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Ammonia scrubber
Category Industrial facilities
Subcategory Machinery room
Year of manufacture/creation 1962
Manufacturer/author Gazobudowa Wrocław
Place of manufacture/creation Wrocław, Poland
Size
Height: 380 cm
Width: 90 cm
Length: 90 cm
Material steel, ceramics
Museum/Storage location Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Date of admission to the museum 1991
Rights to the exhibit Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Rights to digital images public domain
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Exhibit description
Not only does it have an exceedingly unpleasant odour, it also corrodes gas network pipes. Fortunately, it is possible to remove ammonia from gas by sending it to a special scrubber, where it is covered with water.
The ammonia scrubber in Paczków is 5 metres high. It is known as a tower scrubber due to its design. Inside there are several screens made from metal sheet covered with wood chips or coke. Liquid is sprayed in the top section of the scrubber. In the course of the purification process, the gas rises to the top, with the liquid travelling to the bottom, taking the corrosive ammonia with it.
