Gas treating apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS TO CONTROL TOP PRESSURE IN A BLAST FURNACE AND TO CLEAN AND COOL GASES EMANATING THEREFROM, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: A. A VESSEL HAVING A LOWER FIRST END AND AN UPPER SECOND END, B. A PARTITION MOUNTED WITHIN THE VESSEL BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND ENDS THEREOF, SAID PARTITION DIVIDING THE VESSEL INTO A LOWER FORST COMPARTMENT BETWEEN THE PARTITION AND THE LOWER FIRST END OF THE VESSEL AND AN UPPER SECOND COMPARTMENT BETWEEN THE PARTITION AND THE UPPER SECOND END OF THE VESSEL, C. FIRST CONDUIT MEANS FOR RECEIVING GAS EMANATING FROM A BLAST FURNACE AND COMMUNICATING WITH THAT END OF THE LOWER FIRST COMPARTMENT ADJACENT THE LOWER FIRST END OF THE VESSEL AND ADAPTED TO INTRODUCE THEREIN SAID GAS, D. A PLURALITY OF VENTURI SCRUBBERS MOUNTED EXTERNALLY OF THE VESSEL, THE INLET ENDS OF THE VENTURI SCRUBBERS COMMUNICATING WITH THE UPPER PORTION OF THE LOWER FIRST COMPARTMENT ADJACENT SAID PARTITION AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE GAS FROM SAID LOWER FIRST COMPARTMENT, THE OUTLET ENDS OF THE VENTURI SCRUBBERS COMMUNICATING WITH THE LOWER END OF THE UPPER SECOND COMPARTMENT ADJACENT SAID PARTITION, E. MEANS ADAPTED TO INTRODUCE WATER INTO SAID VENTURI SCRUBBERS, F. THE OUTLET ENDS OF SAID VENTURI SCRUBBERS BEING ADAPTED TO DISCHARGE GAS AND WATER INTO SAID UPPER SECOND COMPARTMENT, G. WATER SEPARATOR MEANS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID UPPER SECOND COMPARTMENT AND ADAPTED TO SEPARATE WATER AND GAS THEREIN, H. WATER OUTLET CONDUIT MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH THE LOWER END OF SAID UPPER SECOND COMPARTMENT ADJACENT SAID PARTITION AND ADAPTED TO REMOVE WATER FROM SAID UPPER SECOND COMPARTMENT, I. A PLURALITY OF VALVE MEANS MOUNTED EXTERNALLY OF THE VESSEL, EACH OF SAID VALVE MEANS BEING OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF SAID VENTURI SCRUBBERS, EACH OF SAID VALVE MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO CLOSE OR SELECTIVELY TO OPEN ITS RESPECTIVE VENTURI SCRUBBER INDEPENDENTLY OF THE OTHER VENTURI SCRUBBERS WHEREBY TO CONTROL TOP PRESSURE IN SAID BLAST FURNACE, J. SECOND CONDUIT MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH THAT END OF SAID UPPER SECOND COMPARTMENT ADJACENT THE UPPER SECOND END OF THE VESSEL AND ADAPTED TO REMOVE THEREFROM CLEANED AND COOLED GAS.