Patent ID: 9289715
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B01D,F23J

Claim Text:
1. A gas scrubbing apparatus for lowering the concentration of at least one component of a gas stream, comprising: input means for introducing at least one gas stream into said gas scrubbing apparatus, said input means comprising at least one inlet pipe; exhaust means for discharging a gas stream from said gas scrubbing apparatus; an input/output pipe assembly comprising at least one input pipe comprising a first end and a second end and at least one output pipe comprising a first end and a second end, said assembly constructed from components selected from the group consisting of: first fluid connection means for providing a fluid connection between said input means and each of said input pipes; second fluid connection means for providing a fluid connection between said first end of said output pipe and said exhaust; a housing disposed substantially near said first end of said input pipe, wherein said first fluid connection means and said second fluid connection means are at least partially accommodated within said housing; if said input/output pipe assembly comprises at least two input pipes, at least one bridge pipe in fluid connection with said second end of each of said input pipes; if said input/output pipe assembly comprises a double pipe, at least two bridge pipes in fluid connection with said second end of said input pipe, said bridge pipes disposed circumferentially about said input pipe substantially at said second end of said pipe; a cyclone separator unit, said cyclone separator unit comprising: fluid introducing means for introducing at least one fluid into said apparatus in at least one location chosen from the group consisting of (a) said bridge pipes, (b) substantially at said second end of said input pipes, (c) substantially at the entrance to said cyclone separator, and (d) substantially at said second end of said output pipe; wherein said gas scrubbing apparatus further comprises a plurality of fans, at least one of which is disposed within each of said bridge pipes so as to accelerate the flow of said gas stream through said bridge pipe toward said cyclone unit input means, the total capacity of said fans being greater than or equal to the rate at which said gas stream passes through said input means.