The present invention relates to diffraction-type scrubber system for removing pollutants like odorous and/or harmful gases from polluted industrial exhaust gas streams. More particularly, the present invention relates to a diffraction-type scrubber system including diffraction plate facilitating generation of swirl bubbles in involving wash solution contained in the diffraction plates upon exposure to the polluted industrial exhaust gas streams for effective removal of the pollutants. According to a further aspect the present invention also provides for user friendly and maintenance friendly modular diffraction plates for easy assembling and use for pollutant removal in the scrubber system.
Presently different pollution control devices such as dust collectors, absorption towers or scrubber systems are widely used in different industrial fields for removing pollutants like dusts, particulates and harmful gases from the polluted industrial exhaust streams. Among these different pollution control devices, the scrubber systems have the advantage of simultaneously removing the dusts, particulates, harmful gases and hot gases and thus the scrubber systems are widely used in the industrial fields for removing the pollutants from the industrial exhaust streams.
The scrubber systems are basically a diverse group of the pollution control device and can be classified into dry type, wet type and burn-wet type. The wet type scrubber systems among all types of the scrubber systems are particularly preferred for removing the pollutants from industrial exhaust gas streams since the wet type scrubber systems have added advantages of low maintenance cost along with simultaneous dusts, mists and various air pollutants removal capability and adaptability for executing distillation and humidification.
The wet type scrubber system generally employs absorption solution or wash solution such as water for effective removal of the pollutants from the polluted industrial exhaust gas streams wherein the polluted industrial gas stream is brought into contact with the wash solution so as to remove the pollutants. The wash solution of the wet type scrubber system removes the pollutants by use of chemical reaction, such as neutralization, on an interface between the pollutants and the wash solution.
The performance of the wet type scrubber system is determined by efficient interface between the harmful gas and the wash solution containing the absorption water. In order to allow the harmful gas and the wash solution containing the absorption water to sufficiently come into contact with each other, various packs or spray nozzle for supplying water of fine particles is generally used.
In Korean Patent No. 638517, there is disclosed a diffraction-type wet scrubber system with improved pollutant removal efficiency. The diffraction-type wet scrubber system of the Korean Patent No. 638517 basically involves diffraction plate which enables the wash solution and the odorous and/or harmful gas of the industrial exhaust gas stream to come into good contact with each other and improves the contact efficiency between the wash solution and the odorous and/or harmful gas by giving orientation to the wash solution containing the absorption water sprayed onto the diffraction plate to change traveling direction of the odorous and/or harmful gas.
Korean Patent No. 652969 discloses a diffraction-type ultrasonic scrubber system which additionally includes ultrasonic device to further improve the contact efficiency and the pollutant removal efficiency. The ultrasonic device is configured to apply ultrasound to each part of the diffraction-type ultrasonic scrubber system for increasing the contact efficiency and the pollutant removal efficiency. Korean Patent Nos. 948652 and 1680634 disclose a swirl/diffraction-type scrubber having at least two perforated rectangular plates.
Although involvement of the diffraction plate in the wet scrubber system for increasing the contact efficiency and the pollutant removal efficiency in the wet type scrubber systems have been explored in above patents, there has been continued need in the art to provide for better modes of interaction of the pollutants in gas/air with the wash salutation for a more controlled and confirmatory method of arresting the pollutants in air/gases in the wash solution to generate clean gas/air.
Moreover, the diffraction plates used in wet scrubber systems presently in use are found to be difficult to manufacture considering the sizes involved such as diameter of about 2000 mm about 4000 mm or above and in such scrubber system, the diffraction plate is required to be manufactured in a large measure to further match with the diameter of the scrubber system. It is thus experienced that it is difficult to manufacture a single circular or rectangular diffraction plate of such large dimension.
In order to solve the above problems, there has been a need for further advancements in diffraction plate structures so as to make it serve effective purposes of removal of pollutants by way of better interaction with the wash solution on one hand and on the other hand adapting the same to make it user friendly to assemble and use in relation to the huge scrubber systems usually required for cleaning of pollutants from air/gases.
Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a diffraction plate having a new structure to maximize a contact between a wash solution and an odorous and/or harmful gas.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a diffraction plate capable of maximizing maximize a contact between a wash solution and an odorous and/or harmful gas by generating swirl bubbles.
The other object of the present invention is to provide a diffraction-type scrubber system capable of maximizing a contact between a wash solution and an odorous and/or harmful gas by generating swirl bubbles to improve removal efficiency.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a diffraction-type scrubber system having a diffraction structure made by installing plural modular diffraction plates of a desired size.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a diffraction-type scrubber system which can be easily manufactured, installed and maintained, since a diffraction plate is standardized.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a diffraction-type scrubber system, of which a diffraction plate can be easily manufactured, installed and maintained, to decrease a manufacture cost.
The above or other objects of the present invention can be achieved by the present invention described below.
According to a basic aspect of the present invention there is provided a diffraction structure for use in a scrubber system for facilitating interaction of pollutant gases/air with wash solution in scrubber systems including at least one diffraction plate having an assembly of spaced apart a perforated upper plate and a perforated lower plate, each said perforated upper plate and said perforated lower plate having plurality of passing holes on their planer surface and assembled one over the other enabling said passing holes in the perforated upper plate and the perforated lower plate are disposed in a zigzag pattern whereby the polluted gases/air while moving upwards and upon contact with the wash solution in said diffraction plate while passing through said passing holes in said perforated upper and lower plates of said diffraction plate generate swirl bubbles within the wash solution under pressure of said polluted air/gases moving upwards for maximizing contact with said polluted gases/air and efficient cleaning of the polluted gases/air for release of clean gases/air.
According to another preferred aspect there is provided a diffraction structure as above comprising of modularly configurable diffraction plates, each said modular diffraction plates comprising an assembly of spaced apart a perforated upper plate and a perforated lower plate, each said perforated upper plate and said perforated lower plate having plurality of passing holes on their planer surface and assembled one over the other enabling said passing holes in the perforated upper plate and the perforated lower plate are disposed in a zigzag pattern whereby the polluted gases/air while moving upwards and upon contact with the wash solution in said diffraction plate while passing through said passing holes in said perforated upper and lower plates of said diffraction plate generate swirl bubbles within the wash solution under pressure of said polluted air/gases moving upwards for maximizing contact with said polluted gases/air and efficient cleaning of the polluted gases/air for release of clean gases/air through the scrubber body outlet.
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a scrubber system for removing odorous and/or harmful gases from polluted gases/air comprising a scrubber body, a blower to supply the polluted gases/air to be cleaned under pressure into the scrubber body near its lower portion enabling the supplied polluted gases/air to travel from said lower portion of said scrubber body to upper portion of said scrubber body, and at least one diffraction unit provided with supply of wash solution disposed in the upper portion inside of the scrubber body and in pathway of the polluted gases/air to diffract the polluted gases/air with the wash solution thereby to clean the polluted gases/air and discharge clean gases/air through a scrubber body outlet at its top. The diffraction unit may includes one or more modular diffraction plates each having an assembly of spaced apart a perforated upper plate and a perforated lower plate wherein each said perforated upper plate and said perforated lower plate includes plurality of passing holes on their planer surface. The perforated upper plate and the perforated lower plate are assembled one over the other enabling the passing holes in the perforated upper plate and the perforated lower plate are disposed in a zing zag pattern whereby the polluted gases/air while moving upwards and upon contact with said wash solution in said diffraction unit while passing through said passing holes in the perforated upper and lower plates of the diffraction unit generate swirl bubbles within the wash solution under pressure of said polluted air/gases moving upwards for maximizing contact with said polluted gases/air and efficient cleaning of the polluted gases/air for release of clean gases/air through the scrubber body outlet. The present scrubber system also comprises pump to circulate the wash solution stored in the lower portion of the scrubber body to the diffraction units and demister installed in the upper portion of the scrubber body to remove mist from the cleaned gases/air prior to its exit through the scrubber body outlet.
In a preferred embodiment of the present scrubber system, the diffraction unit is supported and assembled with respect to the scrubber body by a horizontal support in planer configuration providing planer perforated surface of the lower and the upper plates of the diffraction plate of the diffraction unit orthogonal to the pathway of the polluted gases/air within the scrubber body. The perforated upper plate and the perforated lower plate are assembled by fastening bolts into threaded holes provided along periphery of said plates with the horizontal support being interposed therebetween so that the spaced apart upper and lower plates maintained at an interval between them equal to width of the horizontal support.
In the present scrubber system, the passing holes in the perforated upper plate which are disposed in zigzag pattern with respect to the passing holes in the perforated lower plate in the diffraction plate include each of the passing holes in the perforated upper plate has at its underneath an opaque portion of the perforated lower plate and alternatively each of the passing holes in the perforated lower plate has at its above an opaque portion of the perforated upper plate. This zigzag patterned disposition of the passing holes allows discharging of the wash solution supplied on top of said diffraction plate through its bottom when the scrubber system does not operate and thereby directing the wash solution contained in or top of the diffraction plates of any diffraction unit to the top of the diffraction plates of its lower diffraction unit and finally to the lower portion of the scrubber body when the scrubber system does not operate. Further, the zigzag patterned disposition of the passing holes also prevents discharging of the wash solution supplied to the diffraction plate through its bottom by involving the pressure of the polluted gases/air supplied from its bottom and facilitates the generation of swirl bubbles in the wash solution contained in the top of the diffraction plate and in the interval between the perforated upper plate and the perforated lower plate thereby effectively cleaning the polluted gases/air, whereby the wash solution overflowing from the top of the diffraction plates of any diffraction unit flows to the top of the diffraction plates of its lower diffraction unit and finally to the lower portion of the scrubber body during operation of the scrubber system.
With the above configuration, the scrubber according to the present invention can maximize the contact between the wash solution and the odorous and/or harmful gas to improve the removal efficiency. Since the scrubber system includes the diffraction unit having at least one modular diffraction plate of a desired size, the scrubber system can be easily manufactured. In addition, the scrubber can be easily manufactured, installed and maintained, thereby decreasing its manufacture cost.
As stated hereinabove, the invention described herein relates to a diffraction type wet scrubber system capable of removing pollutant like odorous and/or harmful gases/air from polluted industrial exhaust gas/air streams. The present diffraction-type wet scrubber system comprises modular diffraction plate based single or multi-layered diffraction structure which enables the wash solution of the scrubber system and the odorous and/or harmful gas of the industrial exhaust gas stream to come into good contact with each other and thereby facilitates generation of swirl bubbles in the wash solution contained in the diffraction structures to improve removal of the pollutant from the polluted industrial exhaust streams. Preferred embodiments of the present system are now described hereunder in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Reference is first invited from the accompanying drawing
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In an alternate embodiment, the pump (300) may be external to the scrubber body (100) having operative connection with the lower portion within the scrubber body (100) and top diffraction unit to circulate the wash solution among the diffraction units (1101 . . . 110n).
Each of the diffraction units of the present diffraction-type wet scrubber system comprises one or more modularly arranged diffraction plates. The modular diffraction plates are assembled over a horizontal support attached with the scrubber body ensuring planer surfaces of the diffraction plates are orthogonal to the pathway of the polluted gas within the scrubber body.
These modular diffraction plate of the diffraction units of the present diffraction-type wet scrubber system allows discharging of the wash solution contained in or top of the diffraction plate of any diffraction unit through bottom of that diffraction plate when scrubber system does not operate thus directing the wash solution circulated or supplied to the diffraction plates of any diffraction unit to the top of the diffraction plates of lower diffraction units in the multi-layered diffraction structure and finally to the lower portion of the scrubber body when the scrubber system does not operate. While the scrubber system is in operating condition, the diffraction plates of the diffraction units prevent discharging of the circulated or supplied wash solution by involving the pressure of the polluted gas supplied from bottom and facilitates generation of swirls in the wash solution contained in the diffraction plates of the diffraction units to wash the polluted gas moving from the lower portion to the upper portion of the scrubber body. During the operation of the scrubber system, as the pump continuously circulates the wash solution contained in lower portion of the scrubber body to top of the diffraction units, the wash solution overflowing from the top of the diffraction plates of a diffraction unit flows to the top of the diffraction plates of lower diffraction unit in the multi-layered diffraction structure and finally to the lower portion of the scrubber body, and then the wash solution is again fed to the upper portion by the pump for the purpose of continuous circulation.
The operation of the present diffraction type wet scrubber system is further explained with reference to the accompanying drawing
Reference is now invited from the accompanying
The zigzag patterned disposition of the passing holes (151a, 152a) when the perforated upper plate (151) is disposed over the perforated lower plate (152) is illustrated in the accompanying
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The perforated upper plate (151) and the perforated lower plate (152) are preferably made of a synthetic resin having a thickness of 3 to 10 mm. Synthetic resin like Polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or polyester (PET) can be used to fabricate the plates (151, 152). The perforated upper plate (151) and the perforated lower plate (152) are assembled at a desired interval by the fastening bolts (155) along four sides thereof, with the horizontal supports (111 and 121) being interposed therebetween. The perforated upper plate (151) and the perforated lower plate (152) are a rectangular standardized diffraction plate, and are made to have a size of 400 to 600 in width and 600 to 1000 mm in length depending on the size of the scrubber body (100).
The horizontal supports (111, 121) are generally made of fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) having a thickness of 5 to 10 mm, and are provided with a plurality of openings having a size smaller than that of the diffraction plate (150) at installed positions of the diffraction plates. The interval (D) between the perforated upper plate (151) and the perforated lower plate (152) is substantially identical to the thickness of the horizontal supports (111 and 121).
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The diffraction units (110, 120) may comprise plurality of modular diffraction plates (150) installed to the horizontal support (111, 121) which is fixed to the scrubber body (100). Generally, 2 to 24 diffraction plates can be installed depending upon the size of the scrubber body. The perforated upper plate (151) and the perforated lower plate (152) are the rectangular standardized diffraction plates which are made to have a size of 400 to 600 in width and 600 to 1000 mm in length. The plurality of modular diffraction plates (150) is installed to the horizontal support (111, 121) thereby easily manufacturing and installing the diffraction plate (150).
While the present invention has been described with reference to the particular illustrative embodiment, it is not to be restricted by the embodiments but only by the appended claims. It is to be appreciated that those skilled in the art can change or modify the embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.
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10-2017-0077406 | Jun 2017 | KR | national |