Operating Experience with A Flooded Disc Scrubber - a New Variable Throat Orifice Contactor

Abstract

Fundamental concepts in the theory and design of the flooded disc scrubber - a new variable throat orifice contactor are presented. Test data from laboratory, pilot plant, and full scale operations on lime kiln, electric furnace, open hearth, blast furnace, and basic oxygen furnace applications are presented and compared with available data on other scrubbers. Conclusions are that performance on a given problem is primarily a function of power input - thus supporting the correlation concept of Semrau - and that little scale-up factor exists in utilizing pilot plant data in the design of full scale systems.