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Show MAT USE THE SMELTER FUMES '8 vi8 oe ZION MAN INVENTS PROCESS A sectional view of the apparatus which is to bo used in connection with a mechanical filter not shown, that ia used prior to passing the gases through the gas converting chamber Claims Method Will Reduce Fumes to Sulphur and Fuel Gas RELO ER1NG as b products su phur gas o be used as fuel and hus ang ng no ous ime er fumes o usefu p oducts Is the object of an app ance on which letters patent ha e recent been gran ed by the Un ed S ates go ernment to Char es 8 "adner of Sat Lake Mr adner is a meta lurgi a engineer and has been en gaged nas udy of the ame ter fume question fo a n mbe of years He first began on the prob em when employed as1 a meta urg e h tl e Marcus Daly com pany at Anaconda at wh ch time the fumes question nas practice ly an un known nuisance n the west Ills process Is d ected toward reduc ing the fumee o so d su phur and also produc ng carbon mono de gas to be used for fuel purposes The reduc ng agent is the waste gases which are at present al lowed to escape M adner unes h s apparatus in connection with a mechanl ca erne ter fume fl ter He c aims to ac compllsh this b the n ention 1 lustrated In the accompanying d aw ngs in which figure 1 Is a sec ona ew of the ap pa rat us In connection w th the mechanl cal filter that Is used prior to passing the gases th ough he gas converting chamber and figure s a sectional v ew of the condenser and gas syrubber Sim liar characters refer o sim lar parts throughout the 6e eral tews He de s bes h s apparatus as follows Purifying the Fumes The fumes coming fro n the sme t e flues pass through the mechanical filter and there purified of their me chan cal Impurities are led through the descend ng flue 9 Into the gas con erter B Instead of passing the hj drocarbon gases through the opening n the bottom of the side of the wall of the gas converter made by remov ing the plug 30 the hydrocarbon gases may be passed through the auxiliary coke tower Should it be desired to use the coke tower E any kind of hydrocarbon gases derived as by products or otherwise from the dls tiCatlon of any coal crude oil or any hydro carbonaceous residues or bv products are led hrough the inlet 27 Into, tha top of 'the chamber of the said coke tower This tower fs fed through a editable hopper and contains a sufficient quant! tv of red hot coke or anj other sultab e fuel Ashes and clinkers are withdrawn at the plug 81. The condu t 6 leads from the bottom of-the coke tower B to the descending flue 9 IS coke is used be fore the beginning of the operation the coke 28 Is set on fire and the coke 10 in the gas con erter is also set on nre. The coke 28 and 10 la , set on fire by removing the p ugs 81 and 14 respectively and ordinary fires of shavings and wood are started and coke Is added un he same is In a well advanced state of Incandescence when the plugs a e put back and any further add t on of coke that may be necessary Is made throuah the hop pers at the top of the respective gas chamber B and aux llarv coke tower F The excess of a r in the fumes wi 1 keep the coke glowing in fact for economical reasons an excess of air Is to be avoided as much as pos s ble as the fumes always contain an excess of free a r which Is draf ed through the apparatus by a fan or other su table means Reducing the Gases The gases introduced tl ough the p pe 27 are drawn downward through he red hot coke of the tower B where by the said gases become h drogen Ized the carbon contained in them be coming fixed and retained by the red hot coke The resulting hydrogen zed y drocarbon gases are drawn up rough t e conduit 27 to tha descend ng f ue 9 where they meet and min g e w th the purified smelter fumes coming from fhe recovery tower A T e resul ing mlxtu e Is t en drawn through the red hot coke conta ned in the gas converter B The hydro carbon gases that have p ev ous y been passed through red hot coke decomposes at red heat the purified sme ter fumes in tbe r compopent parts The excess of oxygen (1 the smelter fumes un tea wi the car bon dioxide accord ng to the tempera ture and ve oc ty and the amount of carbon present It is des rab e to maintain a h gh temperature In o der to encourage the p oductlon of ca bon monoxide it be ng one of the pur poses of my process to convert a por tlon of the fumes into carbon monox de gaB t at may be used for power pu poses Instead of the auxiliary coke tower B the hydrocarbon gases or hyd ogen Itself may be introduced at 30 d ect ly Into the gas converter These gases In pass ng upward are deflected by the part ton 29 and thrown toward the entrance of the sme er fu nes from the recovery tow er and m xed with them in the red hot coke 10 thus producing the same resu s as above descr bed Recpvers the Sulphur It will be unde stood t at without departing from he ap t of this In ention any other h drogen produ er can be subst tuted to produce y d ogen or hydrogenlzed hyd ocarbon gases Any 1 berated e emen ary su phur Is voatl zed by the heat and passes through the ascending flue 13 Ashes and c inkers are w thdrawn through he door 14 In order to avo d e-ccessl e con s mp on of fue It Is essential that he eactlon of the gas converter take p ace as much as posslb e in the ab en e of air The fumes f o th s gas on ert ng owe a e ed thro gh he as nd ng flue 3 no he on dense C Th b onde se s a ab o ed b any on en e nea s and he oat zed su phu ondenses upon he ua s of the condens ng chambe tt hen he sa d wa s become suf fl en y warn from the con act h I m 1 A sectional view of toe apparatus which is used to condense tne gases and Bcrrib them, convert part of them Into solid sulphur and the remainder into gas to be used tor fuel purposes t e eated ga e e su p ur t ck es down he s de o e condens ng chamber to the nc ned f oo lb Th s floor s opes oua one end so ha he qu d s phu an be d a off by g av rough the spout 17 and can be ast n o p s of on en ent s ze to be handed By these n eans s phu a s bo obno ous n the form of sne e fun es ca the be so d e t e ab an a e of mer han d ae o be ng abso u e harm ess can be b o ed a vay an conven ent p a e T e ba an e of t e fumes which do i no ondense and w Ich are ch ef y composed of a bonmonox de and some npu es pass out through e ho zonta flue 18 and en er n o e sc b b ng towe Th s ower conta ns a a 6 1 ab e e ght abo e e en a e 9 a g a e of of a su tab e des g Above h s grate he sc bb ngi otq D s fl ed h um s of o de of on and 1 me rock 20 In pass ng t oug t s m x u e he gases a e em a v scrubbed and the ehy pu fled of any trace of mpu es or uncondensed su phu d ox de gas The resul ng ca bonmonox ds gas s now pu e and s drawn ou th ough the descend ng e flue 1 b a fan or o her suit able eans p a ed at an onven ent po he sa d f ue This gas can t en be prehea ed b was e gases fron e sn e acl s and ned o ues ead g o gd on a e o e y o ga e nes o gene a n& power o o he se d sposed of T e sa d scrubbing owe s fl ed at a d empt ed .t 3 and any igu d a er hat perco ates through the gid e 5 may be drawn off the tap 24. |