Patent ID: 8728420
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: B01D,F01N,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A wet scrubber for removal of at least one gaseous pollutant from an effluent gas; said wet scrubber comprising: an inlet opening, a wet scrubber housing, which is fluidly connected to the inlet opening and through which wet scrubber housing the effluent gas is to flow in a scrubber gas flow direction; an absorption liquid supply device to supply an absorption liquid into said wet scrubber housing for contact of effluent gas with the absorption liquid inside of the wet scrubber housing; and a gas distributor arranged in the wet scrubber housing, the gas distributor comprising a diffuser having a cover plate arranged in the path of the effluent gas flowing into the wet scrubber housing via the inlet opening, and the diffuser further having at least one diffuser channel for transporting the effluent gas from the inlet opening into the wet scrubber housing; and wherein a scrubber inlet duct is arranged for directing effluent gas into the wet scrubber housing via the inlet opening in an inlet gas flow direction which is within +/−45° of the scrubber gas flow direction.