Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting – deodorizing – preser – Chemical reactor – Waste gas purifier
Patent
1995-12-21
1998-06-02
McMahon, Timothy
Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preser
Chemical reactor
Waste gas purifier
422174, 422177, F01N 310
Patent
active
057594961
ABSTRACT:
The instant invention is directed at an apparatus for removing VOC's from an exhaust gas stream comprised of the following: a heatable adsorber located in the exhaust stream capable of desorption; and, an oxidizer structure having a lightoff temperature and located in the exhaust stream downstream from the adsorber structure. One particular embodiment of the apparatus comprises the following two elements: (1) a resistively heatable adsorber possessing an activated carbon phase located in the exhaust stream and having a desorption temperature; and, (2) an electrically heatable catalyst structure having a lightoff temperature and located in the exhaust stream downstream from the adsorber structure.
The method enabled as a result of the development of the aforementioned apparatus, i.e., a method for removing VOC's from an exhaust stream, involves two essential steps: (1) causing exhaust gases from an exhaust gas stream to flow through an adsorber structure and an oxidizer while adsorbing an amount of VOC's; and, (2) heating the oxidizer to its lightoff temperature and desorbing the adsorbed VOC's and thereafter flowing the desorbed compounds through the oxidizer whereupon they are oxidized. One particular embodiment involves two essential steps: (1) flowing VOC-containing exhaust gases through an adsorber structure having an activated carbon phase and an electrically heatable catalyzed structure while adsorbing an amount of VOC's; and, (2) heating the catalyzed structure to its lightoff temperature, desorbing the adsorbed VOC's and thereafter flowing the desorbed compounds through the catalyzed structure whereupon the desorbed VOC's are oxidized.
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Hickman David L.
Johnson Timothy V.
Weiss David S.
Corning Incorporated
McMahon Timothy
Schaeberle Timothy M.
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