Wash hood for abatement equipment and method of washing
AssigneeDürr Systems AG
InventorsJustin Peterson, Timothy Golden
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Abstract
Wash hood for washing contaminants from heat exchange media, and a method of washing media. The wash hood may include a housing containing a flow distributor such as a perforated member that facilitates uniform dispersing of fluid from the wash hood. The wash hood may include a fluid inlet for connection to a fluid source, such as water under pressure, and an outlet for dispersing or spraying the water towards the media to be cleaned.
Claims14
A wash hood, comprising a hood body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet spaced from said fluid inlet, and a flow distributor in said hood body having a surface and a plurality of apertures, the number and size of which is effective to cause fluid to accumulate on said flow distributor surface and spread across said surface.
A method of washing media inside gas abatement equipment, comprising:
- providing inside said gas abatement equipment a wash hood comprising a hood body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet spaced from said fluid inlet, and a flow distributor in said hood body having a surface and a plurality of apertures;
- supplying wash fluid to said wash hood;
- positioning said wash hood over a first region of said media;
- discharging said wash fluid from said wash hood fluid outlet to said first region of said media;
- moving said wash hood to a second region of said media;
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- discharging said wash fluid from said wash hood to said second region of said media.
A wash hood as substantially shown and described.
A method of washing media inside gas abatement equipment as substantially shown and described.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.