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Contactor/filter improvements

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OSTI ID:6308620

A contactor/filter arrangement for removing particulate contaminants from a gaseous stream is described. The filter includes a housing having a substantially vertically oriented granular material retention member with upstream and downstream faces, a substantially vertically oriented microporous gas filter element, wherein the retention member and the filter element are spaced apart to provide a zone for the passage of granular material therethrough. A gaseous stream containing particulate contaminants passes through the gas inlet means as well as through the upstream face of the granular material retention member, passing through the retention member, the body of granular material, the microporous gas filter element, exiting out of the gas outlet means. A cover screen isolates the filter element from contact with the moving granular bed. In one embodiment, the granular material is comprised of porous alumina impregnated with CuO, with the cover screen cleaned by the action of the moving granular material as well as by backflow pressure pulses. 6 figs.

Research Organization:
Rockwell International Corp., Canoga Park, CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC22-83PC60262
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Patent Number(s):
PATENTS-US-A7213798
Application Number:
ON: DE89011804
OSTI ID:
6308620
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English