(under subclass 155) Apparatus in which means are provided to contact a gaseous fluid mixture with a liquid in order to remove a gas from the gaseous fluid mixture and means are provided to remove the gas from the liquid.
(1) Note. An example of such means would be an extended surface for enhanced liquid contact with a gaseous fluid mixture to scrub or sorb a constituent from the gaseous fluid mixture, followed by separate means for degasifying the liquid.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
52, for electrical separation apparatus with means for vapor or liquid contact.
120, for soluble or deliquescent solid sorbent apparatus with means to contact a liquid containing dissolved solid sorbent with a gaseous fluid mixture.
243+, for other gas separation apparatus using liquid contact means combined with means to further handle process constituents before, during, or after separation. See the search class note to Class 261 below.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 95, Gas Separation: Processes,
149+, for processes of gas separation with liquid contacting.
261, Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus, for gas and liquid contact apparatus, per se, with or without separation, and for gas and liquid contact processes, per se, without separation (e.g., humidification, etc.). See the class line to Class 261 in section III of this class for further details about gas and liquid contact apparatus and processes.
