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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2010
Applicants:
William Downs, Alliance, OH (US);
Paul J Williams, Akron, OH (US);
Inventors:
William Downs, Alliance, OH (US);
Paul J Williams, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, Baberton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 47/12 (2006.01); B01D 53/78 (2006.01); B01D 53/50 (2006.01); C02F 5/02 (2006.01); C02F 1/52 (2006.01); C02F 103/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/507 (2013.01); C02F 5/02 (2013.01); C02F 1/5236 (2013.01); C02F 2103/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to the field of emission control equipment for boilers, heaters, kilns, or other flue gas-, or combustion gas-, generating devices (e.g., those located at power plants, processing plants) and, in particular to a new and useful method and apparatus designed to improve the water supplied to non-calcium-based, aqueous wet SOscrubbers. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a system and method for softening water for use in non-calcium-based, aqueous wet SOscrubbers.