WESTERN MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Engineering
Environmental Engineering

BES 122 Activity #1

Submitted by:
Jusay, Rabin U.
Sumain, Angela Rochelle
Balahim, Charwina
Arconada, Joymarie A.
Tani, Sherhana U.

Submitted to:
Engr. Leonell John L. Duriman
A. AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES (APCD)

TYPE SCHEMATIC ILLUSTRATION/PICTURE FUNCTION

1. INCINERATORS The gas coming from the

Combustion process at a
temperature around 900o
C to 1000o C is sent to a
heat exchanger for steam
production to be then used
in a thermal cycle for
energy production. Out of
the exchanger, at a
temperature around 200o
to 250oC, the gas is then
sent to the gas cleaning
line to abate the polluting
Substances (dust, acid gas,
etc.), and is discharged
from the chimney into the
atmosphere. As already
noted, energy recovery is
performed in a thermal
cycle, usually with turbine
and condenser to
maximize the production
of
Electric energy.
2. BIOFILTERS A biofilter uses moist
organic materials to adsorb
and then biologically
degrade odorous
compounds. Cooled and
humidified compost
process air is typically
injected through a grid of
perforated pipes into a bed
of filtration media. The
materials that have been
used for biofilter
construction include
compost, soil, peat,
chipped brush and bark,
sometimes blended with a
biologically inert material
such as gravel to maintain
adequate porosity.
Biofilter bed depths
typically range from 1 to
1.5 meters deep, with
shallower beds subject to
short-circuiting of gas flow
and deeper beds more
difficult to keep uniformly
moist. Biofilters have been
shown to be effective at
treating essentially all of
the odors associated with
composting, including
ammonia and a wide range
of volatile organic
compounds (including
sulfur compounds and
amines).
3. ELECTROSTATIC Precipitators function by
PRECIPITATORS electrostatically charging
particles in the gas stream.
The charged particles are
attracted to and deposited
on plates or other
collection devices. The
treated air then passes out
of the precipitator and
through a stack to the
atmosphere. When enough
particles have accumulated
on the collection devices,
they are shaken off the
collectors by mechanical
rappers. The particulates,
which can be either wet or
dry, fall into a hopper at
the bottom of the unit, and
a conveyor system
transports them away for
disposal or recycling.
Precipitators are often
deployed with
denitrification units that
remove nitrogen oxides
and scrubbers or other
devices that remove sulfur
dioxide.
4. OVERFLOW The overflow separation
SEPARATION MIST (cyclone) mist collector
COLLECTORS traps oil mist particles by
applying a centrifugal
force on the particles
based on the turning
motion of a suction air
flow. In a cyclone mist
collector, the oil mist
particles flow in a
tangential direction to the
wall of the turning
cylinder unit. The oil mist
particles are removed by
colliding them against the
inner wall of the turning
cylinder unit due to
centrifugal force while
clean air is discharged
from the top.
5. SCRUBBERS In the most basic form of
wet scrubbers, water is
encapsulated in a metal or
composite container,
contaminated gas is moved
through the water, the
water then absorbs the
contaminates, and clean
gas exits the scrubber.

Aside from water, other

liquids can be used as
absorbing solutions to
effectively remove varied
contaminates.
Manipulating the chemical
composition of the
absorbing solutions
changes the overall charge,
which can be highly
positively charged,
negatively charged, or
non-charged. Because
pollutants differ in their
charge, wet scrubbers are
packed with the liquid that
will bind most effectively
to remove the
contaminated from the gas.

B. DIFFERENT TYPES OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY (WTF)

TYPE SCHEMATIC FUNCTION

ILLUSTRATION/PICTURE

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