EST Emergency Scrubber Products by Ken Zarzycki Product Manager

Emergency Chlorine Scrubbing

And Meeting the Codes

Liquefied Hazardous Gases

Liquefied Gases- are gases at normal temperature and pressure that are compressed to a liquid state and usually stored under their own vapor pressure at the prevailing ambient temperature. Hazardous Gasesare gases that have a potential for injury to life, limb or property at relatively low concentrations. Some common gases used in water and waste treatment plants are Chlorine or Cl2, Sulfur Dioxide or SO2 and Ammonia or NH3.

Important Toxic Gas Concentrations - ppm

Gas
MW Fatal IDLH UFC Final(OSHA) TWA

Cl2
71 1,000 10 5 1 0.5

SO2
64 4,000 100 50 5 2

NH3
17 10,000 300 150 50 25

ie: 10,000 ppm = 1% by volume ie: MW Air = 29

One-Ton Container Leak Sources

VAPOR

LIQUID

Sides and Heads of Container Fusible Plugs and Feed Valves

Fusible Plug Core Fusible Plug Threads

Valve Packing Valve Seat Valve Threads In & Out & Nut Broken Valve usually at container thread

150# Cylinder Threaded Plug in Valve Body

Fusible Plug

Multi-Ton Tanks and Railcars Leak Source

Excess-Flow Valve

Other Leak Containment Approaches

Chlortainer
250 psig design pressure $60 to $65K/per container Chlorine take-off connections Pressure Relief Valves

SafeTC
Feed valve shutoff Ignores valve threads Ignores fusible plugs

Advancements in Chlorine Abatement Technology

STWP Inc / EST is the only qualified supplier capable of supplying all three forms of accepted emergency scrubbing technologies: 1. Wet Packed 2. Wet Packless (MVP) 3. Dry Emergency Scrubber Systems

Treatment Evolved from: Solution-By-Dilution To Ejector Gas Recycle To Once-Through Ejector/Packed Tower To Low Profile Wet MVP (Multi Venturi Packless) To Dry Chemical Adsorbent Scrubbers

Advancements in Chlorine Abatement Technology

EST TYPE DES DRY EMERGENCY GAS SCRUBBER

1. 2. NO CHEMICAL MAINTENANCE SPENT MEDIA IS NONHAZARDOUS WASTE ONE MOVING PART - FAN NO CHEMICAL RECIRCULATION PUMPS OR PIPING CHEMICAL LEAK CONTAINMENT IS NOT REQUIRED CAN OPERATE AT SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES WITHOUT HEATING

3. 4.
5. 6.

4 mm impregnated activated alumina pellets

Performance Testing Certified Test Data - independent testing laboratories, third party consultants Meet or exceed Worst-Case hazardous gas release rates Scrubber exhaust - never to exceed code established discharge concentrations

Wet Reaction Chemistry

Cl2 + 2 NaOH NaOCl + NaCl + H2O + 628 BTU/lb Cl2(g)

SO2 + 2 NaOH Na2SO3 + H2O + 1041 BTU/lb SO2(g)

NH3(g) + H2O NH3(aq) + 906 BTU/lb NH3(g)

EST ECS 25 Ton Stationary Tank Scrubber

Chlorine Ejector and Tower

Caustic storage tank

Emergency Ammonia Scrubber Tower

Mag-drive pumps

Caustic dilution water demineralizers

Chlorine Scrubber Highlights

No fans required - ejector moves the air; one less moving part Sealless Pumps - no seal flush or seal maintenance

Ejector Venturi Scrubber

Ejector Venturi / Packed Tower

High Performance Packing Media

Carbonate Formation on Wet Packing

Spec Advantages
Fail-Safe Fan Side only one fan required Packless longer caustic life Emergency Start - no wetting time delays

Ejector Venturi Scrubber

EST Low Profile Once Through Wet MVP Gas Scrubber

Multi-Venturi Packless - MVP

Emergency Gas Scrubbers City of Tracy

One 30 Tank WWTP 30 Ton Cl2 or 20 Ton SO2

30 TON Chlorine Container

Multi-Venturi Packless MVP Scrubber

Multi-Venturi Packless 30 Ton Chlorine Scrubber

MVP Contactor

Caustic storage tank Mag-drive pumps

EST Type DES 3000 Dry Emergency Chlorine Gas Scrubber System
Standard Design to treat one-ton Chlorine Containers

EST TYPE DES DRY EMERGENCY GAS SCRUBBER

1. 2. NO CHEMICAL MAINTENANCE SPENT MEDIA IS NONHAZARDOUS WASTE ONE MOVING PART - FAN NO CHEMICAL RECIRCULATION PUMPS OR PIPING CHEMICAL LEAK CONTAINMENT IS NOT REQUIRED CAN OPERATE AT SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES WITHOUT HEATING

3. 4.
5. 6.

4 mm impregnated activated alumina pellets

Media: MSDS for STS Dry Scrubber Media

Type STS Dry Scrubber Media
White solid spheres or granules, odorless. Major composition: Al2O3 76-88 % and Na2S2O3 > 1 %. Chemical formula is proprietary. Low health risk. Toxicological Non-toxic No unusual fire or spill hazard. Non-Combustible; Not self-igniting Disposal Consult Federal, state or local landfill disposal laws Ecological Non-toxic Store in a cool, dry location in original as delivered packaging Protection: safety glasses, gloves, dust mask NFPA Hazard Classification: Health (1) / Flammability (0) / Reactivity (0) OSHA PEL TWA = 15 mg/m3 total dust; 5 mg/m3 respirable dust

Dry Reaction Chemistry Cl2 + STS NaCl (Salt) Cl2 + PHD KCl (Salt) SO2 + PHD K2SO4 (Salt) NH3 + PA (NH4)H2PO4 (Salt)

H2S + PP K2SO4 (Salt)

Applications: EST Dry Scrubber Installations

Lake Watertree WTP, Lugoff, South Carolina Artesian WTP, Delaware (Multiple sites) Rio Bravo WTP, Texas McCain Foods/Harbin China City of Spartanburg, SC Stockton East WD WTP, Stockton, CA Sierra Madre Public Works Department, CA Sincor Unidad, Venezuela

Lugoff, SC 10 Diameter DES6000 STS

Spartanburg SC 10 Diameter DES4000 PHD

Drawings: Layout and Parts DES 3000