Air washer via artificially produced atmosphere and rain conditions

Abstract

Abstract A SELF CLEANING AIR CLEANER AND COOLER CONSISTING OF A SHEET METAL ENCLOSURE WITH A SERIES OF MOISTENED BURLAP COVERED SCREENS TO PRODUCE AN ARTIFICIAL ATMOSPHERE WHERE BY AIR DRAWN THROUGH THE ARTIFICIAL ATMOSPHERE IS COOLED AND SCRUBBED. A FIRST GAS FEED DUCT CONTAINS A STREAM OF SOLIDS LADEN GAS. SPRAY NOZZLES DISCHARGE LIQUID WITHIN THE FIRST GAS FEED DUCT FOR QUENCHING AND COOLING THE SOLIDSLADEN GAS AND THEREBY ENTRAPPING SOLIDA IN THE LIQUID. A LOWER COMMUNICATES WITH THE FIRST GAS FEED DUCT FOR COLLECTING AND DISPOSING OF SOLIDS ENTRAPPED IN THE LIQUID. A SECOND GAS FEED DUCT COMMUNICATES WITH THE TOWER AND HAS SENSING AND CONTROL VALVE COMMUNICATING WITH THE SPRAY NOZZLES FOR REGULATING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SOLIDSLADEN GAS. AN EVAPORATOR HAS A CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH THE SECOND GAS FEED DUCT AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF FILTER MEMBERS AND A LIQUID SOURCE FOR SUPPORTING AND WETTING A FIRST FILTER MEMBER. THE FILTER MEMBERS ARE POSITIONED IN UPRIGHT POSITION ACROSS THE CHAMBER AND CREATES AN ARTIFICIAL ATMOSPHERE FOR WASHING AND SCRUBBING THE SOLIDS-LADEN GAS. A BLOWER COMMUNICATES WITH THE CHAMBER FOR FORCE-FULLY DRAWING SOLIDS-LADEN GAS THROUGH THE APPARATUS AND DISCHARGING THE RESULTING QUENCHED AND SCRUBBED GAS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. THE CHAMBER FURTHER COMPRISES AN ENCLOSURE HAVING AN INLET END COMMUNICATING WITH THE SECOND GAS FEED DUCT AND AN OUTLET END COMMUNICATING WITH THE BLOWER. THE ENCLOSURE HAS TOP, BOTTOM, AND SIDE WALLS. THE LIQUID SOURCE FURTHER COMPRISES A PLURALITY OF LIQUID SPRAY NOZZLE FOR SUPPLYING A LIQUID IN A VOLUME EXCEEDING THE AMOUNT WHICH WILL BE EVAPORATED. THE LIQUID SOURCE IS SUSPENDED DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE TOP WALL OF THE ENCLOSURE. A PLURLITY OF FILTER MEMBERS EACH COMPRISING A MATERIAL CAPABLE OF BEING SATURATED BY A LIQUID AND A SHEET OF OPEN MESH MATERIAL FORMING A RIGID BACKING CONTIGOUS THERETO. THE LIQUID SOURCE SUPPORTS THE FIRST FILTER MEMBER OF THE PLURALITY OF FILTER MEMBERS AND PROVIDES A LIQUID TO SATURATED THE FIRST FILTER MEMBER. SECOND AND THIRD FILTER MEMBERS OF THE PLURALITY OF FILTER MEMBERS ARE DISPOSED IN AN UPRIGHT DIAGONAL POSITION WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE POSITION WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE AND IS SUPPORTED BY THE TOP WALL. THE SECOND AND THIRD FILTER MEMBERS ARE FASTENED FIRMLY TO THE BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS OF THE ENCLOSURE. THE FILTER MEMBERS ARE ARRANGED WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE TO INCLUDE AIR PASSAGES BETWEEN THE FILTER MEMBERS WHEREBY THE SOLIDS-LADEN AIR DRAWN THROUGH THE FILTER MEMBERS IS QUENCHED AND SCRUBBED BY AN ARTIFICIAL ATMOSPHERE IN THE CHAMBER.

Inventors

• 👤 Robert Lambert

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