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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1990
Philip J Birbara, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Joseph E Genovese, East Granby, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for separating potentially combustible and/or explosive gaseous mixtures from aqueous solutions. The method employs the concept of utilizing a liquid phase carryover as a combustible gaseous diluent and subsequently, upon separation of the gaseous and liquid phase components, incorporates the addition of a diluent gas to minimize the combustive/explosive potential of the separated gaseous phase component. In a preferred embodiment, the separating apparatus comprises a primary separator, a screen atomizer, a pressure-and-flow control system and a secondary separator.