Scrubbers
Designed for gas treatment in laboratories, pilot and production plants in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
Amongst others, especially the chemical industry requires complex gas treatment solutions for either production processes or emission control applications. The Compact & Laboratory Gas Scrubbers Series is designed for exactly these purposes. Compact Gas Scrubbers consist of a jet scrubber and, downstream, an absorption column. The jet scrubber operates according to the injection principle and therefore the gas scrubber as such does not cause any pressure loss but generates a pressure increase in the gas flow instead. The circulating scrubbing liquid serves as a motive medium and conveys the induced gas through the jet scrubber pipe. Therefore, when using a compact gas scrubber from GEA no mechanical fan is required for extracting and conveying the gases.
The Compact Scrubbers from GEA are supplied in 6 standard sizes (DN50, DN80, DN100, DN150, DN200 and DN250) and 4 standard configurations (Jet Scrubber, Liquid Tank, Counter-current Column and Circulation Pumps). The modular concept allows easy expansion and adaptation to customer-specific requirements.
The Laboratory Scrubber is available in a smaller size (DN40).
Standard materials of construction are polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP), which only differ by their applicable temperature range and their UV stability. PE and PP show already very good chemical stability and are preferred for ambient pressure and low temperature applications. For higher chemical or thermal stability requirements copolymers of e.g. ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) or tetrafluoroethylene perfluoralkoxyvinyl ethers (PFA) or even polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) lining can be used. Combined with housing of either fiber reinforced plastics (FRP), carbon steel (CS) or various stainless steels (SS) / alloys a very high mechanical, thermal and chemical resistance of the construction can be realized.
They are mainly used for gas treatment in laboratories, pilot and production plants in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
Type | Suction flow in m³/h | Liquid content in tank in l | Gas inlet diameter DN |
Laboratory Scrubber KGW DN40 | max. 2,3 | 20 | 40 |
Compact Scrubbers KGW DN50 | 5 - 50 | 100 | 50 |
Compact Scrubbers KGW DN80 | 5 - 150 | 190 | 80 |
Compact Scrubbers KGW DN100 | 50 - 230 | 400 | 100 |
Compact Scrubbers KGW DN150 | 100 - 500 | 400 | 150 |
Compact Scrubbers KGW DN200 | 300 - 1000 | 1000 | 200 |
Compact Scrubbers KGW DN250 | 800 - 1500 | 1250 | 250 |
A circulating scrubbing liquid serves as a motive medium and conveys the induced gas through the jet scrubber pipe where dust particles are wet, and a chemical reaction starts depending on the scrubbing liquid used.
The gas/droplet mixture is separated in a centrifugal separator which is arranged downstream. The latter is designed in such a way that the formation of foam is largely avoided. The droplets fall into the liquid supply tank from where it is recycled by means of a submergible or centrifugal pump.
In addition, the gas flows through a counter-flow scrubbing column arranged downstream which is provided with the scrubbing liquid from the circulation pump or with fresh scrubbing liquid if necessary.
According to requirements, a packed column, a tray column or a structured packing column can be used. Entrained liquid droplets are separated in a demister arranged downstream before the gas outlet. In special cases the jet scrubber can also be equipped with a quench for cooling of hot gas.
In special operating cases it is also required to separate aerosols. However, these aerosols can neither be effectively separated with a jet scrubber nor with a counter-current column. Therefore, if aerosols occur in the process, GEA can supply a suitable separator as downstream equipment.
The solution or reaction heat which occurs during the scrubbing process can be discharged either through the continuous addition of fresh liquid with the corresponding liquid overflow or through the installation of a cooler in the form of a plate heat exchanger.
In order to prevent accidents caused by escapes of chlorine from leaking storage containers or dosing plants, GEA has developed chlorine emergency units, which operate according to the principle of the jet scrubbers.
Vertical or sloped standing tube with vertical gas inlet and propelling nozzles arranged concentrically in the tube above the side gas inlet.
Next generation scrubber for more than the non-ferrous metallurgical industry. Used for dust and particulate removal in saturated waste gases, Linear Flow Scrubbers offer increased energy savings and efficiency thanks to their high adaptability, adjustability capacity to steadily scrub at fluctuating gas flow rates.
Adjustable flow scrubbers with high collecting efficiencies achievement even when working with critical substances. Mainly used for either gas cooling (to reduce the temperature by water evaporation) or gas cleaning (to condense aerosols and remove solid impurities).
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