Method and apparatus for gas scrubbing

Claim 1

A PROCESS OF ABSORBING LIGHT OIL FROM COKE OVEN GAS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING INTRODUCING A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE COKE OVEN GAS STREAMS CONTEMPORANEOUSLY AND TANGENTIALLY INTO THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF A SUBSTANTIALLY UNOBSTRUCTED SCRUBBING ZONE THROUGH A PLURALITY OF GAS INLETS DISPOSED ABOUT THE SAID PERIPHERY OF SAID ZONE AND FORMING A WHIRLING CYCLONE OF GAS WITHIN SAID ZONE FROM SAID STREAMS DISTRIBUTING UNOBSTRUCTEDLY WASH OIL INTO SAID ZONE FROM THE UPPER AREA THEREOF, EFFECTING A VOILENT MIXING AND PENETRATION OF SAID WHIRLING CYCLONE OF GAS WITH SAID WASH OIL AND SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASING THE VELOCITY OF SAID WHIRLING CYCLONE OF GAS, WHEREBY SAID WASH OIL ABRORBS LIGHT OIL FROM SAID GAS AND FALLS INTO A BATH OF WASH OIL MAINTAINED BELOW SAID SCRUBBING ZONE, WITHDRAWING SCRUBBED GAS FROM THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID ZONE, WITHDRAWING BENZOLIZED WASH OIL FROM SAID BATH, AND WITHDRAWING SLIGHTLY BENZOLIZED WASH OIL FROM SAID BATH AND RECIRCULATING IT THROUGH SAID SRUBBING ZONE.