Patent ID: 8388746

Claim:
A filtration system for filtering water and pollutants from vented gasses, the filtration system comprising: a natural gas compressor station; a blowdown conduit operably connected with the gas compressor station to receive the vented gasses from the natural gas compressor station; a blowdown valve operably mounted in the blowdown conduit for preventing flow of the vented gasses back to the natural gas compressor station; and a filter unit comprising: a filter housing; an inlet chamber having an inlet port and openings through the inlet chamber, the inlet port being operably connected to the blowdown conduit to receive the vented gasses into the inlet chamber; a pollution filter positioned within the filter housing adjacent the inlet chamber to cover the openings, the pollution filter being adapted to remove the pollutants from the gasses; an exit port enabling the vented gasses to exit the filter housing once the pollutants have been removed by the pollution filter; and a drain port positioned in a lower portion of the filter housing to drain the water that enters the filter unit via the inlet chamber.