Design Equations For Venturi Scrubbers
Design Equations For Venturi Scrubbers
Design Equations For Venturi Scrubbers
Dear All,
Many of you involved in engineering and design of wet scrubbing systems are already familiar with “Venturi Scrubbers”.
Venturi Scrubbers are primarily designed to control fine particulate matter (PM) from gaseous streams. Before releasing waste gases that
contain PM to the atmosphere, these gases are treated using venturi scrubbers to remove PM. Generally the effective range of PM removal is
from 10 microns to 2.5 microns. They are also capable of some incidental control of “Volatile Organic Compounds”, which, however is not their
primary function. They can also be used for capturing high solubility gases which have good solubility with the sprayed liquid.
Venturi scrubbers have high efficiencies when capturing PM in the range of 0.5-5 micron.
For a detailed description on venturi scrubbers refer the Wikipedia link below:
http://en.wikipedia....enturi_scrubber
Today’s blog entry relates to some design equations for evaluating liquid droplet diameter, collection efficiency, throat velocity, throat
diameter, throat length and pressure drop for venturi scrubbers:
Collection Efficiency
η = 1 – e^(-k*R*sqrt(ψ))----(1)
where:
η = collection efficiency of the venture scrubber, fraction
k = correlation coefficient whose value depends on system geometry and operating conditions (typically 0.1-0.2)
R = liquid-to-gas ratio, m3/1000 m3
ψ = inertial impaction parameter, dimensionless
Note: R values between 0.936 m3/1000 m3 and 1.337 m3/1000 m3 provide optimum collection efficiency
ψ = C*dp^2*ρp*vt / (9*µg*dl)-----(2)
where:
C = Cunningham Slip correction factor, dimensionless
C = 1 + (0.000621*Tg / (dp*10^6))-----(3)
Tg = inlet gas absolute temperature, K
dp = particle diameter, m
ρp = particle density, kg/m3
vt = throat velocity, m/s
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µg = gas viscosity, Pa.s
dl = liquid mean droplet diameter, m
Since we want to know the throat velocity, re-writing equation (2) in terms of vt:
vt = ψ*9*µg*dl / (C*dp^2*ρp)-----(5)
Throat Length
lt = 369.561*R^0.293 / vt^1.127
where:
lt = throat length, m
R = liquid-to-gas ratio in L/m3 (to convert m3/1000 m3 to L/m3 multiply m3/1000 m3 with 0.001)
vt = throat velocity, m/s
Throat Area
At = Q g / v t
where:
At = throat area, m2
Qg = process gas flow rate, m3/s
vt = throat velocity, m/s
Hope the readers of this blog entry have now some idea about the design equations related to venturi scrubbers. Please note that the liquid-
to-gas ratios are basically ratios and any set of volumetric flow rate units may be used as long as they are consistent for both liquid and gas.
The entire blog entry has been a compilation from various resources related to Venturi scrubbers. However the following resources can be
referenced from the links provided below:
http://web2.clarkson... Dev_120408.pdf
http://tean.teikoz.g...ations/12_3.pdf
http://books.google....bber Pa&f=false
I will try my best to provide answers to any questions raised. All these equations are programmable in an excel spreadsheet.
Regards,
Ankur.
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