摘要 |
<p>An apparatus for filtering a gas stream to remove contaminants carried therein. The apparatus includes means (27) having a jet (29) for injecting liquid into the gas stream and cyclone means (11) for intimately contacting the injected liquid with the gas stream whereby the contaminants are absorbed by the liquid. The apparatus further comprises a cyclone separator (13) having a gas cyclone chamber (49) and a liquid cyclone chamber (48). The gas cyclone chamber (49) includes an entry nozzle (51) for introducing the gas stream carrying the liquid with the contaminants absorbed therein tangentially into the gas cyclone chamber (49) so as to separate the contaminated liquid from the gas flow. The contaminated liquid descends into a rotating body of liquid (47) in the liquid cyclone chamber and the clean air leaves the separator by way of an outlet (57). A method of filtering a contaminated gas stream is also described and claimed.</p> |