Claims
- 1. A method for cleaning a gas scrubber canister in-situ comprising:providing a gas scrubber canister having an inlet and an outlet; providing a bottom plenum in communication with said inlet, said bottom plenum having an inside surface; providing a top plenum in communication with said outlet; providing a packed bed disposed intermediate said bottom plenum and said top plenum, said packed bed being supported by a bottom screen adjacent said bottom plenum; providing a dispersion nozzle at least partially disposed within said bottom plenum in communication with said inlet; providing a removable member attachable to a flange formed on said bottom plenum; removing said removable member to provide an access port in communication with an interior portion of said bottom plenum; and, inserting a cleaning device to remove particulates formed from said packed bed and deposited in said interior portion of said bottom plenum.
- 2. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein the flange is of circular configuration.
- 3. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein said cleaning device is a vacuum cleaner.
- 4. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein said cleaning device is inserted to remove particulates from said dispersion nozzle.
- 5. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein said cleaning device is inserted to remove particulates from said bottom screen.
- 6. A method as recited in claim 1 wherein said removable member is transparent.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is related to patent application Ser. No. 09/479,496, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,450,682, patent application Ser. No. 09/479,502, now abandoned; and patent application Ser. No. 09/479,428, now abandoned, all filed Jan. 7, 2000.
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