Filtering Analysis of a Wet Scrubber with Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation

Environmental rules that restrict pollution emissions into the atmosphere are getting stricter. Therefore, it is essential to create new air pollution control technologies and enhance those that presently exist. A wet scrubber system is one of the most practical systems to control and remove pollutants that is used fluid mechanics and a little bit of propulsion system on its operation. The operation of a wet scrubber mainly concentrates on the water flow performance and filter design to capture the dust particles. This study focuses on analyzing the appropriate waterflow that will deliver a consistent flow through the filter at a specific velocity and briefly discusses the available filter performance for efficiency. Solid Works ST’s computer-aided drawing (CAD) program is used to design the pieces for 3D printing. In order to achieve the desired design, this study uses Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulation software (COMSOL Multiphysics 5.5) to evaluate the water tank design and filter performance in order to take the models’ accuracy and efficiency into account before they are combined to create a prototype and carry out the model’s experiment. The efficiency of filter with certain velocity if water flow is expected to be more than 70% on capturing the dust particles.