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Article review:

" Circulating fluid bed scrubbing technology."


Author of the article: Bob Giglio is Vice President of Strategic Business
Development at Foster Wheeler Global Power Group.
The presented article is devoted to a new and urgent problem – the issue of
excessive release of conventional pollutants into the environment, which is
important in modern realities. This topic causes a huge amount of controversy
and debate about the tightening of the rules and the allowed limits of
emissions. The article presents visual methods of cleaning the air and liquid
layer from various types of pollutants, now there are countless such
technologies, but the best of them, described in the article, are presented
below:
 Wet flue gas desulfurization (WFGD cleaning technology)
 Technology for the simple injection of sorbent into the boiler flue gas
(DSI -direct sorbent injection)
 Spray dryer absorber technology (SDA))
 Circulating fluid bed scrubbing technology (CFB)
Currently, the most popular and reliable method of cleaning, based on the
materials, presented in the article, is Circulating fluid bed scrubbing technology
as it has key advantages. This method of cleaning is used in various fields, as
it is more cost-effective and efficient.
This article also presents a drawing that directly reflects the entire cleaning
process, as well as a photo of the largest active scubber in the world, and a
step-by-step explanation of how it works.
In conclusion, the article highlights the key points and the benefits of using
CFB technology for practical purposes.

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