Abstract: Gas streams containing non-condensible gases (NCG's) including reduced sulfur compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide and mercaptans, are treated to remove the NCG's from the gas stream. Following an optional initial gas-liquid contact to cool the gas stream to its adiabatic dewpoint and to remove particulates, the gas stream is subjected to an intimate gas-liquid contact with aqueous chlorine dioxide, in one or more contact stages, to oxidize the reduced sulfur compounds and other oxidizable compounds present in the gas stream, and then the gas stream is passed through an entrainment separator to remove entrained liquid droplets.

Abstract: Sulfurous gas streams comprising hydrogen sulfide and carbon disulfide, such as produced as a by-product of the rayon-forming process, are processed to recover the components in a useable form. The gas stream first is contacted with an aqueous sodium hydroxide to dissolve out hydrogen sulfide and some of the carbon disulfide. The dissolved carbon disulfide is driven off from the solution and condensed as a liquid concentrate. Carbon disulfide remaining the gas stream is recovered, such as by condensation. The aqueous sodium sulfide solution which remains from removal of carbon disulfide is concentrated and the pH is adjusted, as necessary, to a value at which the sodium sulfide is predominantly in the form of sodium bisulfide. The concentrated sodium bisulfide solution is capable of reuse in the rayon-forming process along with the liquid concentrate of carbon disulfide.

Abstract: A solute gas absorbing procedure employs a parallel flow of liquid absorbing medium to dual-fluid spray nozzles from which are formed fine droplet sprays in which the solute gas is absorbed. The invention is particularly applicable to the removal of acid gases, such as SO.sub.2, using regenerable aqueous alkaline absorbing media, such as amines or amine salts.

Abstract: Novel cluster nozzle designs useful for the formation of atomized sprays of fine liquid droplets in a continuous gas phase are described. A plurality of individual gas-liquid mixing zones communicate with a common source of liquid and a common source of gas to form gas-liquid mixtures for spraying from individual orifices in the nozzle. An improved uniformity of spray pattern is attained, as well as the ability to effect a greater liquid output from the nozzle through the use of larger size or numbers of orifices, while retaining very uniform sprays, by effecting a degree of premixing of liquid and gas before passage to the individual gas-liquid mixing zones.