Sulfur oxides removal system

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A CONTINUOUS METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY EFFECTING THE ADSORPTION OF SULFUR OXIDES FROM A WASTE GAS STREAM AND THE REMOVAL OF SUCH OXIDES WHICH COMPRISES MAINTAINING THE CONTINUOUS ROTATION OF A GAS PERMEABLE CYLINDER-FORM BED OF A SO2 ADSORBENT MATERIAL THAT HAS BEED DIVIDED INTO SEGEMENTAL ZONES BY GAS BARRIER MEANS, A GAS PERMEABLE ROTATING BED OF HEAT EXCHANGE MATERIAL BEING SPACED FROM AND UTILIZED IN A SERIES FLOW COMBINTION WITH SAID ROTATING BED OF SO2 ADSORBENT MATERIAL AND PROVIDING A SEGMENTALLY DIVIDED ZONE OF HEAT EXCHANGE MATERIAL IN CONTINUOUS ROTATION AND IN THE FLOW PATH OF SAID WASTE GAS STREAM WHEREBY SUCH STREAM IS FIRST PASSED THROUGH SAID HEAT EXCHANGE MATERIAL TO EFFECT A HEATING THEREOF PRIOR TO BEING PASSED INTO SAID BED OF SO2 ADSORBENT MATERIAL, PASSING THE WASTE GAS STREAM FROM SAID HEAT EXCHANGE MATERIAL CONTINUOUSLY INTO CONTACT WITH AT LEAST ONE SEGMENTAL ZONE OF SAID BED AND RECOVERING FROM AN OPPOSING SIDE OF SUCH ZONE A GAS STREAM WITH REDUCED CONTENT OF SULFUR OXIDES, AT THE SAME TIME PASSING A REGENERATING GAS STREAM THROUGH AT LEAST ONE SEGMENTAL ZONE WHICH HAS ADSORBED SULFUR OXIDES ON SAID MATERIAL TO EFFECT THE SUBSTANTIAL REMOVAL THEREOF, PASSING A HIGH TEMPERATURE GASEOUS STREAM INTO CONTACT WITH SAID GAS PERMEABLE ROTATING BED OF HEAT EXCHANGE MATERIAL THROUGH A PORTION OF SAID ROTATING BED THAT IS SPACED FROM THE PATHWAY OF THE WASTE GAS STREAM WHEREBY THE LATTER IS HEATED AND SAID HIGH TEMPERATURE GASEOUS STREAM IS COOLED DOWN FROM CONTACT WITH SAID HEAT EXCHANGE MATERIAL, AND CONTINUING THE ROTATION OF SAID BED THROUGH SAID WASTE GAS AND REGENERATING STREAMS TO EFFECT A CONTINUING DESULFURIZATION OPERATION.