Wet air scrubbers are viewed as the sole remedy for managing air pollution; however, recent local prohibitions on wastewater release from open-loop scrubbing systems have led to a widespread misconception that there are no comprehensive protective measures against pollution ecological effects.

Air pollution can arise from both natural occurrences and human actions. Humans are playing a growing part in atmospheric pollution. A large part of chemical and physical air pollution comes from burning of hydrocarbon fuels for power production and vehicle engine operation.

Air pollutants adversely affect the human body, plants, animals, and nature as a whole. That is why it is necessary to design air treatment solutions to reduce the level of harmful substances in the biosphere. The implementation of scrubbing systems is the most effective method to improve the environment.

Recent prohibitions have generated doubts about the feasibility of this approach, which primarily seeks to lower sulfur emissions from vessels. Open-loop scrubbing systems are dealing with an air pollution control problem but, unfortunately, they create a new one which is a discharge of wastewater into the sea.

This month the International Maritime Organization (IMO) had an open-loop scrubbers debate and made the following conclusions:

• The IMO has developed wash water discharge and monitoring criteria to prepare protective actions against environmental damage;
• The choices must be grounded in science to assess the environmental impact.;
• The environmental impact of wastewater discharge is under the influence of local factors;
• At the moment there is no global wash water discharge but it is not forbidden to take precautionary measures by local authorities;
• Scrubbing systems play a very important role in global fuel availability to comply with the 2020 sulfur limit.

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