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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:
Aug. 12, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wadie F Gohara, Barberton, OH (US);
Randy J Reynolds, Canton, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, New Orleans, LA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55223 ; 55240 ; 55260 ; 261D / ;
Abstract
A high velocity gas absorber for desulfurization of flue gas has a uniquely formed awning and inlet having an inclined awning extending upwardly from the inlet at an angle between 5 and 20 degrees and having strategically placed triangularly shaped gutters therealong for drawing the liquid flow across the inlet while the inlet bottom plate is inclined downward at an angle of approximately 60 degrees of the inlet horizontal bottom plate into the liquid of the absorber's recirculation tank to reduce splash into the inlet.