Inventors:
Kevin P. Furnary - Vienna VA, US
William Ellison - Monrovia MD, US
International Classification:
B01D 53/50, B01D 53/56, B01D 53/64, B01D 53/72, B01D 53/80
US Classification:
423210, 42324301, 42324308, 423235, 4232452, 422168, 422169, 422170, 422171, 422172
Abstract:
A scrubber for scrubbing at least one pollutant from flue gas includes a first stage configured to provide a chemical oxidant to a stream of flue gas, and a second stage configured to provide a chemical or chemicals to the stream of flue gas, a scrubbing medium recirculation feature configured to continuously recirculate a slurry used in the second stage, and a by-product processing portion configured to remove a by-product from a stream of slurry withdrawn from the scrubber. The by-product includes reaction products of at least one pollutant.