[0005] (I) technical problem solved
[0006] In view of the deficiencies of prior art, the utility model provides a dry -wet composite air cooling tower, has reduce water resource waste, and improve air discharge efficiency and other advantages, solves the above technical problem.
[0007] (II) technical scheme
[0008] To achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: A dry -wet composite formula air cooling tower, include: bottom plate, the top of bottom plate is fixedly installed with support rod, the top of support rod is fixedly installed with shell, the front side of shell is movably installed with sealing plate, the below of shell is inlayed with grating, the left side of shell is inserted and is installed with drain pipe, the inside of shell is fixedly installed with limit rod, the top of limit rod is movably installed with limit pipe, the bottom of limit pipe is fixedly installed with grid plate, the inside of shell is fixedly installed with cooling pipe, the outside of cooling pipe top is fixedly installed with condensing plate, the outside of cooling pipe below is fixedly installed with heat conduction plate, one end of cooling pipe is fixedly installed with circulating water pump, the top of bottom plate is inserted and is installed with liquid supply pump, the drainage end of liquid supply pump is fixedly installed with water supply pipe, the top of shell is fixedly installed with top cover, the inside of top cover is fixedly installed with fixed frame, the inside of fixed frame is fixedly installed with drive motor, the below of drive motor pivot is fixedly installed with drive shaft, the outside of drive shaft is fixedly installed with exhaust plate and air inlet plate, the arc plate is fixedly installed between exhaust plate and air inlet plate, the outside of exhaust plate and air inlet plate is fixedly installed with bearing, the arc plate can compress gas to the outer edge of exhaust plate.
[0009] As the preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the support rod is symmetrically installed on the left and right sides of the bottom plate with the center of the shell as the reference, the upper end of the shell is provided with a forty-five degree bending structure, the bottom end of the shell is fixedly connected with the bottom plate, and the bottom of the bending part of the shell is fixedly connected with the top end of the support rod; the shell can limit the direction of gas flow.
[0010] As the preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the front side of the shell is provided with an opening matched with the limit pipe, the sealing plate is fixed to the front side of the shell through bolts, the drain pipe penetrates the shell and communicates with the water storage structure at the bottom of the shell, the limit rods are equidistantly installed in the inside of the shell, the top surface of the limit rod is flush with the bottom surface of the opening at the front side of the shell, and the limit pipe and the shell are connected in sliding mode; the limit pipe can limit the position of the filler.
[0011] As the preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the upper half of the cooling pipe is located in the bending structure at the top end of the shell, and the lower half of the cooling pipe is located in the vertical structure of the shell, the condensing plates are equidistantly installed on the outside of the upper half of the cooling pipe, and the heat conduction plates are equidistantly installed on the lower half of the cooling pipe; the heat conduction plates can facilitate the absorption of heat of hot water.
[0012] As the preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the top end of the water supply pipe is provided with four tubular branches, and a drainage hole with a diameter of three millimeters is equidistantly arranged below the tubular branches of the water supply pipe, the top cover is provided with a tubular protrusion, and the driving motor is fixed to the center of the tubular protrusion of the top cover through a fixing frame.
[0013] As the preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the top end of the water supply pipe is provided with four tubular branches, and a drainage hole with a diameter of three millimeters is equidistantly arranged below the tubular branches of the water supply pipe, the top cover is provided with a tubular protrusion, and the driving motor is fixed to the center of the tubular protrusion of the top cover through a fixing frame.
[0014] As the preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the top end of the water supply pipe is provided with four tubular branches, and a drainage hole with a diameter of three millimeters is equidistantly arranged below the tubular branches of the water supply pipe, the top cover is provided with a tubular protrusion, and the driving motor is fixed to the center of the tubular protrusion of the top cover through a fixing frame.
[0015] Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides a dry-wet composite air cooling tower, which has the following advantages
[0016] Beneficial effects:
[0017] 1、 the utility model discloses a cooling pipe is arranged, and the upper half of cooling pipe is located in the bending structure of the top of shell, and the lower half of cooling pipe is located in the vertical structure of shell, and the condensing plate is equidistantly installed to the outside of the upper half of cooling pipe, and the heat conduction plate is equidistantly installed to the lower half of cooling pipe, and one end of cooling pipe is connected with the drainage end of circulating water pump, and cooling medium is transported to the inside of cooling pipe through circulating water pump to reduce the temperature of the surface of condensing plate and heat conduction plate, and because the upper portion of shell is provided with bending structure, when gas drives water vapor to pass through the bending structure of shell, part of water vapor will condense on the surface of condensing plate under the limitation of shell and gather into water flow and fall down, and this mode can reduce the content of water vapor in exhaust air, thereby reducing water resource waste.
[0018] 2, the utility model discloses a setting through arc plate, and arc plate is installed between air inlet plate and exhaust plate in ring shape, and exhaust plate, air inlet plate, arc plate have three groups, and install equidistantly on the outside of drive shaft, and air inlet plate is located below corresponding exhaust plate, and the outer edge of exhaust plate is provided with the gap that is distributed in ring shape with the center of exhaust plate as host, and the surface of air inlet plate is provided with the aperture that is distributed in ring shape with the center of air inlet plate as reference, and exhaust plate, air inlet plate constitute rotation connection between bearing and top cover, and drive the drive shaft rotation through drive motor, make exhaust plate, air inlet plate fixed on the outside of drive shaft rotate, because of the setting of arc plate, when arc plate rotates, gas will be compressed to the gap of the outer edge of exhaust plate, and air will move upwards through the gap of exhaust plate after compression, and under the influence of air pressure difference at bottom, enter between air inlet plate and exhaust plate through the aperture of air inlet plate, thereby exhaust the air in the shell, because of having three groups exhaust plate, air inlet plate, arc plate, gas will be exhausted after three times compression, thereby improve gas exhaust capacity, increase the air pressure difference between inside and outside shell, and external air can enter the shell through the gap between the grid below the shell, to improve the air flow rate in the shell, reduce the heat exchange time between air and hot water, ensure that the air as refrigerant can keep a certain temperature difference with hot water, to improve heat exchange efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0019] Figure 1 It is whole structure schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0020] Figure 2 It is shell mounting structure schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0021] Figure 3 It is condensing plate mounting structure schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0022] Figure 4 It is drive shaft mounting structure schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0023] Wherein: 1, bottom plate;11, support rod;12, shell;13, sealing plate;14, grid;15, drain pipe;16, limit rod;17, limit pipe;18, grid plate;19, cooling pipe;110, condensing plate;111, heat conduction plate;112, circulating water pump;113, liquid supply pump;114, water supply pipe;115, top cover;116, fixing frame;117, drive motor;118, drive shaft;119, exhaust plate;120, air inlet plate;121, arc plate;122, bearing. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0024] The embodiments of the present application will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the drawings and examples. The following examples are used to illustrate the present application, but cannot be used to limit the scope of the present application.
[0025] In the description of the utility model, unless otherwise specified, the meaning of "multiple" is two or more than two;The terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "inner", "outer", "front end", "rear end", "head", "tail" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, which is only for the convenience of describing the utility model and simplifying the description, and does not indicate or imply that the indicated device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the utility model. In addition, the terms "first", "second", "third" and the like are only for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.
[0026] In the description of the utility model, it should be pointed out that, unless otherwise specified and limited, the terms "connected", "connected" should be broadly understood, for example, it can be fixedly connected, or it can be detachably connected, or integrally connected;It can be mechanically connected, or it can be electrically connected;It can be directly connected, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. For ordinary skilled persons in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the utility model can be understood according to the specific circumstances.
[0027] Please refer to Figure 1 - Figure 4 In the embodiment, a dry-wet composite air cooling tower, comprising: a bottom plate 1, a support rod 11 is fixedly installed above the bottom plate 1, an outer shell 12 is fixedly installed above the support rod 11, a sealing plate 13 is movably installed on the front side of the outer shell 12, a grating 14 is inlaidly installed below the outer shell 12, a drain pipe 15 is insertedly installed on the left side of the outer shell 12, a limiting rod 16 is fixedly installed in the inner part of the outer shell 12, a limiting pipe 17 is movably installed above the limiting rod 16, a grid plate 18 is fixedly installed at the bottom of the limiting pipe 17, a cooling pipe 19 is fixedly installed in the inner part of the outer shell 12, a condensing plate 110 is fixedly installed on the outer side above the cooling pipe 19, a heat conduction plate 111 is fixedly installed on the outer side below the cooling pipe 19, a circulating water pump 112 is fixedly installed at one end of the cooling pipe 19, a liquid supply water pump 113 is insertedly installed above the bottom plate 1, a water supply pipe 114 is fixedly installed at the water outlet end of the liquid supply water pump 113, a top cover 115 is fixedly installed above the outer shell 12, a fixing frame 116 is fixedly installed in the inner part of the top cover 115, a driving motor 117 is fixedly installed in the inner part of the fixing frame 116, a driving shaft 118 is fixedly installed below the rotating shaft of the driving motor 117, an exhaust plate 119 and an air inlet plate 120 are fixedly installed on the outer side of the driving shaft 118, an arc plate 121 is fixedly installed between the exhaust plate 119 and the air inlet plate 120, and a bearing 122 is fixedly installed on the outer side of the exhaust plate 119 and the air inlet plate 120.
[0028] Supporting rod 11 is installed on the left and right sides of the base plate 1 symmetrically with the center of the shell 12 as the reference, the upper end of the shell 12 is provided with a forty-five degree bending structure, the bottom end of the shell 12 is fixedly connected with the base plate 1, and the bottom of the bending part of the shell 12 is fixedly connected with the top end of the supporting rod 11, the front side of the shell 12 is provided with an opening matched with the limiting tube 17, the sealing plate 13 is fixed on the front side of the shell 12 by bolts, the drain pipe 15 penetrates the shell 12 and communicates with the water storage structure at the bottom of the shell 12, the limiting rods 16 are installed equidistantly in the inside of the shell 12, and the top surface of the limiting rod 16 is flush with the bottom surface of the opening on the front side of the shell 12, the limiting tube 17 and the shell 12 form a sliding connection, the upper half of the cooling pipe 19 is located in the bending structure at the top end of the shell 12, and the lower half of the cooling pipe 19 is located in the vertical structure of the shell 12, the condensing plates 110 are installed equidistantly on the outside of the upper half of the cooling pipe 19, the heat conducting plates 111 are installed equidistantly on the lower half of the cooling pipe 19, the top end of the water supply pipe 114 is provided with four tubular branches, and the lower part of the tubular branch of the water supply pipe 114 is provided with a drainage hole with a hole diameter of three millimeters, the upper part of the top cover 115 is provided with a tubular protrusion, the driving motor 117 is fixed on the center of the tubular protrusion of the top cover 115 through the fixing frame 116, the rotating shaft of the driving motor 117 is fixedly connected with the top end of the driving shaft 118, the outer edge of the exhaust plate 119 is provided with a notch distributed in a ring shape with the center of the exhaust plate 119 as the reference, the surface of the air inlet plate 120 is provided with an opening distributed in a ring shape with the center of the air inlet plate 120 as the reference, the arc plate 121 is installed in a ring shape between the air inlet plate 120 and the exhaust plate 119, the exhaust plate 119, the air inlet plate 120 and the arc plate 121 have three groups, which are installed equidistantly on the outside of the driving shaft 118, and the air inlet plate 120 is located below the corresponding exhaust plate 119.
[0029] Specifically, the circulating water pump 112 and the liquid supply water pump 113 are model TL(WLT)50-6 / 0.55, the driving motor 117 is model YBZR200L-8-15KW, the bottom plate 1 can limit the position of the shell 12, the supporting rod 11 can support the upper bent part of the shell 12, the shell 12 can limit the direction of gas flow, after filling the filler in the cooling pipe 19, the filler is moved to the inside of the shell 12 through the opening in the front side of the shell 12, and then the opening of the shell 12 is closed by bolt installation of the sealing plate 13 to play a sealing role, the grid 14 can facilitate the external air to enter the inside of the shell 12, the drain pipe 15 can facilitate the water accumulated at the bottom of the shell 12 to be discharged, the position of the limiting pipe 17 is limited by the limiting rod 16 to support the limiting pipe 17, the grid plate 18 can limit the position of the filler while allowing the gas to pass through, one end of the cooling pipe 19 is connected with the drain end of the circulating water pump 112, the cooling medium is transported to the inside of the cooling pipe 19 by the circulating water pump 112 to reduce the temperature of the condensing plate 110 and the heat conducting plate 111, and the cooling water will flow through the area covered by the condensing plate 110 first, the condensing plate 110 can absorb heat when in contact with water vapor to condense the water vapor into droplets on the surface of the condensing plate 110, the temperature of the hot water is reduced by the heat conducting plate 111, the hot water is transported to the water supply pipe 114 by the liquid supply water pump 113, after entering the inside of the water supply pipe 114, the hot water is discharged from the drain hole below the branch structure at the top end of the water supply pipe 114, falls above the filler and penetrates into the inside of the filler, the top cover 115 can limit the position of the driving motor 117 through the fixing frame 116, the driving motor 117 drives the driving shaft 118 to rotate, so that the exhaust plate 119 and the air inlet plate 120 fixed to the outside of the driving shaft 118 rotate, due to the arrangement of the arc plate 121, when the arc plate 121 rotates, the gas will be compressed towards the gap at the outer edge of the exhaust plate 119, the air will move upwards through the gap of the exhaust plate 119 after compression, under the influence of the air pressure difference at the bottom, the air enters between the air inlet plate 120 and the exhaust plate 119 through the opening of the air inlet plate 120, so as to discharge the air in the shell 12, due to the three groups of air inlet plates 120, exhaust plates 119 and arc plates 121, the gas will be discharged after three times of compression.
[0030] In use, the upper half of the cooling pipe 19 is located in the bending structure at the top end of the shell 12, and the lower half of the cooling pipe 19 is located in the vertical structure of the shell 12, the condensation plates 110 are installed equidistantly on the outside of the upper half of the cooling pipe 19, the heat-conducting plates 111 are installed equidistantly on the lower half of the cooling pipe 19, one end of the cooling pipe 19 is connected with the water outlet end of the circulating water pump 112, and the inside of the cooling pipe 19 is supplied with cooling medium by the circulating water pump 112 to reduce the temperature of the surfaces of the condensation plates 110 and the heat-conducting plates 111, and due to the bending structure arranged above the shell 12, when the gas drives the water vapor to pass through the bending structure of the shell 12, the water vapor will pass through the gaps between the condensation plates 110 under the limitation of the shell 12, so that part of the water vapor condenses on the surfaces of the condensation plates 110 and falls as water flow, which can reduce the content of water vapor in the exhaust air, thereby reducing the waste of water resources, the arc plates 121 are annularly arranged between the exhaust plates 119 and the air inlet plates 120, there are three groups of the exhaust plates 119, the air inlet plates 120 and the arc plates 121, which are equidistantly arranged on the outside of the drive shaft 118, and the air inlet plates 120 are located below the corresponding exhaust plates 119, the outer edges of the exhaust plates 119 are provided with annularly distributed notches with the center of the exhaust plate 119 as the reference, the surfaces of the air inlet plates 120 are provided with holes which are heart-shapedly distributed with the center of the air inlet plate 120 as the reference, the exhaust plates 119 and the air inlet plates 120 are rotationally connected between the bearing 122 and the top cover 115, the drive shaft 118 is driven to rotate by the driving motor 117, so that the exhaust plates 119 and the air inlet plates 120 fixed on the outside of the drive shaft 118 rotate, and due to the arrangement of the arc plates 121, the gas is compressed to the notches of the outer edges of the exhaust plates 119 when the arc plates 121 rotate, the air moves upward through the notches of the exhaust plates 119 after being compressed, and enters between the air inlet plates 120 and the exhaust plates 119 through the holes of the air inlet plates 120 under the influence of the air pressure difference at the bottom, so as to exhaust the air in the shell 12, and due to the three groups of the air inlet plates 120, the exhaust plates 119 and the arc plates 121, the gas is exhausted after being compressed three times, so as to increase the exhaust capacity of the gas, thereby increasing the air pressure difference between the inside and outside of the shell 12, and the external air can enter the shell 12 through the gaps between the grids 14 below the shell 12, so as to increase the air flow rate in the shell 12, reduce the heat exchange time between the air and the hot water, ensure that the air as the refrigerant can maintain a certain temperature difference with the hot water, and improve the heat exchange efficiency.
[0031] Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present application, and the scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A dry-wet composite air-cooled tower, characterized in that, include: A base plate (1) is provided. A support rod (11) is fixedly installed above the base plate (1). A housing (12) is fixedly installed above the support rod (11). A sealing plate (13) is movably installed on the front side of the housing (12). A grille (14) is fitted into the lower part of the housing (12). A drain pipe (15) is inserted through the left side of the housing (12). A limiting rod (16) is fixedly installed inside the housing (12). A limiting tube (17) is movably installed above the limiting rod (16). A mesh plate (18) is fixedly installed at the bottom of the limiting tube (17). A cooling pipe (19) is fixedly installed inside the housing (12). A condenser plate (110) is fixedly installed on the outer side above the cooling pipe (19). A heat-conducting plate (111) is fixedly installed on the outer side below the cooling pipe (19). A circulating water pump (112) is fixedly installed at one end of the base plate (1). A liquid supply water pump (113) is inserted above the base plate (1). A water supply pipe (114) is fixedly installed at the drain end of the liquid supply water pump (113). A top cover (115) is fixedly installed above the outer shell (12). A fixing frame (116) is fixedly installed inside the top cover (115). A drive motor (117) is fixedly installed inside the fixing frame (116). A drive shaft (118) is fixedly installed below the shaft of the drive motor (117). An exhaust plate (119) and an air inlet plate (120) are fixedly installed on the outside of the drive shaft (118). An arc plate (121) is fixedly installed between the exhaust plate (119) and the air inlet plate (120). A bearing (122) is fixedly installed on the outside of the exhaust plate (119) and the air inlet plate (120).
2. The dry-wet composite air-cooled tower according to claim 1, characterized in that: The support rod (11) is symmetrically installed on the left and right sides of the base plate (1) with the center of the outer shell (12) as the reference. The upper end of the outer shell (12) is provided with a 45-degree bending structure. The bottom end of the outer shell (12) is fixedly connected to the base plate (1), and the bottom of the bent part of the outer shell (12) is fixedly connected to the top end of the support rod (11).
3. A dry-wet composite air-cooled tower according to claim 1, characterized in that: The front side of the outer shell (12) is provided with an opening that fits into the limiting tube (17). The sealing plate (13) is fixed to the front side of the outer shell (12) by bolts. The drain pipe (15) passes through the outer shell (12) and communicates with the water storage structure at the bottom of the outer shell (12). The limiting rod (16) is installed equidistantly on the left and right sides inside the outer shell (12), and the top surface of the limiting rod (16) is flush with the bottom surface of the opening on the front side of the outer shell (12). The limiting tube (17) and the outer shell (12) form a sliding connection.
4. A dry-wet composite air-cooled tower according to claim 1, characterized in that: The upper half of the cooling pipe (19) is located in the bent structure at the top of the outer shell (12), and the lower half of the cooling pipe (19) is located in the vertical structure of the outer shell (12). The condenser plate (110) is installed equidistantly on the outside of the upper half of the cooling pipe (19), and the heat-conducting plate (111) is installed equidistantly on the lower half of the cooling pipe (19).
5. A dry-wet composite air-cooled tower according to claim 1, characterized in that: The top of the water supply pipe (114) is provided with four tubular branches, and drain holes with a diameter of three millimeters are provided at equal intervals below the tubular branches of the water supply pipe (114). A tubular protrusion is provided above the top cover (115), and the drive motor (117) is fixed to the center of the tubular protrusion of the top cover (115) by a fixing bracket (116).
6. A dry-wet composite air-cooled tower according to claim 1, characterized in that: The shaft of the drive motor (117) is fixedly connected to the top end of the drive shaft (118). The outer edge of the exhaust plate (119) is provided with notches distributed in a ring around the center of the exhaust plate (119). The surface of the air intake plate (120) is provided with openings distributed in a ring around the center of the air intake plate (120).
7. A dry-wet composite air-cooled tower according to claim 1, characterized in that: The arc plate (121) is installed in a ring between the air intake plate (120) and the exhaust plate (119). There are three sets of the exhaust plate (119), air intake plate (120) and arc plate (121), which are installed at equal intervals on the outside of the drive shaft (118), and the air intake plate (120) is located below the corresponding exhaust plate (119).
Citation Information
Patent Citations
Dry and wet cooling composite heat source tower
CN213932112U