Inventors:
Jefferey St. Amant - League City TX, US
Kenneth R. Matheson - Corpus Christi TX, US
Keith Nathan - Seabrook TX, US
Assignee:
Vapor Point, LLC - La Porte TX
International Classification:
B01D 53/14
B01D 47/02
B01D 47/00
B01D 47/14
F02M 17/28
F02M 29/04
C10J 1/10
F24F 3/14
US Classification:
96351, 96329, 96352, 96354, 96290, 95154, 95210, 95211, 95230, 95237, 2611191, 261100, 261 94
Abstract:
A system for removing unwanted contaminates from gases using a scrubber, which comprises a housing, a reaction chamber having a liquid level, an inlet connected to a source containing gases to be scrubbed with a contamination concentration greater than zero ppb to saturation. A gas exit port connected to the housing is used for evacuating scrubbed gas and a sintered permeable membrane is disposed across the reaction chamber, which provides a reaction zone in the plurality of pores when gases to be scrubbed are introduced to the membrane on a first side while the membrane is immersed in the lean liquid; and a cleaned gas on a second side wherein the clean gas initially has a drop in contamination concentration of at least 99 percent and gradually decreasing to 70 percent as additional gases to be scrubbed are introduced to the plurality of pores without replacing the lean liquid.