| 摘要 |
<p>Sulfur oxides (SOx) are scrubbed from combustion effluents with aqueous limestone slurries with greater efficiency due to the use of an improved entrainment separator (130). In the preferred embodiment of a single-loop, counter-current limestone wet scrubber (100) (preferably with a spray-contacting zone of less than 6 meters in height) operating at bulk gas flow rates of greater than 4.5 meters per second, a vertical stream of flue gas is freed of a substantial portion of slurry droplets and diverted for effective mist removal by a well-drained, horizontal-flow mist eliminator (140). The entrainment separator (130) is a single-pass device with individual blades aligned for effective operation with reduced droplet impingement on the upper walls (e.g., roof) of the scrubber and to permit periodic washing. Use of a vertically-oriented, horizontal-shaft rotary heat exchanger (431) is facilitated and space and duct work requirements are greatly reduced.</p> |
