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ScrubberBasics
Inawetscrubberprocessairisdrawnthroughamistofwatermadebyspraynozzles,thenthroughseparatorswherewaterdropletswithdustandparticlesareremoved
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Airscrubbersarecommonlyusedinprocessairapplicationstoeliminatepotentiallyharmfuldustandpollutants.Aliquid,ingeneralwateraddedwithactivechemicalsadaptedtotheprocess,issprayedintotheairflow.Aerosolandgaseouspollutantsin
theairstreamareremovedbyeitherabsorptionorchemicalreactionswiththewatersolution.
Aschematicdrawingofatypicalspraynozzlescrubberconfigurationisshownbelow.
Waterwithchemicalsaresprayedwithhighpressurethroughnozzlesintotheairflow.Someofthewaterevaporates,especiallyiftheprocessairishot,anddisappearwiththeexhaust.Waterdropletsareseparatedfromtheexhaustandrecirculated
backtothewaterreservoir.Evaporatedwaterisreplacedbyfreshwaterandchemicals.Dustandpollutionproductsfromtheprocessareremovedperiodicallythroughthedrain.
WetScrubberBasicConfigurations
Thebasicscrubberconfigurationsare:
Orificescrubbersairorgasvelocityisincreasedthroughanorificeincreasedturbulenceatomizethewaterdroplets
Venturiscrubbersairorgasvelocityisincreasedthroughaventurishapeincreasedturbulenceatomizethewaterdroplets
Fiberbedscrubbersairpassesthroughwetladenfibermatswheremistsarecollected.Notsuitedifsolidparticlesarepresentintheairsincethefibermatsmayplug
Mechanicalscrubbersamechanicaldrivenrotorproducesthefinewaterdropletsintheair
Impingementplatescrubberverticalscrubberwithhorizontalplates,airflowsfrombottomtotop,waterflowsfromtoptobottom
Spraynozzlescrubberswateraresprayedwithhighpressurethroughnozzlestoproducethedropletsintheair
TypicalScrubberData
Cleaningefficiency:70%offinedustand80%ofcoarsedirt
Airvelocitythroughthewasher:23m/s
Airflowpressuredropresistance:50140N/m2
Waterpressurebeforenozzles:100170kN/m2
Waterconsumption:0.450.55l/m3air(dependsonthetemperatureoftheprocessair)
Scrubberhumidifyingefficiency
Someindustrialprocessesneedmorecleaningthanasinglescrubbercanprovide.Insmellpollutedprocesses,likeexhaustairfromfishmealorfishfeeddryers,biobedsarecommonlyused.Abiobed,whichisanorganicorganism,requireprocessair
withaslittledustaspossibleandtemperatureandhumiditywithincertainlimits.
Thehumidifyingefficiencyofthescrubbermaybeexpressedas:
where
h=scrubberhumidifyingefficiency(%)
t 1=initialdrybulbtemperature(oC)
t 2=finaldrybulbtemperature(oC)
t w=initialwetbulbtemperature(oC)
ScrubberEfficiencies
Typicalnozzlescrubberefficiencies
6070%withonebankofnozzlesdownstream
6575%withonebankofnozzlesupstream
85100%withtwobanksofnozzles
Note!BeawarethatlowtemperaturescrubberscanbeapotentialsourcefortheLegionelladisease.Specialcleaninganddisinfectionprecautionsshouldalwaysbetakenwhenthetemperatureinthescrubberisinthe"Legionellarange".
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