Pumps supplied for wet scrubber project

Michael Smith Engineers (MSE) has assisted one of the UK’s leading air pollution control companies with one of its major projects.

MSE supplied a selection of Finish Thompson pumps for installation in one of the air pollution control company’s industrial gas cleaning systems, commonly known as a wet scrubber.

Wet scrubber systems require robust equipment capable of handling aggressive chemicals like sodium hydroxide and sodium chloride, both in their initial form and after exposure to flue gases – when they may become more concentrated or chemically complex.

For the main scrubber recirculation units, MSE specified seal-less magnetically coupled centrifugal pumps from the Finish Thompson Ultrachem range – a reliable solution for challenging environments. With ETFE-lined ductile iron casings, and close coupled to 37kW 2-pole motors, these units deliver 150m³/hr at 40m head.

Elsewhere in this project, two DB15P polypropylene mag-drive centrifugal pumps were selected for NaOH transfer, paired with 3kW 2-pole motors to deliver 11m³/hr at 20m head.

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