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Efficient apparatus and methods are disclosed for interfacing active thermal stores, or cooling loops, to a secondary water loop for decreasing the temperature of an airflow by providing a continuously regenerating water loop that directs chilled water onto a thermally conductive heat exchanger, sai

Efficient apparatus and methods are disclosed for interfacing active thermal stores, or cooling loops, to a secondary water loop for decreasing the temperature of an airflow by providing a continuously regenerating water loop that directs chilled water onto a thermally conductive heat exchanger, said loop further comprising supplying water for the loop by collecting water from the heat exchanger.

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1. A method for cooling an air stream comprising the steps of:providing a thermal storage reservoir having an inlet and an outlet, said reservoir comprising a thermal storage mass; providing a thermally conductive heat exchanger having a heat exchanger inlet and a heat exchanger outlet, said heat ex

1. A method for cooling an air stream comprising the steps of:providing a thermal storage reservoir having an inlet and an outlet, said reservoir comprising a thermal storage mass; providing a thermally conductive heat exchanger having a heat exchanger inlet and a heat exchanger outlet, said heat exchanger inlet and heat exchanger outlet directing an airflow through the heat exchanger; providing a primary water loop having an amount of water directed through a conduit, said conduit in communication with the thermal storage reservoir; providing a fluid disperser having a disperser inlet and a disperser outlet, said disperser inlet in communication with the conduit such that water in the water loop is directed from the reservoir to the disperser inlet; dispersing water from the conduit through the disperser outlet and onto an outer surface of the heat exchanger; reclaiming water from the surface of the heat exchanger and directing the reclaimed water to the reservoir; and providing said airflow having a first temperature in the direction of the heat exchanger and past the heat exchanger such that the air after passing the heat exchanger has a second temperature lower that the first temperature.