Licensable Technologies : Physics & Chemistry : Plasmas & Beams

Compact Air Scrubber

Abstract
Method and apparatus for removing material from a gas. A mist created by a piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer is contacted with the gas and both gas and mist are passed through baffled separators. Liquid effluent from the separators contains solid material removed from the gas and gaseous material which reacted with the liquid or was absorbed by the liquid. The invention is useful for collecting a sample of material in a gas, such as a vapor in the atmosphere, and in cleaning a gas. A relatively concentrated solution of a material present in a gas in a very small concentration can be obtained.

IP Status: Available Exclusively

Reference Number: 8

S Number: DOE reference no.(s): 68,035

Patents & Applications:
United States National Patent Number 5085673 Issued on 02/04/1992

Posted: 10-04-2004

Contact
John Mott
Technology Transfer Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory
P.O. Box 1663, MailStop C334
(505) 665-0883
jmott@lanl.gov