Sy-Clone

High-contact stripper/scrubber without column packing

The Organics stripper/scrubber unit, the Sy-Clone®, is designed for use in a chemical process environment to accomplish the following:

• remove the requirement for packing and trays
• reduce the need for internal cleaning by carrying formed solids out of the process vessel
• reduce the plant height
• improve efficiency

It achieves these objectives by creating a high-impact environment with maximised surface areas, thus facilitating high mass-transfer rates with reduced contact volumes. The technology has been widely demonstrated as viable, reliable and economic in terms of maintenance in many locations around the world.

Key features

• high-impact contact between liquor and gases
• high- mass transfer rates to footprint area ratios
• leads to significant savings in maintenance
• highly resistant to blocking

Key data

• flow rates available: Liquid rates of 50 to 2,000 cubic metres per day; gaseous flows of up to 20,000 Nm3/hr
• temperature range: System designs can operate from cryogenic temperatures up to approximately 500oC for facilities employing heat recovery techniques
• pressure range: From deep vacuum to approximately 25 bar gauge, subject to application parameters and materials selection. Pressure vessels are ASME UL stamped
• pre-treatment requirements: Coarse filtration for solids over 1 mm diameter.