Patent ID: 7169287
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: A62D,B01D,C02F

Abstract:
1. A decomposition apparatus that decomposes a decomposition target, the decomposition apparatus comprising: a decomposition chamber having a decomposition section that continuously decomposes the decomposition target; an introducing device that continuously introduces a gas containing the decomposition target into the decomposition chamber; a device that brings the gas containing the decomposition target that is introduced into the decomposition chamber into contact with a liquid that is input into the decomposition chamber, whereby the gas is taken into the liquid; a discharging device that discharges decomposition products produced in the decomposition chamber; a circulation pump that circulates the liquid in the decomposition chamber such that the gas containing the decomposition target to be introduced is taken into the liquid; and a selection section that selects a set of drive conditions from a plurality of sets of conditions for the decomposition section such that the concentration of the decomposition target within the decomposition chamber during decomposition of the decomposition target is at the predetermined concentration, wherein, when the concentration of the decomposition target is the predetermined concentration during decomposition in the decomposition section under the set of drive conditions selected by the selection section, the amount per unit time of the decomposition target that is taken into a liquid within the decomposition chamber is in equilibrium with the amount per unit time of the decomposition target that is decomposed within the decomposition chamber.