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Means for increasing the efficiency of effluent discharge from a cooling tower or other stack by means of introducing gaseous fluid streams through at least one or more vertical slots positioned about the periphery of a chimney of said tower or stack wherein said slots are capable of directing said

Means for increasing the efficiency of effluent discharge from a cooling tower or other stack by means of introducing gaseous fluid streams through at least one or more vertical slots positioned about the periphery of a chimney of said tower or stack wherein said slots are capable of directing said fluid streams tangentially within the periphery of said chimney to create a vortex within said chimney. Each of said slots extend at least a portion of the height of said chimney, and preferably extends from above a fill at the base of said chimney to approximately the mouth of said chimney. Means are provided for introducing cooling gaseous fluid streams into and through said fill to a cavity within said fill which also contains heat transfer or other effluent constituent removal surfaces or passages or other means to provide heat or other effluent constituent dissipation. The upper limit of said cavity is bounded by a floor, which defines the demarcation between said chimney and said fill. An orifice, through said floor, is preferably centrally positioned with respect to the central vertical axis of said chimney. The aforesaid tangentially directed gaseous fluid streams create a vortex within said chimney, such that a low pressure core is created to increase the momentum of the heat dissipating cooling gaseous fluid streams in said fill cavity and accelerate said cooling streams and entrain said cooling streams through said orifice to within said chimney to be exhausted by the aid of said vortex from the mouth thereof.

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In an effluent discharge apparatus having a chimney, defined by sidewalls and an open mouth, positioned above a lower cavity containing portion, the improvement comprising: at least one slot within said chimney sidewalls extending vertically from above said cavity containing portion to below said mo

In an effluent discharge apparatus having a chimney, defined by sidewalls and an open mouth, positioned above a lower cavity containing portion, the improvement comprising: at least one slot within said chimney sidewalls extending vertically from above said cavity containing portion to below said mouth of said chimney, providing means for introducing gaseous fluid streams tangentially within and with respect to said walls of said chimney to create a vortex; a floor dividing said cavity containing portion and said chimney and defining an upper bound of said cavity containing portion, said cavity containing portion having means to receive effluent constituents and means to receive effluent removal gaseous fluid streams wherein said effluent constituents are combined with said effluent removal gaseous fluid streams; and an orifice, centrally disposed within said floor to convey said effluent containing gaseous fluid streams from said cavity containing portion to within said chimney to be exhausted from said chimney, the boundary of said orifice being configured to form a venturi shape.