<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>One of the main pollution types is air pollution, which has a significant impact on the surrounding environment and on living beings. Major source of air pollution is combustion processes. There are many flue gas treatment technologies around the world. In this paper a new, innovative flue gas treatment technology – fog unit – is introduced. The goal of the fog unit is to treat flue gases that are emitted from households. In the European Union, including Latvia, at the beginning of 2020, a directive will come into effect that will set limits for emissions and the effectiveness for incinerators in households. The main focus of this study was to determine the most optimal operating mode for the fog unit by changing different operating parameters: sprayed water temperature, sprayed water flowrate and types of nozzles (drop diameters). Results show that the most optimal operating mode in terms of flue gas treatment efficiency and recovered energy is at water temperature: 20 °C, sprayed water flowrate: 250 l/h and nozzle: MPL1.12 M. However, electrical consumption of water circulation pump leaves negative effect on this operating mode.</p></abstract>

One of the main pollution types is air pollution, which has a significant impact on the surrounding environment and on living beings. Major source of air pollution is combustion processes. There are many flue gas treatment technologies around the world. In this paper a new, innovative flue gas treatment technology – fog unit – is introduced. The goal of the fog unit is to treat flue gases that are emitted from households. In the European Union, including Latvia, at the beginning of 2020, a directive will come into effect that will set limits for emissions and the effectiveness for incinerators in households. The main focus of this study was to determine the most optimal operating mode for the fog unit by changing different operating parameters: sprayed water temperature, sprayed water flowrate and types of nozzles (drop diameters). Results show that the most optimal operating mode in terms of flue gas treatment efficiency and recovered energy is at water temperature: 20 °C, sprayed water flowrate: 250 l/h and nozzle: MPL1.12 M. However, electrical consumption of water circulation pump leaves negative effect on this operating mode.

Sprayed Water Flowrate, Temperature and Drop Size Effects on Small Capacity Flue Gas Condenser’s Performance

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Environmental and Climate Technologies

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One of the main pollution types is air pollution, which has a significant impact on the surrounding environment and on living beings. Major source of air...

Sprayed Water Flowrate, Temperature and Drop Size Effects on Small Capacity Flue Gas Condenser’s Performance

Published Online: Dec 13, 2019

Page range: 333 - 346

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2019-0099

Keywords
Drop diameters, flue gas treatment, fog unit, nozzle size, sprayed water flowrate, water temperature

© 2019 Vivita Priedniece et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Sprayed Water Flowrate, Temperature and Drop Size Effects on Small Capacity Flue Gas Condenser’s Performance

Published Online: Dec 13, 2019

Page range: 333 - 346

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2019-0099

KeywordsDrop diameters, flue gas treatment, fog unit, nozzle size, sprayed water flowrate, water temperature

© 2019 Vivita Priedniece et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Drop diameters, flue gas treatment, fog unit, nozzle size, sprayed water flowrate, water temperature