Apparatus for scrubbing a continuous flow of gas charged with solid particles

An apparatus for scrubbing with scrubbing water a continuous flow of charged gas that is charged with solid or semi-solid particles, the apparatus comprising:

• a scrubbing chamber delimited by a side wall and a bottom plate perpendicular to the continuous flow of charged gas, said bottom plate being provided with a longitudinal slot providing an inlet through which the continuous flow of charged gas enters said scrubbing chamber;
• a longitudinal adjutage projecting from said bottom plate into said scrubbing chamber to extend said longitudinal slot, said longitudinal adjutage opening directly into said scrubbing chamber;
• inlet means through which the scrubbing water is fed, in a non-sprayed form, into said scrubbing chamber, forming a pool of said scrubbing water on said bottom plate;
• a splitter situated in said scrubbing chamber, spaced apart and downstream from said longitudinal adjutage, positioned perpendicular to the continuous flow of charged gas, and provided with a plurality of through orifices;
• first removal means for removing a continuous flow of at least partially scrubbed gas from said scrubbing chamber, said first removal means located downstream from said splitter;
• second removal means for removing the scrubbing water and said collected particles from said scrubbing chamber having at least one overflow projecting from said bottom plate into said scrubbing chamber;
• and
• recycling means, connected to said second removal means, for removing at least a part of said collected particles from said scrubbing water, and connected to said inlet means for feeding recycled scrubbing water into said scrubbing chamber;
• wherein said charged gas passes through said longitudinal slot and said longitudinal adjutage, and enters directly into said scrubbing chamber in which said charged gas draws water from said pool of scrubbing water to create a scrubbing mixing flow of said scrubbing water and said charged gas, said scrubbing mixing flow being completely unobstructed within said scrubbing chamber between said longitudinal adjutage and said splitter.