US815812A

US815812A - Gas-purifying apparatus.

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Publication number: US815812A
Application number: US21897504A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alexander M Gow
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1904-08-01
Filing date: 1904-08-01
Publication date: 1906-03-20
Anticipated expiration: 1923-03-20

Description

- j "PATENTEDMARQOQ1906;

I M. eow. GAS PURIFY'ING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 1,1904

WMPVLQOOQO I I 110,815,812. PATENTBD MAR.720,1906.

A". M. sow. GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1904- a- SHEETS-78333123.

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ALEXANDER M; oWQ; oF-gE'neEWooD PARK-PENNsYLVANIA, AssiGNoR TO GE RGE WESTINGHOUSE; F PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

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ghe'nyand State'of Pennsylvania, have ind vented fa new and useful Improvement in 1 Gas-Purifying A paratus, ofjwhich' thefol- {lowing isa'speci eation.-

Thisinvention relates to gasspurifying' ap Pllfatus, and has foranobjectthe production" of tin-apparatus which is 'efficient ln-the perb operating cost.

formance of'i-tsfuntions and economic as to In deslgning a commercially. successful ap aratus for the removalof the fine dust and f 'eei f carbon from such gas as is devolved fromblast-furnaces "and the ordinary type a of producers and :for'removing the heavy cone -*'densable hydrocarbon vapors many and se twith WhichI amfamiliar which are .fairly' rious'obstacles have'arisen,.and those devices J-efficientare' either extremely costl and com plicated or bulky as'c'ompared to't e possible wpacities.v

' .toproducea relatively-simple and inexpen- I gas is caused to flow through a suitable appa- 'sive apparatus of the rotating t" "e whereby said impurities, togetherwitht e ammonia; may be removed at a minimum eX- 39 I attendant penditure of ower and laborl K A still furt er obj ct has b66i1 t0 produce an ap aratusas ab'overoutlined which may; I be uti' ized, if desired, to draw the gases away. fromthe source of suppl 1, and therefore serve 'the functions of both exha uster and scrubber In carrying ou't'this mvention a stream of.

. ratus in "which a plurality of series of mov- 5 a successfully, the gas before it contacts with H able collectors-for the recrement in the as are located. Thesee0llectors are f'r iferahly in the form of.bladesorvanegeac carrying .e'chamber' or receptacle at one-sidefthereofadapted to collect the recrement which con-1 tacts with itsb'lade {and to direct the same along a path atright anglesto the axis of the gasstrcam and guideittoa portion of the ap paratus rem oved from" the path of s aidst'ream.

As the specific. gravities of. the-,particles-of the "recrement-collectors is subjected to a spray of water, whereby the ,recrementis LGAS-PURIFYINIG"APPARATUS.-

Specification of Letters Patent. 1 Application filed Angnst l 1904. s'er'inro. 218,975.

' tating co 1 either "be forced through the ap aratuslbyY illustrated bers'8,f annular in form andprovided wit Ynj wardly projecting portions 9; are secure y the casin Patentedmiarch 20, 196.6.

wetted and made heavier, so to speak. In GOW,

orderto insure that all of the recrement is rein -its travel is compelled to flow.

' In practice the-gas to'be scrubbed may means'of any-suitable gas prope ler locatedby means'of an"exhauster;

'idevice embodying in'its ma eup the-elements constructed, combined, and located-as-will tical "embodiment 0fthis invention, and

f throughout the several views 'ther'eof simiv i v I "larelenients are denoted b like characters." Y .A furtherobj ect of this invention has been I Figure .1 isa partial longltudinallsectional view-o'f'the dev ce, a portion'of the same be- 80 ,in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan view 0t ,the same, =Fig. 3-is a'view in end elevation -'j of one of the Washing members" em I loyed and Fig 4 isa view inperspective 0 one 'oi the blades carrying its 1 recrement collector or ing shown broken away and a portion shown chamber.

Theldevice consistsof a suitable housing .4 .or casing 5, within which a rotatable'shaft 6 is suitabl jour'naled, and thehousing is preferablyivide'd on the horizontal plane of-the; ousing, asillustrated in ig. 1. "Meniany'sultable means to the casing atinteritel s throughout the length of the saine' 'lh'e -n1embers 8 areeach formed in two sections; ioo

as shownin Fig. 3} se thatjthe upper, sectionfl'f maybe removed *with the upper-section; of

positio'ned i'n front of each of'said members 8.

is'a recrement collector 10, each of which $0.5

comprises afplura lity of blades-;11',and each moved, a lplurality of'sets or 'seriesof these 'ro ectors are mounted on a common shaft, and between 'eaeh;set"a series of Sta- T tionary vanes are loc ated, w hich serve to cor'' reet the'angulaiity-of the'stream'and also to act aswashing-surfaces across which the gas '6 in the apparatus 'or may bedrawn'through f k F 7f- ,bemore fully set forth in the specificat on in'the drawings, and pointed out I 9 through its axis, so that-the upper half may be readilyl-lifted ofl. The housing has an open bottomfand rests within a water-con- 'tainin receptacle 7 Whichma fit thebase,

Rigidly' seeuredj to. $haft'6' and r v which contacts with its blade.

' of a pipe 16, and in addition the shaft 6 is shaft. A discharge-pipe-lS is provi ed for the Water-containing receptacle 4 7.

' speed the particles will move along the blade and collectin the receptacles formedby the the collectors is directed V erement passing through theapparatus and in order to take care of the gas from blastfurnaces and to remove the heavy condensable' vaf'pors from gas generated in the ordiy the roper point of the exhauster.

blade is turned over, as shown at 12, to form collector, and an outlet 14 for the gas is pro, vided beyondthe last recrement-collector of 1 the series. Between outlet 14 and the last 'firs't recrement-collector, and the recrement in said gas is thereby thoroughly Wetted. .The particles of recrement in the gas after of the path of the stream of gas flowing through the apparatus. The gas will leave 35 mal tothe blades and move. across the wash-v ing-faces 21 0f the members 8, which will be .surfaces 22 of members 8, which extend a a receptacle adapted to collect the recrement An inlet 13 admits the gas in front of the first recrementmember 8 toward the outlet an exhaustin fan 15 is carried by shaft 6. Water s a mitted to the interior of the cas ng by means formed hollow and provided with outlets 17, situated in front of the recrement-collectors, whereby, if desired, water may be admitted to the interior of the housing throu h this The gas'entering inlet 13 comes in contact with the Water-spray formed by deliveringwater from pipe 16 against the blades of the being1 wetted, and thereb increased in wei t, contact With .the aces19 of the bla es, and as the shaft is'rotatedat'a high bent-over portions 12', and these bent-over portions will guide and direct the particles so that they will be thrown by centrifugal force beyond the edge 20 of themembcrs 8 and out the recrement-collectors substantially normaintained. in a wet'condition by the water admitted. Theseradially disposed portions of members 8, besides acting as Washing-surfaces, serve to correct the angularity of the gas leaving the cpllector-blades and direct it in pro 'er'm anne'r t o the next succeeding series o collector-blades. The gas which is thrown off radially by centrifugal force from back toward the center of theapparatus by means of curved short'distance'inwardly for that purpose. In order; to precludethe possibility of any renary typeofproducer, a plurality of series of these collectors and washers are employed, and in order to take away the work of building up w [res'sure from the collectors, if the same isesired, the exhauster 15 is employed.

The member 8, adjacent to the 'exhauster. has its curved portion 22 extended farther in toward the'center of the device-than the preceding merhbers in order to direct the gas to T e recrement which is thrown out -onto the inner surface of the casing by the cen-' trifugal action of the collectors will flow down the casing to the water contained in receptacle 7 and with said water will pass out of the apparatus. It will, be seen that each of the members 8 isprovided with a portion 23,

extending downwardly below the surface of the water in receptacle 7, whereby the water in the receptacle acts as a seal for each of the portions of the apparatus partitioned off by the members 8.

It will be seen thatwith this a paratus in operation the ammonia contained in the gas from the fact that it is brought into intimate relation-with the finely-divided water in the apparatus will be absorbed therebyand pass out with the water through theoutlet to receptacle 7, and, if desired, this ammonia may be utilized as is now common.

It will be understood that the pitch of the collector-blades may be varied, and, if desired, the exhauster may be omitted and the blades utilized to build up the desired pressure, or the pitch may be so changed that the exhauster will do all of the work of propelling the gas through the apparatus.

A pulley 24 for driving the apparatus isillustrated; but it will be understood that the same may be driven from anysu'itable source of ower and by any desired means.

t is obvious that many variations and chan es in the details ofcon'struction would ters Patent, is

1. In an apparatus of the character described, means for causing a stream of fluid to flow through the a paratus, rotatable; members whereby the uid stream is cut transversely of its axis and the recrement therein retarded in its travel, and recrement channeled receptacles rotatable with said members for receiving recrement retarded by said members and delivering it beyond the stream-path.

- 2. In an apparatus of the character described, means for causing a stream of fluid to How through said apparatus, agents Whereb? said fluid is intimately mixed with a fluid o greater specific gravity, rotatable members whereby the fluid stream is cut trans versel of its axis and the recrement therein retar ed in its travel, and recrement channeledreceptacles rotatable with said members for receivmc recrement rntarrlnrl luv cam Inemb ers anddeliverlng it beyondjthe stream- 7 7 to floW- through said apparatus,'recrement- ;to flow through saidappa'ratus; stationary washing-surfaces disposed in' the stream-" "path, rotatable members whereby the fluid stream is out transversely of its axis and-the recrementtherein-retarded inits, travel and stream, rotatable members whereby the fluid 'stream is cut transversely of itsaXis-and therecre'ment therein retarded in it's travel, and

scribed, rneans for causing a stream of fluid with said members-for. receivin "recrenient. retarded by said members and, elivering it b'eyond the streamp'ath.

4,1In an apparatus oiythe character d escribed, means for causing a stream of fluid Ways 7 located out of stream-path, agents for wetting the recrement contained the fluid reerement channeledreceptacles rotatable:

with" said members for receiving reerement l retarded'by said members anddeliveringdit .to said recrement-ways;

5. In an apparatus of the character de scribed, means for causing a stream-of gas to' flow through the a pa'ratus, and rotatablerecrement -recept ac es for gcuttin the gas stream transversel'yof' its 3X18 an centrifugally forcing the 'recrer'nent collected beyond v the gas-stream. recrementichanneled receptacles. rotatable 6. In arecrement-se arator a plurality of compartments formed yannular, inwardly- 3 Projecting fluid-directors; a rotatable shaft ocatedcentrally of s'aiddirectors and carry-: ing a fluid-propeller in each ofsaidcOrripartments, and re'crement-recepta'cles carried saidpropellers.

y- In testimony whereof I have-hereuntosubscribed 'my name this 25th dayof- July, 1904.

- ALEXANDER M. GOW.

' Witnesses; l

3 DAVID WILLIAMS, 1 -J1'-ro. Sj. GREEN."