Patent ID: 6485548
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
A gas scrubber for removing particulate and undesired gases from a gas stream, said scrubber comprising:a container having a bottom wall and a top wall interconnected by a side wall for containing a liquid having a surface forming a space between said surface and said top wall; a tube mounted through said top wall, said tube having a tube inlet opened exterior of said top wall connected via a throat to a tube outlet disposed in said space, said tube allowing a gas to flow from exterior said container into said space; a motor having a rotatable shaft, said motor positioned above said top wall, said shaft extending through said tube; a siphon pipe connected to said rotatable shaft, said siphon pipe having a siphon inlet disposed below said liquid surface and a siphon outlet positioned above said surface proximate said tube throat; wherein said rotating siphon pipe draws and rotates said liquid through said siphon pipe into said tube throat drawing said gas into said throat mixing with and scrubbing said gas; and a second opening formed through said container for discharging said scrubbed gas from said space exterior of said container.