B - Operations – Transporting – 01 – D
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
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B01D 53/72 (2006.01) B01D 53/04 (2006.01) B01D 53/76 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2178258
A method and apparatus for reducing, abating, and destroying volatile organic compounds (V.O.C.s) contained in an air stream is disclosed. The air stream is mixed with a fog or mist of activated air in aqueous solution while the mixture is exposed to ultraviolet radiation in chambers along a tunnel. The activated air contains oxidants that are formed by exposing air to ultraviolet light. The activated air is generated under conditions that prevent prolonged existence of ozone and enhance the generation of highly active oxidants such as hydroxyl radicals. The aqueous solution is formed by dispersing the activated air into water in sparger tanks that include ultraviolet lamps to maintain a high oxidant level in the aqueous solution. The tunnel includes catalyst plates that act as scrubbers and that are exposed to the ultraviolet light in the tunnel to provide hydrogen to enhance generation of hydroxyl radicals. The tunnel includes coalescers that remove particulate water and V.O.C.s, which are collected in a supply tank and recirculated into the sparger tanks and thereafter back into the tunnel. The tunnel also includes carbon filters that collect V.O.C.s for surface reaction in the presence of further ultraviolet light. Upon discharge from the tunnel, the air stream is delivered to a carbon bed system where remaining V.O.C.s are captured and further oxidatively destroyed. Two carbon beds can be used, with one carbon bed on-line while the other is regenerated using activated air.
Lincoln Phillip A.
Roberts Jessie E.
Smart & Biggar
Tri-Mark Corporation
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