US 12,474,069 B2
System for evaporative cooling of an air conditioning condenser or a radiator to enhance efficiencies
James Benjamin Hanks, Highland, UT (US)
Filed by James Benjamin Hanks, Highland, UT (US)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/601,852.
Application 17/505,567 is a division of application No. 15/424,856, filed on Feb. 5, 2017, abandoned.
Application 18/601,852 is a continuation of application No. 17/505,567, filed on Oct. 19, 2021, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/292,067, filed on Feb. 5, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0219042 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. F24F 1/42 (2011.01); F24F 13/22 (2006.01); F25B 49/02 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 1/42 (2013.01) [F25B 49/027 (2013.01); F24F 2013/225 (2013.01); F25B 2339/041 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system connected to a water supply for pre-cooling ambient air drawn into an air conditioning unit having a condenser by providing a misting spray of water that evaporates rapidly to cool the air conditioning condenser, the system comprising:
a water supply connection connected to the water supply, the water supply connection directs water from the water supply into the system;
a water treatment assembly for treating aspects of the water supplied through the water supply connection having a controllable flow reducer that regulates a water flow through the system to create a water pressure at a plurality of misting nozzles;
a water delivery assembly that receives water from the water treatment assembly and delivers the misting spray indirectly to the air conditioning unit by delivering the misting spray outward proximate the air conditioning unit to be drawn in by the air conditioning unit, wherein the water delivery assembly comprises the plurality of misting nozzles positioned on an exterior surface of the condenser, and wherein the plurality of misting nozzles is oriented to direct the misting spray away from the condenser; and
a controller that manages a passage of water from the water supply to the misting spray, wherein the controller regulates the passage of water to the plurality of misting nozzles in response to detecting operation of a fan of the condenser, and wherein the controller controls the flow reducer to adjust the water pressure in response to a sensor detecting an amount of water droplets that exceeds a threshold.