Apparatus for the removal of malodorous components from gases

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE REMOVAL OF MALODOROUS COMPONENTS, DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS OF ROGANIC SUBSTANTANCES IN PARTICULAR, FROM EFFLUENT GAS STREAMS, COMPRISING: A. A FIRST, A SECOND, AND A THIRD CAPILLARY WASHING PLATE, THE PLATES BEING ARRANGED IN STAGES ONE ABOVE ANOTHER, AND BEING GAS PERMEABLE, B. A CONDUIT SURROUNDING THE WASHING PLATES AND CONFNING THE FLOW OF AN EFFLUENT GAS STREAM TO A PATH THROUGH THE PLATES, C. AN INLET ON THE CONDUIT ADAPTED TO ADMIT THE EFFLUENT GAS STREAM INTO THE CONDUIT BELOW THE FIRST PLATE, D. A DISCHARGE OUTLET ON THE CONDUIT ADAPTED TO EXHAUST THE EFFLUENT GAS STREAM FROM THE CONDUIT ABOVE THE THIRD PLATE, E. A FIRST POOL OF A WASHING FLUID CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 6 PERCENT OF A SOLUTE CHOSEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE, POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, AND MIXTURES THEREOF, POSITIONED ON THE FIRST PLATE, THE PLATE AND POOL DEFINING A FIRST WASHING STAGE, F. A SECOND POOL OF WASHING FLUID CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 8 PERCENT SOLUTION OF SOLUTE CHOSEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE, POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, AND MIXTURES THEREOF, POSITIONED ON THE SECOND PLATE, THE PLATE AND POOL DEFINING A SECOND WASHING STAGE, G. A THIRD POOL OF A WASHING FLUID CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.5 TO 8 PERCENT SULFAMIC ACID (NH2SO3H), POSITIONED ON THE THIRD PLATE, THE PLATE AND POOL DEFINING A THIRD WASHING STAGE, H. MEANS FOR DIRECTING THE STREAM UPWARDLY THROUGH THE PLATES AND POOLS, I. INJECTING MEANS ADAPTED TO INJECT CHLORINE INTO THE STREAM BEFORE THE STREAM PASSES THROUGH THE PLATES AND POOLS, J. CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE PROPORTION OF COMPONENTS IN THE STREAM THAT CAN BE OXIDIZED WITH CHLORINE TO CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF CHLORINE INJECTED INTO THE STREAM, AND K. LEVEL MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH PLATETO CONTROL THE QUANTITY OF WASHING FLUID ON EACH PLATE.