Ionizing wet scrubbers provide energy-efficient control of hazardous waste incinerator off-gases

Journal Article · Wed May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985 · J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5048014

The Ionizing Wet Scrubber (IWS) was developed in 1970 by The Ceilcote Company (Air Pollution Control Division, Berea, Ohio) to remove fine solid and liquid particulate down to 0.05 microns at high collection efficiencies and low energy consumption. The IWS also simultaneously removes noxious, corrosive and odor-bearing gases from flue gas streams as well as coarse particulate matter above 1 micron in diameter. The IWS is unique in that it combines the advantages of electrostatic precipitators and wet scrubbers within one device. It employs the principles of electrostatic particle charging, agglomeration, inertial impaction and Image Force Attraction to provide high collection efficiencies of particulate matter in the submicron range. Pollution-control engineers have successfully applied the IWS system to clean incinerator exhaust gases generated from both liquid and solid hazardous wastes. Such off-gases typically contain corrosive acid gases such as HCL, HF, SO/sub 2/ and SO/sub 3/ as well as fine particulate.

• OSTI ID: 5048014
• Journal Information: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States) Vol. 35:5; ISSN JPCAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
CHALCOGENIDES
CONTROL
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS
EQUIPMENT
GASEOUS WASTES
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
HYDROFLUORIC ACID
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INCINERATORS
INORGANIC ACIDS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
PROCESSING
SCRUBBERS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
TESTING
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES