Keep clean air and protect our environment
June 16 2020
Indirect cooling of gas streams is often preferable because it eliminates the possibility of contamination of the stream being cooled. Other times, the versatility of a direct cooler to provide gas cleaning in addition to cooling can provide process benefits, saving time and money. Kimre Kon-Tane® Scrubber and Tower Packing and Kimre B-GON® Mist Eliminators are perfectly suited to provide effective cooling and cleaning in a direct contact cooler.
A specialty chemicals manufacturer used a recycled nitrogen stream that was cooled from 60 °C to 20 °C. They had been using an indirect cooler for a number of years, but 1000 mg/cubic meter of insoluble polymer in the 70,000-cubic-meter per hour nitrogen stream clogged the heat exchanger and required extensive annual maintenance to clean the unit.
The chemical company considered other options and decided on a direct cooled system. The system consisted of an evaporative cooling section, a two-stage sensible cooling system using Kimre Kon-Tane® Scrubber and Tower Packing and a Kimre B-GON® Mist Eliminator.
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