Patent ID: 9227157
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B01D,F23J

Claim Text:
1. A spray dryer absorption apparatus for treating a stream of flue gas containing acidic components, comprising a chamber having vertical cylindrical walls, said chamber comprises an inlet for a flue gas stream containing an acidic component, an atomizer for spraying droplets of an absorbent slurry into said flue gas stream to effect a chemical reaction between the droplets and the acidic component of the flue gas, thereby forming a particulate reaction product, and an outlet for the treated flue gas and entrained particulate reaction product, wherein the bottom of the chamber having vertical cylindrical walls is substantially horizontal and impervious to gases, and the outlet for the treated flue gas is rectangular having a breadth 1.1 to 5 times larger than the height.