Scrubber for cleaning of a gas

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11141691-B2
Application number	US-201816628409-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2018
Priority date	Aug 1, 2017
Publication date	Oct 12, 2021
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021

Abstract

A scrubber for cleaning of a gas comprises a casing, enclosing a scrubbing chamber. The casing comprises a gas inlet into and a gas outlet out from the scrubbing chamber. The casing permits the gas to flow through the scrubbing chamber from the gas inlet to the gas outlet. A deflector device is provided in the scrubbing chamber between the gas inlet and the gas outlet and forms a passage between the deflector device and the casing. The deflector device comprises a downstream surface facing the gas outlet and having an outer edge. A spraying nozzle is configured to spray a scrubbing liquid into the scrubbing chamber and the gas flow. A channel member extends from the deflector device. The channel member leads scrubbing liquid collected by the deflector device from the deflector device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A scrubber for cleaning of a gas, comprising
a casing, extending along a longitudinal central axis (x) and enclosing a scrubbing chamber, wherein the casing comprises a gas inlet for the gas to be cleaned, which extends into the scrubbing chamber, and a gas outlet for the cleaned gas, which extends out from the scrubbing chamber, wherein the casing is configured to permit a gas flow of the gas to flow through the scrubbing chamber in a flow direction from the gas inlet to the gas outlet
a deflector device provided in the scrubbing chamber between the gas inlet and the gas outlet and forming a passage between the deflector device and the casing, which deflector device comprises a downstream surface facing the gas outlet, which downstream surface has an outer edge, and
a spraying nozzle configured to spray a scrubbing liquid into the scrubbing chamber and the gas flow,

at least one channel member extending from the deflector device and configured to lead scrubbing liquid collected by the deflector device from the deflector device, said at least one channel member extending from a start position R to an end position, wherein said at least one channel member extends through the passage towards the casing, and wherein the end position is located at the casing.

2. The scrubber according to claim 1 , wherein the end position is located more closely to the gas inlet of the casing than the start position.

3. The scrubber according to claim 1 , wherein the downstream surface of the deflector device is configured to collect scrubbing liquid, and wherein the start position is located on the downstream surface.

4. The scrubber according claim 1 , wherein the start position is located at the outer edge of the downstream surface.

5. The scrubber according to claim 1 , further comprising a weir member extending from the outer edge of the downstream surface of the deflector device towards the gas outlet.

6. The scrubber according to claim 5 , wherein the weir member forms a wall extending in parallel with the longitudinal central axis.

7. The scrubber according to claim 5 , wherein the weir member comprises at least one opening extending from an inside to an outside of the weir member and communicating with the at least one channel member.

8. The scrubber according to claim 5 , wherein the weir member is annular to at least partly enclose the downstream surface of the deflector device.

9. The scrubber according to claim 1 , wherein the downstream surface tapers from the outer edge towards the gas outlet of the casing.

10. The scrubber according to claim 1 , wherein the scrubber comprises an inner shield extending between the casing and the deflector device, wherein the inner shield separates a gap, between the inner shield and the casing, from the passage, and wherein the inner shield is configured to permit a flow of scrubbing liquid through the gap.

11. The scrubber according to claim 10 , wherein the inner shield comprises at least one opening extending from an inside to an outside of the inner shield and communicating with the at least one channel member to permit feed of scrubbing liquid from the deflector device to the gap.

12. The scrubber according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one channel member is configured as a tray.

13. The scrubber according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one channel member extends along a portion of an imaginary straight line extending from the downstream surface to the casing.

Assignees

• Alfa Laval Corp Ab

Inventors

• Kruse Mortensen Ruddi

Classifications

• B01D47/06

  Spray cleaning · CPC title

• B01D47/12

  Washers with plural different washing sections (B01D47/14 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B01D53/18 Primary

  Absorbing units; Liquid distributors therefor (B01D3/16, B01D3/26, B01D3/30 take precedence; packing elements B01J19/30, B01J19/32) · CPC title

• B01D3/26

  Fractionating columns in which vapour and liquid flow past each other, or in which the fluid is sprayed into the vapour, or in which a two-phase mixture is passed in one direction · CPC title

• F01N3/04

  using liquids · CPC title