Wet inline scrubber with a side inlet for reducing the amount of sox in an exhaust gas produced by one or more engines of a marine vessel

A method for scrubbing of exhaust gas produced by one or more engines of a marine vessel, wherein the exhaust gas is introduced into a wet inline scrubber where the exhaust gas is scrubbed in contact with alkali scrubber fluid for reduction of SOx in the exhaust gas, the method comprising steps of:

• introducing the exhaust gas from the one or more engines of the marine vessel via a side inlet in a lower scrubbing chamber of a vertically extending exhaust gas reaction tube;
• injecting alkali scrubber fluid in exhaust gas present in the lower scrubbing chamber, thereby partially scrubbing the exhaust gas, and obtaining a first used scrubber liquid;
• withdrawing the partially scrubbed exhaust gas from the lower scrubbing chamber and letting it flow into an upper scrubbing chamber by passing it through a reverse funnel extending from walls of the exhaust gas reaction tube upwards and towards a central opening;
• injecting alkali scrubber fluid in the partially scrubbed exhaust gas present in the upper scrubbing chamber, thereby further scrubbing the partially scrubbed exhaust gas, and obtaining a second used scrubber liquid;
• withdrawing the scrubbed exhaust gas from the upper scrubbing chamber via an exhaust gas outlet arranged at a top of the upper scrubbing chamber;
• flowing of the second used scrubber fluid from the upper scrubbing chamber through one or more slit-shaped openings arranged along a circumferential border where the reverse funnel is attached to the exhaust gas reaction tube;
• flowing of the second used scrubber fluid over the exhaust gas side inlet present in the lower scrubbing chamber;
• withdrawing the used scrubber fluid from the lower scrubbing chamber via a drain for used scrubber fluid at a bottom of the lower scrubbing chamber.