Scrubbing

Name:
Scrubbing
Detailed information:
Process for removing one or more components from a mixture of gases and vapors by passing it upward and usually countercurrent to and in intimate contact with a stream of descending liquid, the latter being chosen so as to dissolve the desired components and not others. The gas or vapor may be broken into fine bubbles upon entering a tower filled with liquid, but more frequently the tower is filled with coke, broken stone, or other packing, over which the liquid flows while exposing a relatively large surface to the rising gas or vapor.See Absorption (1).