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Exhaust gas cleaning system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6063703
An exhaust gas cleaning system adapted to clean smoke or other waste gases through a liquid bath process is described. This system comprises a generally cubicle enclosure divided internally into three separate compartments. The first compartment includes means for inputting both a cleaning solution, preferably water, and a dirty exhaust gas for cleaning. Liquid level is maintained relatively constant by a float-actuated door system. A barrier disposed within the compartment prevents liquid turbulance. An adjacent intermediate compartment is in fluid flow communication with the inlet compartment via a submerged liquid passageway through which gases may be drawn by suction. Perforated plate means disposed within the intermediate compartment removes particulate matter from the liquid cleaning solution, and the resulting sediment is deposited in an adjacent auger equipped sediment pit for removal from the system. A third compartment is dividably defined from the intermediate compartment by a wall extending internally of the system above the water level. Exhaust means associated with this compartment draws gases through the system for cleaning. Gravitational forces remove the final particulate matter from the gas for output via a drain orifice.
Assignee:
IFI; EDB-82-014123
Patent Number(s):
US 4269612
OSTI ID:
6063703
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English