Gas-Liquid Contactor

Basics

• A type of device which is used to make Gass(es) and liquid(s) contact eachother with high surface area, and other required conditions
• Used for Wet Scrubbers as well as Industrial Chemical Processes

Main Types

Packed Column

• Essentially a collum filled with some sort of material to provide surface area
• Can be a via a Structured Column Packing or via Random Column Packing depending on the needs of the application
• To a certain degree sand or gravel filters are random packed collumns

Plate Column

• Essentiall a low density Sructured Column Packing approach

Spray Tower

• Uses mist/spray nozzles
• Ultrasonic/Thermal Fog based systems also fit in this category

See Also

• Dessicant-Humidifier Cycle Refrigeration
• Pressure Swing Absorbtion
• Gas Scrubber
• Distillation Column

Useful Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Gas-Liquid Contactors