TurboScrubber: Suncor Energy: Queensland, Australia - Case Study

Solution
The problem was that the existing gas cleaning plant was discharging exhaust gas to atmosphere with sulphur dioxide and dust levels above the acceptable limits. It was necessary to reduce these emissions to below the current legislative limits whilst keeping the capital costs in check.

Results
Osprey/FTL engineers retrofitted two 3.2m diameter and one 1.8m diameter stainless steel separators in TurboScrubber mode. The modifications to the plant were carried out in the autumn of 2000 and the commissioning trials took place between November 2000 and early 2001. The units were proven to remove sub micron particulate, absorb S02 and organic odours to levels in excess of the design criteria from the combustor gas into 5% w/w slurries.