Compact air scrubber

Patent · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:868156

Bentley, Bill F ^[1]; Jett, James H ^[2]; Martin, John C ^[2]; Saunders, George C ^[3]

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1. Santa Fe, NM
2. Los Alamos, NM
3. Espanola, NM

Method and apparatus for removing material from a gas. A mist created by a piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer is contacted with the gas and both gas and mist are passed through baffled separators. Liquid effluent from the separators contains solid material removed from the gas and gaseous material which reacted with the liquid or was absorbed by the liquid. The invention is useful for collecting a sample of material in a gas, such as a vapor in the atmosphere, and in cleaning a gas. A relatively concentrated solution of a material present in a gas in a very small concentration can be obtained.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 5085673
• OSTI ID: 868156
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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