Packed tower

Packed Tower
A pollution control device that forces dirty air through a tower packed with crushed rock or wood chips while liquid is sprayed over the packing material.

Packed tower scrubber
cleans gases with a scrubbing liquor as they pass through inert media; removes soluble and noxious gases and mist droplets larger than 5 µm ...

packed tower aeration : A method of treating water to remove volatile organic chemical (VOCs) contaminants. As water is mixed with air, VOCs move from water to air which then passes through carbon filters to trap the contaminants.

Packed tower See trickling filter.

Pathogenic organism An organism capable of causing infection.

see packed tower aeration.
alarm contact. A switch that operates when some pre-set
low, high or abnormal condition exists.

packed tower aeration A variation of the air stripping treatment process. Water flows down through packing material, while air flows upward to "strip" VOCs from the water. parts per million A measure of concentration of a dissolved substance.

stripping A treatment process used to remove dissolved gases and volatile substances from water. Large volumes of air are bubbled through the water being treated to remove (strip out) the dissolved gases and volatile substances. See packed tower ...

See also: Nitrogen, Wastewater, Alkali, Atmosphere, Bacteria