Claims
- 1. An apparatus for removing SO.sub.2 and/or No.sub.x from an exhaust gas formed by the combustion of heavy oil which comprises a conduit for discharging the exhaust gas to the open air;(b) a screen portion fitted to said conduit across said conduit, said screen portion accommodating an activated carbon comprising carbon microcrystals irregularly arranged and difficultly graphitizable carbon which comprises difficultly graphitizable crosslinking lattices in the gaps among carbon microcrystals and has pencil hardness of from B to 6B, pore size of 100-400 .ANG., specific surface area of 150-500 m.sup.2 /g, and pore volume of 1.3-5.0 ml/g; wherein a first end of the screen portion is open to outside, and has a means for feeding new activated carbon, and a second end of the screen portion is open to outside and a means for discharging used activated carbon is provided near the second end opening; and (d) a means for controlling the feeding of the new activated carbon and the discharging of the used activated carbon by detecting the amount of the discharged used activated carbon.
- 2. An apparatus as defined in claim 1; wherein said activated carbon is produced by a method comprising burning waste tire.
- 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controlling means comprise a motorized conveyor for feeding said new activated carbon to said screen portion and a motorized rotary blade for discharging said used activated carbon to a chute which empties into a receiving box for receiving said used activated carbon and a sensor for detecting when said receiving box is full, said sensor being adapted to stop said conveyor and rotary blade when said receiving box is full.
- 4. An apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a new activated carbon supply reservoir for supplying new activated carbon to said controlling means motorized conveyor, said supplying reservoir being controlled by a rotary blade activated by a timer.
- 5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said screen portion is removable.
Priority Claims (2)
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/108,174, filed Aug. 17, 1993, now abandoned; which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/796,262, filed Nov. 20, 1991, now abandoned; which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/669,917, filed Mar. 15, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,186,914.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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