Air washer

Claim 1

IN A LIQUID GAS SCRUBBING APPARATUS, A HOUSING FOR CONFINING A FLOW OF GAS TO BE SCRUBBED WITH THE LIQUID, MEANS FOR MOVING GAS TO BE SCRUBBED THROUGH SAID HOUSING, A SPRAY GENERATOR IN SAID HOUSING FOR FILLING A SCRUBBING ZONE THEREIN WITH A DRIVING RAIN OF HIGH VELOCITY DROPLETS AND COMPRISING A SERIES OF SPACED IMPELLERS SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICALLY ARRANGED, MEANS TO ROTATABLY SUPPORT SAID SPRAY GENERATOR, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SPRAY GENERATOR AT HIGH VELOCITY ABOUT ITS AXIS, A CONDUIT FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID UNDER PRESSURE, A FEED PORT IN ONE END OF SAID SPRAY GENERATOR AND SUBSTANTIALLY FITTING THE DELIVERY END OF SAID CONDUIT, WHEREBY SAID LIQUID IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF SAID SPRAY GENERATOR WITHOUT SUCKING IN GAS FROM SAID FLOW, GENERALLY CONE-SHAPED DEFLECTING MEANS HAVING VANES ON ITS SURFACE FACING SAID FEED PORT AXIALLY SUPPORTED FROM AND WITHIN SAID SPRAY GENERATOR AT SAID FEED PORT FOR DEFLECTING SAID LIQUID OVER SUBSTANTIALLY THE FULL EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF SAID IMPELLERS AND THE FULL CIRCUMFERENCE OF THEIR CYLINDRICAL ARRANGEMENT, WHEREBY SAID LIQUID IS BROKEN UP BY IMPACT OF SAID IMPELLERS, DISPERSED AND PROJECTED OUTWARDLY AS HIGH VELOCITY LIQUID DROPLETS.