Rotating Spray Nozzle Assembly for Uniform Exhaust Gas Scrubbing

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing exhaust gas treatment devices for rare earth calcination fail to achieve uniform contact between exhaust gas and spray liquid, leading to inadequate treatment efficacy and potential clogging from dust in recycled spray liquid.

Innovation Solution

A treatment device with a sprayer comprising a rotatable nozzle system, a liquid suction assembly with a thermally expandable material, and a dust removal assembly with a flexible dust removal fabric, ensuring uniform gas-liquid contact and preventing dust clogging.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If a conventional spray apparatus is used, then the structure is simple, but the exhaust gas cannot come into sufficiently uniform contact with the spray liquid

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuniformity of gas-liquid contactVSAvoidspray apparatus structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The nozzle is made rotatable and is driven by a gear system (toothed ring and gears) to rotate dynamically, allowing the spray direction to change continuously. This dynamic adjustment enables the spray liquid to cover a wider area and achieve more uniform contact with the exhaust gas, resolving the contradiction between uniformity and structural simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The spray system is divided into multiple nozzles arranged in a specific pattern, with each nozzle contributing to different zones of the spray chamber. This segmentation allows for more comprehensive coverage and uniform distribution of spray liquid throughout the exhaust gas flow path.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If spray liquid is recycled without dust removal, then the system is simple, but dust in the recycled spray liquid causes clogging of apparatus

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveapparatus clogging preventionVSAvoidspray liquid circulation system
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

A dust removal device is installed in the spray liquid circulation system to remove dust particles from the recycled spray liquid before it is pumped back to the nozzles. This preliminary cleaning action prevents dust accumulation and clogging in the spray apparatus, ensuring reliable operation while maintaining a relatively simple overall system structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Quantity of substance

If spray liquid is recycled without dust removal, then the system complexity is low, but the amount of dust in the recycled spray liquid increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedust concentration in spray liquidVSAvoidspray liquid circulation system
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The dust removal device performs preliminary separation of dust particles from the spray liquid in the circulation system. By removing dust before the spray liquid is reused, the concentration of dust in the recycled spray liquid is reduced, preventing accumulation and maintaining treatment effectiveness without requiring complex multiple-stage separation systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enhances uniform contact between exhaust gas and spray liquid, improving treatment effectiveness and reducing dust in recycled spray liquid, thereby preventing apparatus clogging.

Implementation Method 1

the rotating impeller is arranged below the toothed ring and configured to drive the second gear to rotate; and wherein the second gear is connected to the rotating impeller, meshes with the meshing teeth, and is configured to drive the toothed ring to rotate

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMechanical rotation:

Implementation Method 2

the nozzle is arranged to be more than one, rotatably connected to the input pipe, arranged in a ring shape, and configured to be able to spray the spray liquid into the spray apparatus

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectSpray: Spray

Implementation Method 3

enables more uniform contact between the exhaust gas and a spray liquid

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectGas-liquid contact:

Data Source

PatentEP4397391B1Treatment device for exhaust gas from rare earth calcination
Publication Date: 2026.05.06 BAOTOU RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF RARE EARTHS
  • EP4397391B1 patent drawingFigure 1
  • EP4397391B1 patent drawingFigure 2
  • EP4397391B1 patent drawingFigure 3

AI summary

The present disclosure provides a treatment device for an exhaust gas from rare earth calcination, comprising a spray apparatus in which a sprayer is arranged, the sprayer comprising an input pipe, a nozzle, a toothed ring, a rotating impeller, a first gear, and a second gear, wherein the input pipe is configured to input a spray liquid to the nozzle; wherein the nozzle is arranged to be more than one, rotatably connected to the input pipe, arranged in a ring shape. The treatment device enables more uniform contact between the exhaust gas and the spray liquid.