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US 4,028,072 AGranted
Apparatus for scrubbing of hydrocarbons from gas
AssigneeAluminium Norf GmbH
InventorsWalter Braun, Gunter Hoffmann
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Abstract
Apparatus for separating hydrocarbons from flue gas and the like, including a gas scrubber, a collecting container supplying the scrubber with wash oil, and a vacuum distillation container receiving wash oil discharged from the scrubber.
Claims9
Apparatus for separating hydrocarbons from flue gas or the like, comprising:
- a. a gas scrubber receiving hydrocarbon-charged gas,
- b. a flue to which the outlet of the scrubber is attached for the discharge of the said gas thereto,
- c. a conduit connected to the scrubber to provide it with wash oil in counterflow to the said gas,
- d. a collecting container connected by the said conduit and a pump to the scrubber to suppy it with the wash oil,
- e. a vacuum distillation container connected by a conduit and a pump to the gas scrubber to receive wash oil discharged therefrom,
- f. a condenser having an inlet connected by a conduit to the distillation container,
- g. a vacuum pump assembly connected to the outlet of the condenser,
- h. a condensate storage unit connected to the outlet of the condenser to receive the condensate, and
- i. a pump having an inlet connected by a conduit to the output side of the distillation container to bring about the return of the wash oil passing from the distillation container through a conduit connecting the output of the pump to the collecting container.
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