Direct contact gas condenser

Claim 1

A DIRECT CONTACT CONDENSER COMPRISING: A HOUSING HAVING AT LEAST ONE CIRCULATING LIQUID INLET AND AT LEAST ONE CIRCULATING LIQUID OUTLET LOCATED BELOW THE CIRCULATING LIQUID INLET, A PLURALITY OF TRAYS IN THE HOUSING WITH ALL THE TRAYS IN THE HOUSING BEING SPACED FROM THE HOUSING WALLS AND CONSISTING OF AT LEAST ONE TRAY SET INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY SPACED PAIRS OF TRAYS LOCATED IN THE LIQUID PATH FROM THE CIRCULATING LIQUID INLET TO A CIRCULATING LIQUID OUTLET, THE HORIZONTAL SEPARATIONS BETWEEN THE TRAYS IN EACH PAIR OF TRAYS BEING EQUAL AND VERTICALLY ALIGHTED, EACH OF THE TRAYS BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF HOLES SIZED FOR THE LIQUID FLOW AT A PREDETERMINED RATE OF FLOW AT A PREDETERMINED LIQUID LEVEL FROM THE CIRCULATING LIQUID INLET TO THE CIRCULATING LIQUID OUTLET, SAID PAIRS OF TRAYS BEING DIMENSIONED TO PROVIDE SPACE ON THE OUTSIDES OF SAID TRAY SET, SAID HOUSING HAVING AT LEAST ONE GAS INLET AT THE TOP OF THE HOUSING AND ABOVE THE CIRCULATING LIQUID INLET, SAID CIRCULATING LIQUID INLET BEING ADAPTED TO FEET CIRCULATING LIQUID INTO A WATER HEADER OF LESS WIDTH THAN THE WIDTH OF THE HOUSING AND HAVING A BOTTOM COMPRISING A PAIR OF BOTTOM PLATES HORIZONTALLY SEPARATED BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE HORIZONTAL SEPARATION BETWEEN THE PAIRS OF TRAYS AND HAVING HOLES OF A PREDETERMINED SIZE, A SOLID VERTICAL PLATE CONNECTED TO THE INNER EDGE OF EACH BOTTOM PLATE, SAID SOLID VERTICAL PLATES BEING INTERCONNECTED BY A SOLID TOP PLATE, AND A GAS OUTLET EXTENDS FROM THE SIDE OF THE OUTER VERTICAL PLATE, AND A PERFORATED PLATE EXTENDS ACROSS THE INSIDE OF THE HEADER ABOVE THE HEADER BOTTOM PLATES, WHEREBY GAS ENTERING THE HOUSING WILL FLOW ALONG SAID SPACE ON THE OUTSIDES OF SAID TRAY SET, AND ACROSS THE LIQUID PATH, AND UPWARDLY BETWEEN THE TRAYS IN EACH PAIR TOWARD THE GAS OUTLET.