Process and apparatus for the intimate mixing of streaming fluids and for the purification of air, particularly by means of separating substances contained in gas and liquids

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR CLEANING GAS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF MIXING WITH AT LEAST ONE LIQUID; SUBJECTING THE MIXTURE TO A CENTRIFUGING ACTION AND SUCCESSIVELY EXPANDING AND COMPRISING SAID MIXTURES DURING SAID CENTRIFUGAL ACTION SO AS TO ATOMIZE SAID LIQUID AND TO MIX SAID GAS INTAMATELY WITH SAID ATOMIZED LIQUID;GUIDING THE COMPRESSED AND ATOMIZED MIXTURES INTO AN EXPANSIONAND CONDENSING THE ZONE INTIMATELY MIXING A SUBSTANTIALLY DRY GAS IN SAID ZONE WITH SAID EXPANDING ATOMIZED MIXTURE, WHEREBY PART OF THE ATOMIZED LIQUID CONDENSING IN SAID ZONE WILL PRECIPITATE IMPURITIES CONTAINED IN THE GAS; AND GUIDING THE CONDENSATE WITH THE IMPURITIES THERIN AND THE CLEANED AND MOISTURE GAS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, RESPECTIVELY TO LIMIT CONTACT BETWEEN THE CLEANED GAS AND THE CONDENSATE.