DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION This invention may best be understood by reference to the attached drawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention.
In this FIGURE, there is represented a plan view partly in section of the apparatus of this invention showing the attachment thereof to the header in accordance with the invention.
The gas product, e.
g.
, chlorine, header, 1, having an opening, 2, in communication with trap 3 in which liquid condensate may collect.
A sight glass, 4, is provided to indicate the liquid level in the trap.
An opening, 5, in the bottom section of the trap permits drainage of the liquid from the trap through hoses, 6 and 7, into the dog-leg, 10, at port, 11, in the riser section of dog-leg.
The dog-leg is attached to the chlorine exit port, 12, in the top of the electrolysis cell, 13 and is attached to the trap 3, at gas inlet 16.
A nipple, 8, is inserted in the hose sections 6, and 7, to permit detachment thereof and insertion of a water or brine line, not shown.
Dog-leg, 10, is attached to the trap 13, through a collar connector, 14.
A nonporous baffle, 15, directs the flow of the chlorine through the trap into the header, 1.
Similarly, when the housing contains sufficient liquid, water, brine and/or condensate to cover the lower extremity of the baffle, chlorine passing through the header is prevented from escaping into the dog-leg by the liquid seal.
The baffle also serves as a means for removing any spray entrapped in the gas stream.
The baffle may be fabricated from any non-corrosive metal or synthetic plastic material, e.
g.
, polypropylene, teflon, polyvinyl acetate, chlorendic acid polyesters and the like.
During normal operation of the cell, the gaseous product formed at the anode is discharged from the cell, 13, through the gas outlet, 12, in the upper portion thereof and, passes through the dog-leg, 10, into trap, 3, around the baffle, 15, into the gas header, 1.
Vapor which condenses from the hot gas collects in the trap and may be intermittently or continuously removed from the trap through the drain flowing through hose sections, 6 and 7, connecting trap, 3, with the dog-leg 10 and back into the anode compartment of the cell
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