It is the third major award for V-tex TM which was also named Process Product of the Year and Overall Product of the Year in the Manufacturing Industry Achievement Awards, which are supported by the Department of Trade and Industry. The system can be used by any industry that emits gases into the atmosphere but is particularly useful to the pharmaceutical and food sectors, where cleanliness is important, because it is self-cleaning. The traditional method of scrubbing gases clean is to release them into the atmosphere through a tower filled with packing. A scrubbing liquor such as water or alkali is trickled in from the top and meets the gas as it rises up the tower. V-tex TM can deal with flows up to 20,000 cubic metres an hour in a single stage and further stages can be added for higher flow rates.
Gas enters a circular chamber through a series of openings around the rim.
The gas follows the circular contour of the chamber and moves inwards towards an outlet port mounted on the central axis of the chamber. At the same time a scrubbing liquor is sprayed into the centre and circles the chamber flowing against the gas . Our Electrocat diesel particulate filter, for example, will enable vehicle manufacturers to meet tough new emissions standards being introduced across Europe in 2005.