Method of treating gases

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF TREATING INDUSTRIAL GASES WHICH COMPRISES DISCHARGING A STREAM OF GAS TO BE TREATED VERTICALLY DOWNWARDLY AT HIGH VELOCITY INTO A BATH OF SCRUBBING LIQUID MAINTAINED AT A RELATIVELY CONSTANT VOLUME, WHEREBY SOLID PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN THE GAS STREAM ARE DRIVEN INTO AND ARE RETAINED BY THE SCRUBBING LIQUID AND A PORTION OF THE GAS FROM THE GAS STREAM IS PHYSICALLY ABSORBED BY THE SCRUBBING LIQUID, SEPARATING THE CLEANED GAS STREAM FROM THE SCRUBBING LIQUID, ADDING LIQUID TO AND WITHDRAWING LIQUID FROM THE BATH, PASSING WITHDRAWN LIQUID TO A SECOND BATH OF LIQUID, STRIPPING PHYSICALLY ABSORBED GAS FROM THE LIQUID IN THE SECOND BATH WITH A GAS STREAM DISCHARGED AT HIGH VELOCITY INTO THE SCRUBBING LIQUID IN THE SECOND BATH, SEPARATELY RECOVERING THE GAS STREAM FROM THE SECOND BATH AND ADDING IT TO THE FIRST MENTIONED CLEANED GAS STREAM, AND DISCHARGING LIQUID FROM THE SECOND BATH.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF TREATING INDUSTRIAL GASES WHICH COMPRISES DISCHARGING A STREAM OF GAS TO BE TREATED VERTICALLY DOWNWARDLY AT HIGH VELOCITY INTO A BATH OF SCRUBBING LIQUID MAINTAINED AT A RELATIVELY CONSTANT VOLUME, WHEREBY SOLID PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN THE GAS STREAM ARE DRIVEN INTO AND ARE RETAINED BY THE SCRUBBING LIQUID AND A PORTION OF THE GAS FROM THE GAS STREAM IS PHYSICALLY ABSORBED BY THE SCRUBBING LIQUID, SEPARATING THE CLEANED GAS STREAM FROM THE SCRUBBING LIQUID, ADDING LIQUID TO AND WITHDRAWING LIQUID FROM THE BATH, PASSING WITHDRAWN LIQUID TO A SECOND BATH OF LIQUID, STRIPPING PHYSICALLY ABSORBED GAS FROM THE LIQUID IN THE SECOND BATH WITH A GAS STREAM DISCHARGED AT HIGH VELOCITY INTO THE SCRUBBING LIQUID IN THE SECOND BATH, SEPARATELY RECOVERING THE GAS STREAM FROM THE SECOND BATH AND ADDING IT TO THE FIRST MENTIONED CLEANED GAS STREAM, AND DISCHARGING LIQUID FROM THE SECOND BATH.