Protective structure of cooling tower

By designing a protective cover and a liftable baffle on the cooling tower's air outlet, the problem of rainwater entering the cooling tower during severe weather was solved, achieving effective protection and easy operation of the cooling tower.

CN224034478UActive Publication Date: 2026-03-24JIANGSU CHUANGYI COOLING EQUIP TECH CO LTD
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-03
Publication Date
2026-03-24

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Technical Problem

Existing cooling towers are prone to rainwater entering due to their open top vents during severe weather, which contaminates the circulating water and affects the normal operation of the equipment.

Method used

Design an air outlet structure with a protective cover. The protective cover is equipped with a grid and a liftable water baffle. The water baffle is raised on rainy days by a humidity sensor and a motor to prevent rainwater from entering. It is combined with a guide block and a drain outlet to discharge rainwater.

Benefits of technology

It effectively prevents rainwater from entering the cooling tower, protects the equipment, simplifies operation, and enhances functionality and practicality.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a protective structure of a cooling tower, which comprises an air outlet cylinder arranged at the upper end of a cooling tower body, the air outlet end of the air outlet cylinder is detachably connected with a protective cover, air ports communicated with the air outlet cylinder are arranged on two sides of the protective cover in a penetrating manner, and a grating net is arranged at the air port on the outer side of the protective cover. An inserting opening and a water discharging opening are sequentially formed in the bottom of the protective cover from inside to outside, a water baffle is longitudinally inserted into the inserting opening in a sliding mode, and a motor for driving the water baffle to longitudinally ascend and descend in the inserting opening is fixedly connected to the upper end of the protective cover. The water baffle is movably arranged in the protective cover and is automatically lifted to the upper end of the outer side air opening in heavy rain weather, so that rainwater is prevented from falling into the cooling tower body, the filtered and isolated rainwater is discharged through the water outlet, operation is easy, manual intervention is not needed, the overall use functionality is effectively improved, and the practical effect is obvious.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the cooling tower protection related field especially, and relates to a protection structure of cooling tower. BACKGROUND

[0002] Cooling tower is the water as circulating coolant, from a system absorbs heat discharges to the atmosphere, to reduce water temperature device, its cold is the use of water and air flow contact after cold and hot exchange produces steam, steam volatilization takes away heat reaches the evaporation heat dissipation, convection heat transfer and radiation heat transfer etc. Principle to scatter the excess heat produced in industry or refrigeration air conditioner to reduce water temperature evaporative cooling device, to ensure the normal operation of the system, the device is generally for the barrel, hence the name cooling tower.

[0003] The existing cooling tower in the process of using, its top surface air outlet part is always open state and lacks the protection measure, leads to when meeting the gale, heavy rain and hail etc. Inclement weather, rainwater is easy to enter the cooling tower from the cooling tower top part to the cooling tower internal circulation water causes the pollution, thereby can influence the normal use of the cooling tower. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0004] The utility model discloses a kind of protection structures of cooling tower, which can prevent rainwater from entering the cooling tower from the cooling tower top part, prevent the pollution of cooling tower internal circulation water, and ensure the normal use of the cooling tower.

[0005] A protection structure of cooling tower, including the air outlet tube of being set to the upper end of cooling tower body, the air outlet end of air outlet tube is detachably connected with protective cover, the air outlet of the both sides of protective cover is penetrated and is connected with the air outlet of air outlet tube, the air outlet of the outside of protective cover is provided with grid, the air outlet of the bottom of protective cover is sequentially provided with plug-in interface, drain, and plug-in interface is vertically slidably inserted with water baffle in, and the upper end of protective cover is fixedly connected with motor, which drives water baffle to vertically lift in plug-in interface.

[0006] Preferably, the abutting faces of the protective cover and the air outlet tube are both fixedly provided with a connecting disc, and the adjacent connecting discs are detachably fixedly connected by fasteners, and the contact surface of the connecting disc is provided with a sealing gasket.

[0007] Preferably, the bottom of the protective cover is fixedly connected with a flow guide block on both sides of the drain, the abutting faces of the flow guide blocks on both sides are designed as inclined surfaces, and the flow guide blocks on both sides are respectively in contact with the protective cover and the water baffle.

[0008] Preferably, the water baffle is vertically provided with a sliding groove on both sides, and the inner wall of the protective cover is vertically fixedly provided with a sliding rail, and the water baffle is vertically slidably connected between the sliding groove on the outside and the sliding rail.

[0009] Preferably, the inner wall of the protective cover is longitudinally connected with a threaded rod and a limiting rod, the threaded rod and the limiting rod are movably inserted into the water baffle, and the threaded rod is threadedly connected with the water baffle, and the power end of the motor is movably penetrated through the protective cover and fixedly connected with the threaded rod.

[0010] Preferably, the inner wall of the air outlet on the inner side of the protective cover is fixedly installed with a humidity sensor, and the humidity sensor is electrically connected with the motor through a PLC controller.

[0011] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages that:

[0012] The utility model discloses based on the air outlet pipe structure design of the existing cooling tower body and installs the protective cover on its outside end, utilizes the grating net of the air outlet on the outside of the protective cover to avoid that big rubbish falls in and does not influence normal air outlet, and the water baffle is movably arranged in the protective cover and is lifted to the upper end of the air outlet in heavy rain weather, thereby avoiding that rainwater falls into the cooling tower body and influences equipment, and the filtered rainwater is discharged through the drain port, and the lifting of the water baffle is automatically realized by the sensor, motor and transmission structure, and the operation is simple, and manpower intervention is not needed, effectively improves the overall use functionality, and the practical effect is obvious, and it is worth popularization and use in the existing market. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0013] Figure 1 It is the structural schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0014] Figure 2 It is the protective cover structure section view schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0015] Figure 3 It is the protective cover structure side view angle section view schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0016] Figure 4 It is the enlarged schematic diagram of the structure of the utility model A.

[0017] In the drawing: 1-cooling tower body, 2-air outlet pipe, 3-protective cover, 4-connection disc, 401-fastener, 402-sealing gasket, 5-air port, 6-grating net, 7-insertion port, 8-drain port, 801-flow guide block, 9-water baffle, 901-sliding groove, 902-sliding rail, 10-motor, 1001-threaded rod, 1002-limiting rod, 1003-humidity sensor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] In the description of the utility model, it is necessary to understand that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise" and the like is 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 devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the utility model.

[0019] In the description of the utility model, the meaning of "multiple" is two or more than two, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited.

[0020] In the description of the utility model, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "provided with", "sleeved / connected", "connected" and the like should be broadly understood, for example, "connected" can be fixedly connected, can be detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically connected, can be electrically connected; can be directly connected, can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be internal communication of two elements. 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.

[0021] The technical scheme in the embodiments of the utility model will be described clearly and completely in the description of the embodiments of the utility model in combination with the drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all the embodiments.

[0022] Referring to Figures 1-4 A protective structure of cooling tower, including the air outlet pipe 2 of setting in the upper end of cooling tower body 1, the air outlet end of air outlet pipe 2 is detachably connected with the protective cover 3, the air outlet 5 of protective cover 3 both sides is provided with the air outlet 5 of the communication air outlet pipe 2, the air outlet 5 of protective cover 3 outside is provided with the grating net 6, the air outlet 5 of protective cover 3 bottom is sequentially provided with the plug-in interface 7, the drain 8 from inside to outside, and the plug-in interface 7 is longitudinally slidably inserted with the water baffle 9, and the upper end of protective cover 3 is fixedly connected with motor 10 that drives water baffle 9 to longitudinally lift in plug-in interface 7.

[0023] The abutment surface of the protective cover 3 and the air outlet cylinder 2 is fixedly sleeved with a connecting disc 4, and the adjacent connecting discs 4 are detachably fixed and connected through a fastener 401, and the contact surface of the connecting disc 4 is provided with a sealing gasket 402; the bottom of the protective cover 3 is fixedly connected with a flow guide block 801 on both sides of the drain port 8, the abutment surface of the flow guide blocks 801 on both sides is designed as an inclined surface structure, and the flow guide blocks 801 on both sides are in contact with the protective cover 3 and the water baffle 9 respectively; the water baffle 9 is longitudinally provided with a sliding groove 901 on both sides, and the inner wall of the protective cover 3 is longitudinally fixedly provided with a sliding rail 902, and the water baffle 9 is longitudinally slidably connected between the sliding groove 901 on the outer side and the sliding rail 902; the inner wall of the protective cover 3 is longitudinally rotatably connected with a threaded rod 1001 and a limiting rod 1002, the threaded rod 1001 and the limiting rod 1002 are movably inserted into the water baffle 9, and the threaded rod 1001 is threadedly connected with the water baffle 9, and the power end of the motor 10 is movably penetrated through the protective cover 3 and fixedly connected with the threaded rod 1001; the inner wall of the air inlet 5 on the inner side of the protective cover 3 is fixedly installed with a humidity sensor 1003, and the humidity sensor 1003 is electrically connected with the motor 10 through a PLC controller.

[0024] Based on the above structure, when the device is used, the staff connects the protective cover 3 to the outer side end of the air outlet cylinder 2 through the connecting disc 4 and the fastener 401, the connecting end sealing gasket 402 of the connecting disc 4 increases the sealing effect of the connection, the air outlet cylinder 2 exhausts through the air inlet 5 of the protective cover 3 and discharges to the outside, and the grid net 6 can prevent large garbage from falling into the air outlet cylinder 2. When it rains, if the humidity sensor 1003 of the air inlet 5 on the inner side of the protective cover 3 detects that the internal humidity is too high, the humidity sensor 1003 drives the motor 10 to rotate through the PLC controller, the motor 10 drives the threaded rod 1001 to rotate and threadedly drives the water baffle 9, and due to the limiting of the limiting rod 1002 on the outer side, the water baffle 9 is driven to longitudinally slide along the sliding rail 902 on both sides to realize the lifting in the insertion port 7, thereby lifting the height of the water baffle 9 to make the upper end of the water baffle 9 abut with the upper end of the air inlet 5 on the outer side of the protective cover 3, so that the water entering the inside of the protective cover 3 from the outer air inlet 5 is blocked by the water baffle 9 and falls into the inner cavity of the protective cover 3, and is discharged to the outside through the drain port 8, and the inclined flow guide block 801 quickly guides and discharges the rainwater, avoids the rainwater from entering the air outlet cylinder 2 to damage the internal structure, and has good protection effect.

[0025] It should be noted that by default, the upper end of the water baffle 9 abuts with the bottom of the outer air inlet 5, but it will not be separated from the threaded rod 1001, and the height adjustment of the water baffle 9 by the motor 10 is within the range of the upper and lower ends of the outer air inlet 5.

[0026] The above embodiment is the preferred embodiment of the present application, but the embodiment of the present application is not limited by the above embodiment, and any change, modification, replacement, combination, simplification made without departing from the spirit and principle of the present application should be an equivalent replacement mode, which is included in the protection scope of the present application.

[0027] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms indicating the position or location relationship are based on the position or location relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements indicated must have a specific position, be constructed and operated in a specific position, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present application.

Claims

1. A protective structure of a cooling tower, comprising an air outlet tube (2) arranged at the upper end of a cooling tower body (1), and a protective cover (3) detachably connected to the air outlet end of the air outlet tube (2), characterized in that: The air outlet (5) of the protective cover (3) is provided with a grid (6) on the outside of the protective cover (3), the bottom of the protective cover (3) is provided with a plug-in interface (7) and a drainage port (8) from inside to outside, the plug-in interface (7) is slidably inserted with a water baffle (9), and the upper end of the protective cover (3) is fixedly connected with a motor (10) for driving the water baffle (9) to vertically slide in the plug-in interface (7).

2. A cooling tower protection structure according to claim 1, wherein The abutting surfaces of the protective cover (3) and the air outlet tube (2) are fixedly provided with connecting discs (4), and adjacent connecting discs (4) are detachably fixedly connected by fasteners (401), and the contact surface of the connecting disc (4) is provided with a sealing gasket (402).

3. A cooling tower protective structure according to claim 2, wherein The bottom of the protective cover (3) is fixedly connected with flow guide blocks (801) on both sides of the drainage port (8), the abutting surfaces of the flow guide blocks (801) on both sides are designed as inclined surfaces, and the flow guide blocks (801) on both sides are respectively in contact with the protective cover (3) and the water baffle (9).

4. A cooling tower protection structure according to claim 3, wherein The water baffle (9) is longitudinally provided with sliding grooves (901) on both sides, and the inner wall of the protective cover (3) is longitudinally fixedly provided with sliding rails (902), and the water baffle (9) is longitudinally slidably connected between the sliding grooves (901) on the outside and the sliding rails (902).

5. A cooling tower protection structure according to claim 4, wherein The inner wall of the protective cover (3) is longitudinally rotatably connected with a threaded rod (1001) and a limiting rod (1002), both of which are movably inserted into the water baffle (9), and the threaded rod (1001) is threadedly connected with the water baffle (9), and the power end of the motor (10) is movably penetrated through the protective cover (3) and fixedly connected with the threaded rod (1001).

6. A cooling tower protection structure according to claim 5, wherein The inner wall of the air outlet (5) on the inside of the protective cover (3) is fixedly installed with a humidity sensor (1003), and the humidity sensor (1003) is electrically connected with the motor (10) through a PLC controller.