SCRUBBERS

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• Scrubbers — cattle mustered from the scrub which are unused to man and mustering …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• scrubbers — Australian Slang cattle mustered from the scrub which are unused to man and mustering …   English dialects glossary

• scrubbers — n. one who scrubs; brush or tool used for scrubbing …   English contemporary dictionary

• Particle collection in wet scrubbers — Wet scrubbers capture relatively small dust s with large liquid droplets. In most wet scrubbing systems, droplets produced are generally larger than 50 micrometres (in the 150 to 500 micrometres range). As a point of reference, human hair ranges… …   Wikipedia

• Dust collector — Two rooftop dust collectors in Pristina, Kosovo A dust collector is a system used to enhance the quality of air released from industrial and commercial processes by collecting dust and other impurities from air or gas. Designed to handle heavy… …   Wikipedia

• Wet scrubber — is a form of pollution control technology. The term describes a variety of devices that use pollutants from a furnace flue gas or from other gas streams. In a wet scrubber, the polluted gas stream is brought into contact with the scrubbing liquid …   Wikipedia

• Mechanically aided scrubber — Figure 1 Centrifugal fan scrubber Mechanically aided scrubbers are a form of pollution control technology. This type of technology is a part of the group of air pollution controls collectively referred to as wet scrubbers. In addition to using… …   Wikipedia

• Flue gas desulfurization — (FGD) is the technology used for removing sulfur dioxide (SO2) from the exhaust flue gases in power plants that burn coal or oil to produce steam for the steam turbines that drive their electricity generators. Sulfur dioxide is responsible for… …   Wikipedia

• environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction       infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …   Universalium

• Venturi scrubber — A venturi scrubber is designed to effectively use the energy from the inlet gas stream to atomize the liquid being used to scrub the gas stream. This type of technology is a part of the group of air pollution controls collectively referred to as… …   Wikipedia