Patent ID: 6764531
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: B01D

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 and having a container opening in said top wall; a rotatable centrifugal cylinder mounted vertically in said container opening, said cylinder having a cylinder inlet positioned exterior said top wall and a cylinder outlet opening, larger than said cylinder inlet opening, positioned in said space; a driving mechanism positioned above said container opening having a rotatable shaft connected to said cylinder to rotate said cylinder;a first rotatable siphon pipe positioned inside of said cylinder and connected to said rotatable shaft, said first siphon pipe having a siphon inlet disposed below said liquid surface and a siphon outlet, larger then said siphon inlet, positioned proximate said cylinder inlet wherein said rotating siphon pipe draws and rotates said liquid through said siphon pipe to the inside of said cylinder proximate said cylinder inlet flowing down the inside of said cylinder from said cylinder inlet to said cylinder outlet to cleanse the inside cylinder wall of said centrifugally separated particulate; fan blades connected to said first siphon pipe and positioned inside said cylinder to draw said gas through said cylinder; and a second opening formed through said container for discharging said scrubbed gas from said space to the exterior of said container.