Gas recombiner

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AN IMPROVED CATALYTIC RECOMBINER SYSTEM FOR RADIOLYTIC HYDROGEN FROM A SOLUTION-TYPE REACTOR, WHICH COMPRISES A GAS OUTLET LINE FROM SAID REACTOR FOR A GASEOUS MIXTURE SAID REACTOR COMPRISING SAID RADIOLYTIC GASES, OXYGEN CARRIER GAS, AND WATER VAPOUR, A RECOMBINER TANK PARTIALLY FILLED WITH WATE, A GAS ASPIRATOR CONNECTED WITH SAID TANK, SAID OUTLET LINE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID TANK THROUGH SAID GAS ASPIRATOR, SAID ASPIRATOR INTRODUCING INTO SAID TANK SAID GASEOUS MIXTURE FROM SAID REACTOR TOGETHER WITH WATER DRAWN FOR SAID TANK; SAID TANK CONTAINING: A GAS-LIQUID SEPARATOR POSITIONED AT THE ENTRANCE OF SAID GAS-WATER MIXTURE INTO THE SAID TANK, A CATALYTIC RECOMBINER CHAMBER, A HEATER POSITIONED IN SAID CATALYTIC CHAMBER, A SECOND GAS-LIQUID SEPARATOR CONNECTED WITH AND ARRANGED TO DISCHARGE INTO SAID CATALYTIC CHAMBER, SAID GAS-LIQUID SEPARATORS BEING POSITIONED ABOVE THE LEVEL OF WATER IN SAID TANK, AND SAID CATALYTIC CHAMBER BEING IMMERSED IN WATER, A GAS RETURN LINE CONNECTING SAID CATALYTIC CHAMBER WITH SAID REACTOR FOR RETURN OF RECONSTITUTED WATER TO SAID REACTOR, SAID GAS INLET AND OUTLET LINES COMMUNICATING IN SAID REACTOR, A WEIR POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID GAS RETURN LINE IN SAID WATER ADAPTED TO RECEIVE OVERFLOW WATER, AND A DISCHARGE TUBE POSITIONED WITHIN THE AREA DEFINED BY SAID WEIR, SAID DISCHARGE TUBE CONNECTING WITH SAID GAS RETURN LINE FOR RETURN OF WATER TO SAID REACTOR, THEREBY MAINTAINING THE LEVEL OF WATER WITHIN SAID TANK AT A PREDETERMINED LEVEL; A HEAT EXCHANGER CONNECTED TO SAID TANK, AND A WATER PUMP CONNECTED WITH SAID HEAT EXCHANGER AND SAID GAS PUMP FOR CIRCULATING WATER FROM SAID TANK THROUGH SAID HEAT EXCHANGER TO SAID ASPIRATOR.