Wet scrubber having a compact demister that requires reduced energy demand

Wet scrubber for use in underground mining and tunnel construction in the framework of dust control, comprising a scrubber housing (2) with an assigned fan (16) and a demister (5) including fitted moistening nozzles (6, 7), a downstream mist collector (11) and a water tank (18) with a valve-controlled fresh water inlet (20) for circular flow water (19), wherein the demister (5) has a compact filter package (25) with corrugations bent, edged or folded, wherein the water tank (18) has one or more cascades (21, 22, 23), a tank bottom (46) sloping in the direction of a sludge drain (47) and a sludge preseparator (49) assigned to a wastewater inlet (48), wherein the water tank (18) has a clean water drain (51) with a pump (52) and a suction device (53) that reaches into a last cascade (23), whereby an intake (54) of the suction device (53) is covered by a very finely woven wire mesh (55).

Wet scrubber for dust control in underground mining and tunnel construction comprising a scrubber housing, an assigned fan and a demister, the demister comprising moistening nozzles, a downstream mist collector and a water tank, the water tank comprising a valve-controlled fresh water inlet for circular flow water, wherein the demister further comprises a support frame and a compact filter package comprising corrugations enclosed within the support frame, the demister with the filter package being disposed substantially vertical to a flow direction of mine air during scrubbing processes.