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IMPINGEMENT COLLECTOR [1 record]

Record 1 2002-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Air Pollution
DEF

A device used to remove particles from the air; a typical one is made of closely-spaced louvers, where the air stream is caused to change directions, and the particles hit and adhere to the plates.

OBS

The baffle chamber is a type of impingement separator (cf. MAPOL, 1956, vol. 13, p. 14).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Pollution de l'air
DEF

Dépoussiéreur dans lequel de brusques changements de direction du courant gazeux projettent les particules contre les chicanes et y adhérent.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de aguas residuales
  • Contaminación del aire
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