Patent ID: 8349060

Claim:
A system for the separation of matter from a gaseous stream comprising: a cyclonic separator vessel adapted to receive a first outlet stream and a second outlet stream; and a first venturi external to the cyclonic separator vessel and a second venturi external to the cyclonic separator vessel, wherein the first and second venturis are arranged in parallel and each are adapted to receive a portion of an inlet stream comprising gas and matter to be separated from the gas and each are adapted to separately receive and separately distribute a first liquid and a second liquid, the first liquid being distributed by a first nozzle and the second liquid being distributed by a second nozzle, the first liquid being a cooling liquid for cooling the inlet stream, the second liquid being a solvent used as a scrubbing liquid to entrain the matter to be separated from the gas and wherein the first venturi is adapted to discharge the first outlet stream and the second venturi is adapted to discharge the second outlet stream, wherein the first and second outlet steams each include gas and entrained matter to be separated from the gas; wherein the cyclonic separator vessel is adapted to receive the gas and the entrained matter from the first external venturi and second external venturi and adapted to separate the entrained matter from the gas, the cyclonic separator vessel having separate first and second exits, wherein the first exit is configured to remove the gas from the cyclonic separator vessel, and the second exit is configured to remove the entrained matter from the cyclonic separator; wherein the first venturi and the second venturi each comprise a nozzle, an inlet cone, a throat, and an outlet cone; and wherein the inlet cone of the first or second venturi has an angle between 45° and 60°, wherein the first venturi has an inlet cone angle that varies from the inlet cone angle of the second venturi.