Patent ID: 6755029
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
An apparatus for separating and neutralizing entrained ammonia from an oil stream being removed from a refrigeration system comprised of:a closed receiving tank for receiving an ammonia-entrained oil supply from said refrigeration system; a transfer pipeline having a first end and second end with said first end of said transfer pipeline being oriented in the top of said receiving tank and in fluid communication therewith; a treatment tank for holding an aqueous media with said second end of said transfer pipeline being oriented inside said treatment tank and terminating at a level at or above the top surface of said aqueous media; means for controllably introducing an acid into said treatment tank or into said transfer pipeline such as to introduce the acid into said treatment tank; means for pumping said mixture of said aqueous media, acid and released ammonia from said treatment tank and circulating said mixture through a closed system of recirculation piping consisting of a first end and a second end, both of which terminate in said treatment tank.