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Absorption process

Assignee: GEA Group AG
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Filing: 1969-01-28
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Granted: 1971-07-20
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Expires: 1989-01-28
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Abstract

Abstract Absorption process comprising supplying SO3 or water containing gas through a gas supply conduit disposed in the upper portion of a vertical tube having an outlet opening at its lower end; supplying absorbent liquid through a liquid supply conduit disposed in the tube, providing a bath of said liquid disposed below the outlet opening of the tube, passing unabsorbed gas through a gas-filled space, disposed below a horizontal, gaspermeable plate which succeeds the tube and is contained in a housing which communicates with a gas space below the outlet opening of the vertical tube, through said plate and through a layer of the liquid disposed on top of and carried by the gaspermeable plate which layer of liquid is agitated by said gas flowing through the gas permeable plate and through the liquid thereon, discharging the liquid from said layer; and venting unabsorbed gas through a gas outlet opening in the upper portion of the housing.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hugo Grimm
  • 👤 Karl-Heinz Dorr

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 23:15
CPC Classifications
C; C01; C01B; C01B17/00; C01B17/69; C01B17/74; C01B17/76; C01B17/80; C01B17/806; B; B01; B01D; B01D53/00; B01D53/14; B01D53/1493

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 25 words
Process according to claim 1, herein said gas is passed through a plurality of agitated layers of sulfuric acid carried on superposed horizontal, gas-permeable plates.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 20 words
Process according to claim 1, including liquid-stripping by means of a layer of packing elements provided above the agitated layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 45 words
Process according to claim 1 including disposing the sulfuric acid bath under the vertical tube on a level such that the sulfuric acid fLows at a controlled rate owing to a static head and/or a flow gradient into the agitated layer on the gas-permeable plate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 13 words
Process according to claim 1, herein the vertical tube is a Venturi tube.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 39 words
Process according to claim 5, including separating the vertical tube from the housing and connecting the gas space below the outlet opening of said tube by a conduit to the gas space below the gas-permeable plate in the housing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 18 words
Process according to claim 6, including providing a bath of sulfuric acid on the bottom of the housing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 27 words
Process according to claim 6, including supplying sulfuric acid into a distributing trough which is disposed in the middle of the agitated layer on the gas-permeable plate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 25 words
Process according to claim 1, wherein the vertical tube is contained in the housing and the gas-permeable plate surrounds the lower portion of the tube.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 40 words
Process according to claim 9, herein the means for supplying sulfuric acid to the agitated layer on the gas-permeable plate opens into an annular distributing space which surrounds the vertical tube and has outlet openings leading into the agitated layer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 35 words
Process according to claim 9, herein a baffle is provided protruding above the surface of the bath on the bottom of the housing disposed on said bottom under the outlet opening of the vertical tube.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1974-07-19 1975-01-18 1975-07-20 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1978-07-19 1979-01-18 1979-07-20 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1982-07-19 1983-01-18 1983-07-20 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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