Patent ID: 8167979
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: B01D,Y02A,Y02C

Abstract:
1. A scrubbing system configured to remove carbon dioxide from a gas, the scrubbing system comprising a scrubber defining a tubing assembly that is vertically oriented, a gas inlet and a gas outlet, where in the tubing assembly comprises a tank section, a reduced diameter section, and an expansion section such that the expansion section is positioned above the reduced diameter section and the reduced diameter section is positioned above the tank section, wherein an aqueous liquid-phase scrubbing media is contained within the tank section such that the gas exits the aqueous liquid-phase scrubbing media in a headspace of the tank section and then passes through the reduced diameter section followed by the expansion section, wherein the scrubber is configured such that the gas is introduced to the aqueous liquid-phase scrubbing media via the gas inlet to allow the aqueous liquid-phase scrubbing media to remove CO 2 from the gas forming a CO 2 -free gas, and wherein the scrubber is configured such the CO 2 -free gas exits the scrubber via the gas outlet.