Abstract: A condenser for isolating solid substances from a vapor and gas mixture and pulps comprises a vertical cylindrical casing having a conical bottom and a vertical rotary drum accommodated in the casing and adjoining with its outer periphery to vertically extending internal protrusions of the casing walls in such a manner that the drum and the protrusions form a vertical transversal partition wall which is in a spaced relationship with respect to the casing bottom, and the interior of the casing represents a U-shaped space. Pipes for admission of a vapor and gas mixture and a pulp that does not contain rare-earth metals are provided in the upper portion of one inlet branch of the U-shaped space, and a pipe for discharge of the vapor and gas mixture cleaned from solid substances is provided in the upper portion of the other outlet branch of the U-shaped space. A pipe for removal of solid substances is provided in the lower portion of the conical bottom.

Abstract: The apparatus according to the invention comprises a casing. The casing consists of two chambers: an inlet chamber and a filtering chamber each having a conical receptacle for collecting solid chlorides. The inlet chamber and the filtering chamber are provided each with guide webs and are separated from each other by a partition wall comprising a gas duct. The gas duct establishes a communication between the lower portions of the chambers in such a manner that the inlet end of the gas duct is arranged under the guide webs of the inlet chamber and the outlet end is arranged under the guide webs of the filtering chamber. The filtering chamber has inlet pipes for admission of pulp. A pipe for admission of a chloride pulp is arranged above the guide webs at a distance of from one to two times the diameter of the filtering chamber. The pipes for an oxychloride pulp is arranged below the guide webs which are permanently covered with a filtering material.