Exhaust gas processing device and method

A multi-chambered gas cleaning device, comprising:

• treating section means for receiving and passing hot gas having particle impurities therein through said treating section means, said treating section means including heat absorbing solid discrete particle material therein so that said hot gas heats said solid material at said treating section means;
• liquid supplying means including a reservoir section for maintaining liquid therein and means for introducing said liquid from said reservoir into said treating section means contiguous to said solid discrete particle material so that, when said gas received by said treating section means is at a sufficiently high temperature, said solid material is heated to cause said liquid to be vaporized forming a steam to thereby coagulate particle impurities in said hot gas exposed thereto to make said impurities more readily separable from said hot gas;
• filtering means for receiving said treated gas from said treating section means and removing said more readily separable impurities as said gas is passed therethrough, said filtering means including a plurality of filters at least one of which is a basket shaped filter of stainless steel mesh material and each of which successively receives said treated hot gas;
• first gas flow directing means for receiving said filtered gas from said filtering means and directing the same into contact with said liquid in said reservoir section of said liquid supply means so that said gas is further cleansed and wherein said liquid being introduced into said treating section means is preheated;
• second gas flow directing means connected to said reservoir section of said liquid supply means for conducting said gas therethrough for discharge purposes;
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• a filtering section positioned at said liquid supplying means for passing said gas therethrough to said second gas flow directing means.

A multi-chambered air cleansing and muffling device for removing impurities from hot exhaust gas emitted by the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle and muffling operational noises, said device comprising:

• a first section including a collecting chamber, positioned to receive substantially all of said hot exhaust gas emitted from said internal combustion engine and treating chamber means, connected with said collecting chamber to receive and pass said hot exhaust gas therethrough, said treating chamber means having therein at least one of heat absorbing spherical and sharp-edged solid discrete particle material extending across the path of the treating chamber means for contacting said hot exhaust gas and being heated thereby, said treating chamber means also having means for introducing water within said treating chamber means contiguous with said discrete particle material with said water being vaporized thus forming a steam to coagulate particles of matter in said hot exhaust gas exposed thereto while passing through said treating chamber means;
• a second section secured to said first section to received treated gas emitted from said treating chamber means, said second section including at least one basket-shaped filter receiving and passing said treated gas therethrough, said filter capturing said coagulated particles of matter in said gas passing through said filter;
• reservoir means for containing a supply of said water and connected with said means for introducing water and with said second section so that said filtered gas is directed into contact with said water in said reservoir means thereby creating turbulence in said water to enhance mixing of said filtered gas and said water resulting in further cleansing of said gas and heating of said water;
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• a third section secured to said reservoir means to receive said cleansed gas emitted from said reservoir means, said third section including at least one filter receiving and passing said cleansed gas therethrough before emission of said gas into the environment.