US4141698A
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Method of cleaning particle bearing gas
Assignee: Advanced Mineral Research AB
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Filing: 1977-05-25
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Granted: 1979-02-27
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Expires: 1997-05-25
Abstract
Abstract Gas bearing particles is cleaned by bringing it together with a friction-electrically charged mist of water droplets, which is formed by the aid of an electrically conducting liquid mist generating nozzle to which water in liquid state which has been de-ionized to a conductivity of at most about 1 × 10 -5 ohm -1 cm -1 , is supplied. From this nozzle the charge of a polarity opposite to that of the mist is continuously conducted away.
Inventors
- 👤 Per G. Kihlstedt
- 👤 Hedvig E. B. Hassler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 20:30
CPC Classifications
B; B04; B04C; B04C9/00; B03; B03C; B03C3/00; B03C3/02; B03C3/16; B03C3/28; B03C3/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
87 words
A process for cleaning particle bearing gas by combining said gas together with friction-electrically charged water droplets, wherein water in liquid state and having a conductivity of at most about 1 × 10 -5 ohm -1 cm -1 is charged electrically by friction and is converted to mist form by means of an electrically conducting liquid mist generating nozzle from which charge of a polarity opposite to that of the mist is continuously conducted away, whereupon the mist is combined with the gas to separate the dust.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
87 words
A process for cleaning particle bearing gas by combining said gas together with friction-electrically charged water droplets, wherein water in liquid state and having a conductivity of at most about 1 × 10 -5 ohm -1 cm -1 is charged electrically by friction and is converted to mist form by means of an electrically conducting liquid mist generating nozzle from which charge of a polarity opposite to that of the mist is continuously conducted away, whereupon the mist is combined with the gas to separate the dust.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said water has a conductivity of the order of magnitude of 1 × 10 -6 ohm -1 cm -1 or lower.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mist generating nozzle has water contacting walls coated with a material such as gold or platinum, thereby reducing the transfer resistance between water and the material of the nozzle.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mist generating nozzle employs an ultrasonic field to generate said water mist.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the water is finely divided into said mist and having an average droplet size less than about 10 μm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the particles in the particle bearing gas which has been combined with the liquid mist are separated by causing the gas to pass through at least one grid costruction which is kept earthed or has applied thereto a voltage of a polarity opposite to that of the mist.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process as claimed in claim 6, wherein said voltage is applied to the grid construction by conductingly connecting the mist generating nozzle to it.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process as claimed in claim 6, wherein the grid construction is provided with scrape-off or shake-off means for separating deposited particle bearing material.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the liquid mist generating nozzle is kept connected to earth.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the particle bearing gas and the mist of charged water droplets intermingled therewith are passed through at least one non-electrical separator.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
47 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, especially for treating gas containing clay-holding or other mainly positively charged dust, wherein said mist is a mist of negatively charged water droplets formed by adding a minor amount of preferably cationically active surfactant to the water before charging it.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
64 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the charge of the particle bearing particles, before intermingling the particle bearing gas with the charged water mist, is supplemented by intermingling the gas with a negatively charged auxiliary charging mist obtained from a mist generating nozzle operating with substantially de-ionized water to which has been added a minor amount of cationically active surface active agent.
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