Conditioning of gases

Claim 1

IN A COMTINUOUS PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING MONOVINYL ACETYLENE FROM ACETYLENE IN WHICH A LOW CONVERSION OF THE ACETYLENE TO MONOVINYL ACETYLENE FOR EACH PASS THROUGH THE CATALYST EMPLOYED MAKES IT DESIRABLE TO RECIRCULATE THE UNREACTED ACETYLENE, THE STEPS PRISE CONDITIONING THE STREAM OF MIXIED GASES CONTAINING THE ACETYLENE AND MONOVINYL ACETYLENE BY PASSING THE GAS STREAM COUNTER-CURRENT TO A COOLED AQUEOUS INORGANIC SALT SOLUTION WHEREBY THE MOISTURE IN THE MIXED GASES SUBSTANTAILLY ENTIRELY REMOVED, AND THEN PASSING THE SOMEWHAT DILUTED AQUOEUS SALT SOLUTION COUNTER-CURRENT TO THE RETURNING ACETYLENE STREAM WHICH HAS BEEN FREED FROM MONOVINYL ACETYLENE WHEREBY THE ACETYLENE STREAM IS SIMULTANEOUSLY WARMED AND HUMIDIFIED FOR RETURN TO THE MONOVINYL ACETYLENE REACTOR, AND MAINTAINING THE AQUEOUS SALT SOLUTION AT A TEMPERATURE WHEREBY IT WILL EXTRACT MOISTURE FROM THE MONOVINYL ACETYLENE-ACETYLENE GAS MIXTURE AND THEREAFTER GIVE UP MOISTURE TO THE RETURNING ACETYLENE STREAM.