Patent ID: 6245133
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: B01D,F28D

Abstract:
A gas condensing and cooling system for cooling a collecting condensate from a heated vapor emissions source, said gas condensing and cooling system comprising:a multi-chamber condenser unit connectable to a heated vapor emissions source; anda cooling unit connected to said multi-chamber condenser unit;said multi-chamber condenser unit including a chamber housing having a number of condensing elements connected sequentially together therein, a condensate level viewing glass and a condensate drain valve;each condensing element including a volume of porous rock within a compartment partially defined by a vertical divider wall and suspended over a liquid barrier created by condensate;each condensing element being connected to an adjacent condensing element in a manner such that heated vapor emissions traveling through said multi-chamber condenser between said input opening and said discharge opening of said multi-chamber condenser unit must pass sequentially through each of said number of condensing elements of said multi-chamber condenser unit;said cooling unit including a length of vapor discharge pipe having a vent passageway formed along the length thereof terminating in a condenser unit discharge input opening at one end in connection with said condenser unit discharge opening and open to the atmosphere at the other end, an insulated natural gas expansion chamber surrounding a portion of said vapor discharge pipe, a pressure reducing element having a lower pressure end connected to a gas input opening of said insulated natural gas expansion chamber and a higher pressure input end connectable to a source of pressurized natural gas, and an expanded gas vent tube extending out of said insulated natural gas expansion chamber and running along said vent passageway through said portion of said vapor discharge pipe surrounded by said insulated natural gas expansion chamber to provide a vapor contact cooling structure.