Apparatus and method for treating gaseous products of combustion

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR TREATING GASEOUS PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION FOR REMOVAL OF UNDESIRABLE CONSTITUENTS THEREOF, SAID APPARATUS EMBODYING A SEQUENTIAL ARRANGEMENT OF UNITS COMPRISING, A MEANS FORMING A CHAMBER ADAPTED TO HAVE THE GASEOUS PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION INTRODUCED THEREINTO DIRECTLY FROM THE COMBUSTION SOURCE, MEANS FORMING A WASH LIQUID CONTAINING CHAMBER, MEANS FOR PASSING SAID GASEOUS PRODUCTS INTO AND THROUGH WASH LIQUID IN SAID LIQUID CONTAINING CHAMBER, FILTER MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID FIRST CHAMBER AND SAID WASH LIQUID CONTAINING CHAMBER FOR FILTERING SAID GASES IN THE PASSAGE THEREOF INTO THE WASH LIQUID CHAMBER, MEANS PROVIDING A PASSAGE FOR FLOW OF THE FILTERED ANS WASHED GASES OUT OF SAID LIQUID CONTAINING CHAMBER, MEANS FORMING A GROUP OF AT LEAST THREE TREATMENT CHAMBERS, CONSTITUTING (A) A SORPTION MATERIAL CONTAINING CHAMBER (B) AN OXIDANT CONTAINING CHAMBER, AND (C) A CATALYST CONTAINING CHAMBER, MEANS FOR DIRECTING THE FILTERED ANS WASHED GASES INTO SAID SORPTION MATERIAL CONTAINING CHAMBER FOR CHEMICAL TREATMENT THEREIN, MEANS FOR CONDUCTING THE CHEMICALLY TREATED GASES FROM THE SORPTION MATERIAL CONTAINING CHAMBER INTO THE OXIDANT CONTAINING CHAMBER FOR FURTHER TREATMENT THEREIN, MEANS FOR PASSING THE FURTHER TREATED GASES FROM THE OXIDANT CONTAINING CHAMBER INTO THE CATALYST CONTAINING CHAMBER FOR CHEMICAL TREATMENT THEREIN, THE FILTERED AND WASHED GASES PASSING INTO AND THROUGH SAID TREATMENT CHAMBERS IN THE ORDER RECITED, AND MEANS FOR DISCHARGING THE TREATED GASES FROM THE CATALYST CHAMBER.