SCRUBBER AND ODOR CONTROL TECHNOLOGY

Odor scrubbers are designed to reduce or eliminate nuisance odors in emission of gases of several sources, and they do that by absorbing soluble gases into water or a chemical reactant. These gases and pollutants which are absorbed on the liquid phase, are then neutralized or eliminated using a chemical product or a biological process. The most used chemical is chlorine, but there is a wide range of possible chemicals.

In wastewater treatment plant with biological process, the same treated wastewater is used as the liquid for the absorption of odors, since it can be recirculated to the wastewater for a biological oxidation of the odors. This is the more efficient and sustainable way of eliminating the odors, since no chemicals are involved.

In complement to wet scrubber, the biofilter is a very eco-friendly technology, where the gases passe through a bed of microorganisms that absorbs and oxidize the odors. Although it usually uses much more space than wet scrubbers.

And finally, the other most competitive technology for odor emission control is the activated carbon filter. This technology usually have a lower investment than scrubber and biofilters, but higher operational costs, since the activated carbon has to be change often.

Although the best technology is the one the better suites the criteria design for specif project. In that sense, Olfatec design and manufacture the best technology for you application.