US 11,772,033 B2
Apparatus and method for reducing pollution emitted by an industrial exhaust source
Alejandro Fidel Brito, Kissimmee, FL (US)
Filed by Alejandro Fidel Brito, Kissimmee, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 4, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/695,000.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/434,637, filed on Dec. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2018/0169560 A1, Jun. 21, 2018
Int. Cl. B01D 47/06 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 47/06 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for reducing pollution emitted into air by an industrial exhaust source expelling exhaust air carrying at least one pollutant, comprising:
a sleeve configured to extend from a top end of an industrial exhaust source, said sleeve comprising an interior cavity for the traveling therethrough of exhaust air from the industrial exhaust source, at least one sidewall delimiting the interior cavity, at least one opening on said one sidewall, and an open top end;
a support housing including at least one support ring enveloping said sleeve exterior and a plurality of support arms attached to the support ring on one end and resting on a separate support surface on an opposite end;
a sprinkler system for supplying water to said interior cavity of said sleeve, said sprinkler system comprising at least one nozzle extending through the at least one opening on said sidewall and positioned within the interior cavity, wherein the at least one nozzle is configured to inject water towards said at least one sidewall of said sleeve and through exhaust air traveling through said interior cavity and carrying at least one pollutant; and
one or more drainage pipes open to said interior cavity of said sleeve for draining water and at least one pollutant carried by the water from the interior cavity,
wherein said support housing stabilizes and supports weight of said sleeve and said sprinkler system weight on said industrial exhaust source.