scrubber details/modifications?

[crudpuppy]

I know that most of the scrubbers I see list 12" diameter with 6' of packing could 6" with 12' of packing do the same thing or would this cause some sorta of flow/volume issues or something??? 12" pvc is industrial and dont even know where to locate let alone want/need to spend teh dough on it.

 

[Harold_V]

I know that most of the scrubbers I see list 12" diameter with 6' of packing could 6" with 12' of packing do the same thing or would this cause some sorta of flow/volume issues or something??? 12" pvc is industrial and dont even know where to locate let alone want/need to spend teh dough on it.

I expect you'd have some issues with flow, considering you have effectively reduced the surface area and increased the thickness. You're headed the wrong direction with this idea. That's not to say it won't work, but it may have a limited duty cycle due to clogging of the small surface area in question.

Harold

 

[crudpuppy]

Well I know I'd end up with more clogging issues...but part of the whole point is to keep the "gas" in the area with packing/solution draining long enough to nutralize...so with proper pull(fan motor) wouldnt it work pretty well if not better just with more clogging/cleaning issues in end?

 

[butcher]

do you have a place local that sells culverts for roads, or irrigation pipe?

 

[Barren Realms 007]

do you have a place local that sells culverts for roads, or irrigation pipe?

Get a couple of 30-55 gal plastic drums.

 

[g_axelsson]

Just connect four 6" tubes with 6" packing in parallel. The important thing here is flow rate and that is proportional to area.

/Göran

 

[crudpuppy]

so then I was right in my idea that as long as the gases flow through enough for long enough the scrubber will work...how really do I figure out a good idea of what is needed to accomplish this though? I'm use AcidPeroxide method and of cource the hcl/clorox for disolved and smb to precipe so there are some mean *** chlorine gases coming outta this stuff!

 

[crudpuppy]

So something like this might work? arrows are flow(yes I know the rest of piping isnt there for it) but basically 4 chambers of 6" each of packing with solution flowing over and down each?

 

[g_axelsson]

No, that is serial connected.

Referring to your drawing, connect each pipe in the bottom to the inlet and each pipe in the top to the outlet, each pipe only takes a quarter of the gas flow.

/Göran

 

[crudpuppy]

Here is my scrubber portion of my fume hood...parrellel connected 6" PVC that are 15" long and will end up with about 12" or so of filler giving me the other 3 for hosing for the solution flow over top of them... used two storage boxes for top and bottom bottom will be filled with solution and I have a old pool pump ran in it that will pump solution back over packing...shoudl work hey?

 

[qst42know]

You're not building this to vent into enclosed living space are you?

I wouldn't trust a manufactured scrubber to be 100%.

 

[crudpuppy]

No its indoors while I was working on it...going outside for use...hehe Yeah no scrubber is 100% anyway...always piped outside at best I think they get lik 98% effeciency