Absorption Towers
Submitted by Barb on Thu, 09/09/2004 - 12:41.
Gas Plant | Historical
Absorption Towers – Ten absorbers in which absorption oil going in at the top and out at the bottom and out at the top – the gas rises as the liquid falls. The oil absorbs condensable vapor from the gas. These are driven out of the oil by heat in a still and the condensed into liquid gasoline (petrol) which we find very useful for easy
Starting of automobile engine in the sub-zero weather of Dec, Jan and Feb. Of course it is blended with heavier stocks
The towers are 36” dia and about 60 ft high. of riveted steel construction and aluminum painted.
The “Horn’s Eye View” gives a more realistic conception of their proportions than does
The usual horizontal “Human’s Eye View”
1938
Donated by Malvern Davies
Absorption Towers – Ten absorbers in which absorption oil going in at the top and out at the bottom and out at the top – the gas rises as the liquid falls. The oil absorbs condensable vapor from the gas. These are driven out of the oil by heat in a still and the condensed into liquid gasoline (petrol) which we find very useful for easyStarting of automobile engine in the sub-zero weather of Dec, Jan and Feb. Of course it is blended with heavier stocks
The towers are 36” dia and about 60 ft high. of riveted steel construction and aluminum painted.
The “Horn’s Eye View” gives a more realistic conception of their proportions than does
The usual horizontal “Human’s Eye View”
1938
Donated by Malvern Davies
Sponsored in part by:
Turner Valley Oil Field Society
This project was funded in part by the Alberta Historical Resources
Foundation.
This project has been made possible in part through a grant from the Museums Assistance Program, Department of Canadian Heritage.