Pacific service magazine . New type Jones concrete puriliers in process of erection at the works. not shock the gas too suddenly; thus, notcondensing the tar but permitting it topass over to the tower scrubbers, the func-tion of which is to remove the conden-sable hydrocarbons from the gas. As thewater is used over again, it will naturallyincrease in temperature and some losswill be caused by evaporation, so the con-trol of the temperature and the additionof water to maintain the proper flow areprovided for by the overflow from thescrubber water filter pits. The cooling water for the scrubbers
Pacific service magazine . New type Jones concrete puriliers in process of erection at the works. not shock the gas too suddenly; thus, notcondensing the tar but permitting it topass over to the tower scrubbers, the func-tion of which is to remove the conden-sable hydrocarbons from the gas. As thewater is used over again, it will naturallyincrease in temperature and some losswill be caused by evaporation, so the con-trol of the temperature and the additionof water to maintain the proper flow areprovided for by the overflow from thescrubber water filter pits. The cooling water for the scrubberswill also be circulated over andover. This water after passingonce through the scrubbers flowsto the tar pits and then to a con-crete settling basin. From hereit is discharged through sprays,the object being twofold: firstto cool by evaporation and ex-posure, second, and as important,to aerate. The latter is essentialas the water used in the scrub- 1| Laying 24-inch cast-iron low-pressure gas main alonTehama Street from th
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