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    How Scrubber Works

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    Air scrubbers are commonly used in process-air applications to eliminate potentially harmful dust

    and pollutants. A liquid, in general water added with active chemicals adapted to the process, is
    sprayed in to the air flow. Aerosol and gaseous pollutants in the air stream are removed by either
    absorption or chemical reactions with the water solution.
    A schematic drawing of a typical spray nozzle scrubber configuration is shown below.

    Water with chemicals are sprayed with high pressure through nozzles into the air flow. Some of
    the water evaporates, especially if the process-air is hot, and disappear with the exhaust. Water
    droplets are separated from the exhaust and re-circulated back to the water reservoir.
    Evaporated water is replaced by fresh water and chemicals. Dust and pollution products from the
    process are removed periodically through the drain.
    Wet Scrubber Basic Configurations
    The basic scrubber configurations are:
    Orifice scrubbers - air or gas velocity is increased through an orifice - increased
    turbulence atomize the water droplets
    Venturi scrubbers - air or gas velocity is increased through a venturi shape - increased
    turbulence atomize the water droplets
    Fiber-bed scrubbers - air passes through wet-laden fiber mats where mists are collected.
    Not suited if solid particles are present in the air since the fiber mats may plug
    Mechanical scrubbers - a mechanical driven rotor produces the fine water droplets in the
    air
    Impingement-plate scrubber - vertical scrubber with horizontal plates, air flows from
    bottom to top, water flows from top to bottom
    Spray nozzle scrubbers - water are sprayed with high pressure through nozzles to
    produce the droplets in the air
    Typical Scrubber Data
    Cleaning efficiency: 70% of fine dust and 80% of coarse dirt
    Air velocity through the washer: 2 - 3 m/s
    Air flow pressure drop resistance: 50 - 140 N/m
    2

    Water pressure before nozzles: 100 - 170 kN/m
    2

    Water consumption: 0.45 - 0.55 l/m
    3
    air (depends on the temperature of the process air)
    Scrubber humidifying efficiency
    Some industrial processes need more cleaning than a single scrubber can provide. In smell
    polluted processes, like exhaust air from fish meal or fish feed dryers, bio beds are commonly
    used. A bio bed, which is an organic organism, require process air with as little dust as possible
    and temperature and humidity within certain limits.

    The humidifying efficiency of the scrubber may be expressed as:

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

    h
    = scrubber humidifying efficiency (%)
    t
    1
    = initial dry bulb temperature (
    o
    C)
    t
    2
    = final dry bulb temperature (
    o
    C)
    t
    w
    = initial wet bulb temperature (
    o
    C)

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