Raw Gas Venturi Scrubber

Gas flow rate = 110,000.00 ACFM

Gas Temperature = 400 F
Pressure = 1 atm
Moisture Content = 5% v/v
Dry Gas MW = 29 lb/mol
Water MW = 18 lb/mol
Particle mean size = 1 m
Efficiency = 99.90%
Gas constant, R = 0.7032 atm-ft3/(lb.mol.R)

Humidification of Inlet Gas

Hin = 0.03103448 lb water

lb dry gas

Hin =

From Psychrometric Chart

Tin = 400 F
Tsat = 127 F
Hsat = 0.1 lb water
lb dry gas

Hsat =

Saturated Gas Flow rate

Qindry = 104,500.00 ACFM

dry = 0.07025561 lb dry gas/ft3
w = 0.04360693 lb water vapor/ft3
Qw = 11,611.11 ACFM
Qinsat = 86,692.51 ACFM
P = 47 in W.C

Throat Velocity (Used to size the scrubber)

(L/G) = 20 gallons/(1000 ACF)

K = 9.61769203
Bws = 0.16111111 moles water or ft3 water
moles gas ft3 gas

sat = 0.06596222 lb-gas

ft3-gas

throat = 256.727374 ft.s-1

throat = 78.2505036 m.s-1
Dthroat = 2.67691219 ft
 = 81.5922834 cm

Throat and Diverging Sections

LThroat : DThroat = 3
LDiverging : DThroat = 4

Lthroat = 2.4477685 m
LDiverging = 3.26369134 m