Patent ID: 8439333

Claim:
A misting array assembly disposed across an abatement chamber of an abatement system, said abatement chamber having a gas flow extending therethrough, a majority of said gas flow moving in a gas flow direction, said misting array assembly comprising: a sealing piece having a first side and a second side opposite said first side; a frame structure coupled to said sealing piece and provided on said second side of said sealing piece; a first nozzle tubing extending through said sealing piece, said first nozzle tubing having a first nozzle tubing axis extending substantially perpendicular to the direction of said gas flow, said first nozzle tubing having a first liquid source coupling and a plurality of first tubing nozzles; wherein said first liquid source coupling is on said first side of said sealing piece and said first tubing nozzles are on said second side of said sealing piece; a second nozzle tubing extending through said sealing piece, said second nozzle tubing having a second nozzle tubing axis extending substantially perpendicular to the direction of said gas flow, said second nozzle tubing having a second liquid source coupling and a plurality of second tubing nozzles; wherein said second liquid source coupling is on said first side of said sealing piece and said second tubing nozzles are on said second side of said sealing piece; wherein said sealing piece, said frame structure, said first nozzle tubing, and said second nozzle tubing are movable between an inserted position and a removed position; wherein said frame structure includes at least one member slidably engageable with corresponding track structure provided along at least a portion of the inner periphery of said abatement chamber; wherein in said inserted position said first tubing nozzles and said second tubing nozzles are in said abatement chamber; and wherein in said removed position at least some of said first tubing nozzles and at least some of said second tubing nozzles are removed from said abatement chamber.