Patent ID: 8795420

Claim:
An apparatus for removing unwanted contaminates from gases, wherein the apparatus comprises: a. a housing comprising at least one removable portion; b. a reaction chamber formed within the housing; c. a cartridge disposed in the reaction chamber, wherein the cartridge is connected to the removable portion of the housing, wherein the cartridge comprises: (i) a gas transmitting floor comprising a sintered permeable membrane, wherein the sintered permeable membrane has a first side and a second side, and wherein the sintered permeable membrane is disposed across the reaction chamber; and (ii) a non-gas transmitting portion connected with the gas transmitting floor, wherein a space is formed between a first portion of the housing, wherein at least a portion of the reaction chamber, the cartridge, and the space contains a lean liquid, and wherein at least a portion of the lean liquid in the reaction chamber, the first cartridge portion, and the space form a reaction zone, and wherein the lean liquid is adjacent to or covers the first side and the second side of the sintered permeable membrane; d. an inlet in fluid communication with the space, wherein the inlet is configured to provide pressurized contaminated gas to the space; e. a gas exit port in fluid communication with a second cartridge portion and the reaction chamber; and f. a demister pad connected with the gas exit port.