Hydrodynamics of a multistage wet scrubber incineration conditions

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dc.contributor.authorSaid, Mahir M.
dc.contributor.authorManyele, S. V.
dc.contributor.authorRaphael, L. M.
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-13T11:50:03Z
dc.date.available2016-05-13T11:50:03Z
dc.date.issued2012-03
dc.description.abstractThe objective of the study was to determine the hydrodynamics of the two stage counter-current cascade wet scrubbers used during incineration of medical waste. The dependence of the hydrodynamics on two main variables was studied: Inlet air flow rate and inlet liquid flow rate. This study introduces a new wet scrubber operating features, which are liquid accumulation, together with a detailed analysis of liquid-to-gas ratio and pressure drops. Liquid accumulation at the base of each scrubber helps to prevent the gas from short circuiting to the scrubber solution feed tanks. It was observed that liquid accumulation increases linearly with inlet scrubbing liquid flow rate beyond 0.2 L/s in the absence of flue gas flow. When flue gas is flowing into multistage wet scrubber the accumulation level increases abruptly starting from inlet scrubbing liquid of 0.45 L/s and stabilizes at accumulation level of 0.1 m beyond 0.75 L/s. Increasing the flue gas flow rate increases the minimum inlet scrubbing liquid flow rate at which initial accumulation was observed. The outlet scrubbing solution flow rate and liquid accumulation in the bottom of the scrubber increase as the inlet liquid flow rate increases. Beyond inlet liquid flow rate of 0.75 L/s, the outlet liquid flow rate does not increase any more, the wet scrubber enters flooding range, whereby, the volume of accumulated liquid increases faster with inlet scrubbing liquid flow rate. The maximum liquid-to-gas ratio was observed to be 1.9 L/m[superscript 3] and the minimum liquid-to-gas ratio was 0.1 L/m[superscript 3]. Based on liquid accumulation and minimum flooding conditions, the operating liquid-to-gas ratio was recommended to be 0.6 to 1.9 L/m[superscript 3], while the allowable inlet liquid flow rate ranged between 0.45 and 0.75 L/s, giving a constant accumulation of scrubbing liquid in the wet scrubber. The pressure drop across the wet scrubber remained constant at lower flow rate and increased linearly beyond U[subscript g] = 5 m/s. The maximum pressure drop of the multistage wet scrubber was 75 kPa. (Contains 10 figures and 1 table.)en_US
dc.identifier.issnISSN-1990-3839
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2035
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEducational Research and Reviewsen_US
dc.subjectWet scrubberen_US
dc.subjectLiquid accumulationen_US
dc.subjectFloodingen_US
dc.subjectLiquid-to-gas ratioen_US
dc.subjectIncinerationen_US
dc.subjectPressure drop.en_US
dc.titleHydrodynamics of a multistage wet scrubber incineration conditionsen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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