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IMPINGEMENT SCRUBBER [2 records]

Record 1 2002-10-01

English

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

An apparatus that collects particles by causing them to impinge on a wet surface.

OBS

This device depends upon the change in direction of gas flow around baffle plates so that the inertia of the particles will make them impinge upon the wetted baffles.

French

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

Laveur dans lequel le courant gazeux est soumis à un ou plusieurs jets forçant l'air à frapper les chicanes.

Key term(s)
  • appareil à impact en milieu humide

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de aguas residuales
  • Contaminación del aire
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Record 2 1986-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machinery
  • Geothermal Power Plants
CONT

The flash steam with its small entrainment of chloridic water droplets enters at the side near the bottom of the cylindrical scrubber and passes vertically upwards through three mesh separator packs and two impingement "bubble-plates"....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines
  • Centrales géothermiques

Spanish

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