Niro A/S has launched the world’s largest rotary
atomizer for spray drying
operations – the F1000, capable of production capacities well in excess of 135
tonnes per hour. The company expects the F1000 to find applications within the
chemical industry and to be widely used in the area of flue gas
desulphurization on power stations.
The F1000 is proven technology – it’
s just bigger than any previous rotary atomizer. Rotary atomizers are reliable,
flexible, easy to use and very low maintenance. They can also handle a wide
range of feed materials such as solutions, suspensions, emulsions and pumpable
pastes.
The F1000 will find its niche in heavy-duty chemical
applications that require very high throughput. Using the F1000 will allow
designers to achieve the necessary processing capacity with a single unit
thereby significantly simplifying the plant design, reducing maintenance costs
and making the best possible use of the space available.
Within flue
gas desulphurization the development of the F1000 enables Niro to design Spray
Dryer Absorbers large enough to handle the flue gas from a 450 MWe coal fired
power plant in a single absorber module.