Optimization of wet scrubber process flows through online measurement and control of gases entrained in the scrubber liquid
AssigneeBuckman Laboratories International, Inc.
InventorsBret Magness, Jim Turnbull, Mike McKinney, John Kurtz, Darrell Rose
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Abstract
A system and method for reducing foaming in a wet scrubber system. The system utilizes a device for measuring the volume of entrained gas in the wet scrubbing system, and automatically or semi-automatically adjusting one or more process parameters including: a flow rate of antifoam/defoamer chemistry in said wet scrubber; a flow rate of flue gas; and a flow rate of fresh water. The system allows real-time monitoring and control of the foam in said wet scrubber.
Claims13
A system comprising:
- a wet scrubber;
- a sensor for measuring a volume of entrained gas in a fluid;
- one or more controls for controlling one or more processing parameters;
- and
- a processor operatively connected to said sensor.
A method for reducing foaming in a wet scrubber system, the method comprising:
- measuring a volume of entrained gas in said wet scrubber system;
- automatically or semi-automatically adjusting one or more processing parameters to control an amount of foam in said wet scrubber system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.