Study on the Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Venturi-Rod Deck Tray

The Venturi-rod deck tray is a type of dual flow trays used in flue gas desulfurization (FGD) process. In this paper, the hydrodynamic characteristics of the Venturi-rod deck tray were studied in the experiments and compared with the conventional sieve tray. Results showed the turndown ratio of this tray was in the range of 2.71-3.77, which was by 9% higher than the sieve tray. Besides, the pressure drop of this tray was by more than 50% lower than the sieve tray. Based on the experimental data, the correlation functions for the pressure drop and the froth height, respectively, were obtained. The industrial scale up practice of this tray in FGD process was described with the efficiency of this tray demonstrated.