Stephen R Hay

US Patent:

20110117002, May 19, 2011

Filed:

May 31, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/302651

Inventors:

Zissis A. Dardas - Worcester MA, US
Norberto O. Lemcoff - Simsbury CT, US
Susan D. Brandes - South Windsor CT, US
Leland G. Brandes - McMurray PA, US
Stephen O. Hay - Tolland CT, US
Timothy N. Obee - South Windsor CT, US
Foster P. Lamm - South Windsor CT, US
Albert T. Pucino - Glastonbury CT, US
Joseph J. Sangiovanni - West Suffield CT, US
Thomas Henry Vanderspurt - Glastonbury CT, US
Wayde R. Schmidt - Pomfret Center CT, US

Assignee:

CARRIER CORPORATION - Farmington CT

International Classification:

B01D 53/72
B01J 8/00
B01J 19/08

US Classification:

4232451, 422187, 422186

Abstract:

A contaminant removal system for selectively removing contaminants from a fluid stream. The contaminant removal system has a catalytic reactor of the type that is susceptible to deactivating agents. The catalytic reactor is configured to remove contaminants from a fluid stream. The contaminant removal system has a first adsorbent device positioned upstream, with respect to the fluid stream direction, of the catalytic reactor, that is configured to remove the deactivating agents from the fluid stream. The contaminant removal system has a second adsorbent device positioned downstream, with respect to the fluid stream direction, of the catalytic reactor. The second adsorbent device is configured to remove undesirable byproducts that may be generated when the catalytic reactor removes contaminants from the fluid stream.