US 11,867,442 B2
Automatic cleaning of adiabatic condenser cooling pads
Karthick Kuppusamy, Salem (IN)
Assigned to Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC, Stone Mountain, GA (US)
Filed by Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC, Stone Mountain, GA (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/344,335.
Prior Publication US 2022/0397325 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. F25B 49/02 (2006.01); F25B 39/04 (2006.01); F28G 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25B 49/027 (2013.01) [F25B 39/04 (2013.01); F28G 7/00 (2013.01); F25B 2700/195 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adiabatic cooling system, comprising:
a condenser coil;
one or more adiabatic pads positioned such that intake air for the adiabatic cooling system passes through the one or more adiabatic pads prior to contacting the condenser coil;
for each of the one or more adiabatic pads, a vibration device attached to the adiabatic pad, the vibration device comprising an electromechanically responsive portion, wherein the electromechanically responsive portion is operable to physically vibrate;
and a controller communicatively coupled to the vibration device for each of the one or more adiabatic pads, the controller comprising a processor configured to:
determine that cleaning of the one or more adiabatic pads should be initiated; and
provide an electronic signal to the vibration device attached to each of the one or more adiabatic pads, wherein the electronic signal is configured to cause the electromechanically responsive portion of the vibration device for each of the one or more adiabatic pads to physically vibrate, thereby causing debris in the one or more adiabatic pads to become one or both of loosened and removed from the one or more adiabatic pads.