Wet scrubber
AssigneeEdwards Limited
InventorsAnna Victoria Howbrook, Gareth David Stanton, Mark James Attwood
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Abstract
The present invention provides a wet scrubber for gas abatement, comprising a scrubbing vessel defining a chamber, a gas inlet for supplying a gas to be scrubbed, and a gas outlet for allowing the egress of a scrubbed gas; the inlet and outlet being in fluid communication with one another; one or more scrubbing fluid supply ports; the wet scrubber comprising at least one distribution element connected to a scrubbing fluid supply port for distributing a scrubbing fluid inside the chamber; wherein at least one said distribution element is a distribution plate comprising a cavity and a plurality of apertures arranged to allow scrubbing fluid to flow from the cavity
Claims12
A distribution plate for a wet scrubber, the distribution plate comprising:
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface;
- one or more channels extending between the top and bottom surfaces;
- wherein the or each channel is arranged to allow, in use, fluid to pass therethrough from the top surface towards the bottom surface and vice versa;
- and
- a circumferential wall connecting the top and bottom surfaces and defining a cavity, the circumferential wall comprising a conduit arranged to receive a scrubbing fluid and the bottom surface further comprising a plurality of apertures arranged to allow the scrubbing fluid to flow from the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.