Wet air scrubbers efficiently replace baghouses and cartridge collectors in the mining industry. They are less expensive to purchase and operate. Scrubbers have been widely used in the mining process since the appearance of the first mine. Scrubber technology is still used in the mining industry today.

More specifically, wet air scrubbers are regarded as basic air treatment devices for reducing air pollution. Today air quality degrades both in the workplace and emission. It requires the improvement of current techniques for air pollution control. Over the past 20 years, most dust control technologies have not evolved much.

It should be noted that dust control equipment is employed in the mining industry for the following operations: “crushing, grinding, conveying, screening, drying, packaging, and loading.” Wet scrubbers allow for decreasing dust that is emitted into the workplace, separating particulate pollutants from the product, recovering it, and complying with emission regulations.

Energy, installation, maintenance, and equipment costs must all be taken into consideration when selecting one of the several air treatment devices. Dust control plays a crucial role in mine installations. For example, some types of dust can be dangerous and even explosive, and others result in financial and health problems.

Nonetheless, the choice of wet scrubbers should depend on such parameters as the ventilation rate, the inlet loading, and the particle size distribution for efficient air pollution control. Even though the collection efficiency of dry scrubber systems is higher than that of wet scrubbers, the wet type is more sensitive to air volume, smaller particulate size, and dust amount.

Therefore, a high-energy wet scrubber offers virtually 100% collection efficiency. Of course, outlet emissions are dependent on the efficiency of wet air scrubbers used and the inlet loading. Wet scrubbers use a different collection method that is more sensitive to inlet loading than dry scrubber systems.

Thus, the efficiency of wet air scrubbers transforms as the loading changes as well. Additionally, it is necessary to pay careful attention to the particulate size distribution. Dry scrubber systems demonstrate higher collection over a greater range of particle size than wet scrubbers.

Nevertheless, wet air scrubbers are more efficient in the air treatment of fine particulate pollutants. The size of pollutants determines the particular type of wet scrubbers and the required pressure drop. Although dry scrubber systems provide numerous benefits for product recovery, higher collection efficiency, and no water requirements, modern wet air scrubbers have fewer costs to buy and operate.

If you are looking for the best air treatment device to improve air quality, Redwood Technology offers a cutting-edge type of wet scrubber – a Multi-Vortex wet air scrubber.

Redwood technology is a fast-growing vendor of wet air scrubbers. The multi-vortex scrubber can remove gas emissions, dust, vapors, and other pollutants from a gas stream. It is an innovative technology created to save water that makes it more cost-efficient and differs from other types of scrubbers.  If you have any questions or would like to purchase a multi-vortex wet air scrubber, please contact us at info@rdwd.tech