BUBBLING VORTEX APPARATUS Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: cleaning gases from solid admixtures; chemical, oil and other industries. SUBSTANCE: bubbling vortex apparatus used for gas scrubbing together with cyclone includes cylindrical chamber with inlet pipe, injectors, connecting flanges and pipe for bypass of sludge to sludge receiver; cylindrical chamber is provided with gas flow swirler mounted coaxially; swirler is made in form of intersection planes forming four blades with rectangular flat surfaces on leading section smoothly changing to parabolic form; blades form flow-through sections; they are so bent that their larger side gets in contact with inner surface of housing over entire length; they are rigidly secured to housing; besides that, central injector is mounted before swirler; peripheral injectors are located in each flow-through section after swirler; cylindrical chamber is connected to cyclone at inclination for sludge drainage. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency of gas cleaning and reliable protection of environment. 3 dwg