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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:

h=(t 1t 2)/(t 1t w)100%(1)

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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