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Gas scrubbing method using gas liquid contact in a particulate bed
Assignee: ENVIROCLEAN Pty Ltd
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Filing: 1982-07-08
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Granted: 1985-08-06
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Expires: 2002-07-08
Abstract
Abstract Apparatus and method for cleaning dirty gases using an apparatus comprising a particulate bed through which the dirty gases pass upwardly without being fluidized while a wash liquid descends through the bed .Clean gas supplied to a small region below the bed passes through a channel within the bed. Bed particles, preferably hollow spheres of polypropylene, are entrained in the clean gas and are transported by it to the top of the particulate bed. By this transportation, clogging, dense packing of bed material, and channel formation within the bed, are avoided.
Inventors
- 👤 Dzemal Hadzismajlovic
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 22:50
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J8/00; B01J8/08; B01J8/12; B01D; B01D47/00; B01D47/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
62 words
A method of cleaning a dirty gas comprising the steps of: (a) passing the dirty gas upwards through a bed of particulate material without fluidizing the bed, (b) passing a wash liquid downwardly through the bed, (c) entraining a portion of such bed particles in an upward-moving stream of clean gas, and depositing the entrained particles on the top of said bed.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
62 words
A method of cleaning a dirty gas comprising the steps of: (a) passing the dirty gas upwards through a bed of particulate material without fluidizing the bed, (b) passing a wash liquid downwardly through the bed, (c) entraining a portion of such bed particles in an upward-moving stream of clean gas, and depositing the entrained particles on the top of said bed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method as defined in claim 1, in which the particulate bed is a bed of substantially spherical particles.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method as defined in claim 2, in which the spherical particles are hollow spheres made of polypropylene.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method as defined in claim 1, claim 2 or claim 3, in which the dirty gas has a major component which is the same gas as said clean gas, and in which the wash liquid is water.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
84 words
A multi-stage method of cleaning a dirty gas, comprising the steps of: (a) passing the dirty gas upwards through, in series, a plurality of beds of particulate material without fluidizing said beds, while passing a wash liquid downwardly through each of the beds; and (b) extracting bed particles from the lower region of each of said beds by entrainment of such bed particles in a respective upward-moving stream of clean gas and depositing the entrained bed particles on the top of their respective beds.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
84 words
A multi-stage method of cleaning a dirty gas, comprising the steps of: (a) passing the dirty gas upwards through, in series, a plurality of beds of particulate material without fluidizing said beds, while passing a wash liquid downwardly through each of the beds; and (b) extracting bed particles from the lower region of each of said beds by entrainment of such bed particles in a respective upward-moving stream of clean gas and depositing the entrained bed particles on the top of their respective beds.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as defined in claim 5, in which each particulate bed comprises a bed of hollow spheres of polypropylene.
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