Gas and liquid contact method and apparatus

Claim 1

A SEPARATING DEVICE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HOLLOW MEMBER DEFINING A FLOW PATH FOR A GASEOUS FLUID THERETHROUGH, SUCH GASEOUS FLUID HAVING FOREIGN PARTICLES ENTRAINED THEREIN, MEANS EXTENDING INTO SAID HOLLOW MEMBER FOR INTRODUCING A LIQUID INTO SUCH FLOW PATH, AN ADMIXING MEANS SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID HOLLOW MEMBER DOWNSTREAM FROM SAID LIQUID INTRODUCING MEANS, SAID ADMIXING MEANS HAVING PORTIONS SPACED IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF SUCH FLUID AND SUCH LIQUID WHICH PORTIONS DEFINE OPENINGS THEREBETWEEN, SAID PORTIONS BEING IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP WHEN VIEWED FROM A PLANE NORMAL TO SUCH A FLOW PATH TO CAUSE IMPACTION ON SAID PORTIONS OF SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF SUCH FOREIGN PARTICLES IN SUCH FLOW PATH AND INTIMATE COMMINGLING OF SUCH FOREIGN PARTICLES WITH SUCH LIQUID WHICH COMMINGLED PARTICLES AND LIQUID SUBSEQUENTLY PASS THROUGH SAID OPENEINGS, AND SAID HOLLOW MEMBER HAVING MEANS SPACED DOWNSTREAM FROM SAID ADMIXING MEANS FOR COLLECTING SUCH COMMINGLED PARTICLES AND LIQUID.

Claim 3

AN APPARATUS FOR ADMIXING PARTICLES ENTRAINED IN A GASEOUS FLUID STREAM COMPRISING, A HOLLOW HOUSING DEFINING A FLOW PATH FOR SUCH STREAM FOR GENERALLY UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW THERETHROUGH, MEANS LOCATED IN SAID HOUSING FOR CAUSING SUCH STREAM AND ENTRAINED PARTICLES TO FLOW THERETHROUGH AT A VELOCITY OF AT LEAST 3000 FEET PER MINUTE, A SCREEN HAVING A ZIGZAG FOLD CONFIGURATION, EACH FOLD OF SAID SCREEN HAVING A PLURALITY OF LATERALLY SPACED ELONGATED MEMBERS EXTENDING ACROSS A PORTIN OF SUCH STREAM AND DEFINING A PLANE AT AN ANGLE TO A PLANE NORMAL TO THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF SUCH A STREAM, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING A LIQUID ONTO THE UPSTREAM SIDE OF SAID MEMBERS, ADJACENT ONES OF SAID LATERALLY SPACED MEMBERS DEFINING OPENINGS THEREBETWEEN, SAID ELONGATED MEMBERS BEING LOCATED IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP WHEN VIEWED FROM A PLANE NORMAL TO THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF SUCH STREAM SO AS TO CAUSE IMPACTION ON SAID ELONGATED MEMBERS SUCH PARTICLES ENTRAINED AND INTIMATE COMMINGLING OF SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF SUCH LIQUID AND SUCH PARTICLES ENTRAINED IN SUCH STREAM, AND SAID OPENINGS PROVIDING FLOW PATHS FOR SUCH COMMINGLED PARTICLES AND LIQUID AND SUCH GASEOUS FLUID TO FLOW DOWNSTREAM THERETHROUGH WITH NO SUBSTANTIAL DROP IN PRESSURE OCCURRING.

Claim 4

AN APPARATUS FOR ADMIXING PARTICLES ENTRAINED IN A GASEOUS FLUID STREAM COMPRISING, A HOLLOW HOUSING DEFINING A FLOW PATH FOR SUCH STREAM FOR GENERALLY UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW THERETHROUGH, MEANS LOCATED IN SAID HOUSING FOR CAUSING SUCH STREAM AND ENTRAINED PARTICLES TO FLOW THERETHROUGH AT A VELOCITY OF AT LEAST 3000 FEET PER MINUTE, A SCREEN HAVING A ZIGZAG FOLD CONFIGURATION, EACH FOLD OF SAID SCREEN HAVING A PLURALITY OF LATERALLY SPACED ELONGATED MEMBERS EXTENDING ACROSS A PORTIN OF SUCH STREAM AND DEFINING A PLANE AT AN ANGLE TO A PLANE NORMAL TO THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF SUCH A STREAM, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING A LIQUID ONTO THE UPSTREAM SIDE OF SAID MEMBERS, ADJACENT ONES OF SAID LATERALLY SPACED MEMBERS DEFINING OPENINGS THEREBETWEEN, SAID ELONGATED MEMBERS BEING LOCATED IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP WHEN VIEWED FROM A PLANE NORMAL TO THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF SUCH STREAM SO AS TO CAUSE IMPACTION ON SAID ELONGATED MEMBERS SUCH PARTICLES ENTRAINED AND INTIMATE COMMINGLING OF SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF SUCH LIQUID AND SUCH PARTICLES ENTRAINED IN SUCH STREAM, AND SAID OPENINGS PROVIDING FLOW PATHS FOR SUCH COMMINGLED PARTICLES AND LIQUID AND SUCH GASEOUS FLUID TO FLOW DOWNSTREAM THERETHROUGH WITH NO SUBSTANTIAL DROP IN PRESSURE OCCURRING.