Acid Fume Scrubbers
How Acid Fume Scrubbers Work
An acid fume scrubber removes acidic mists, vapors, and droplets from exhaust air before that air is discharged. Contaminated air is drawn through a wet-packed bed, where it contacts a neutralizing solution that dissolves and neutralizes the acid. Clean air exits the stack, and the captured chemicals stay in the recirculating solution. This protects workers from hazardous fumes and prevents acid vapor from corroding nearby equipment.
Removal efficiency depends on the contact area between the air and the neutralizing solution. Modutek’s scrubbers use a high-surface-area packing material from Lantec, so the fumes pass over a large wetted surface as they move through the bed. This design achieves a removal rate of up to 99 percent for acid fume chemicals.
The acid fume scrubbers offered by Modutek remove chemical mists and droplets from the exhaust air of installations using acids for etching and cleaning. The high chemical removal rate of the scrubbers lets manufacturers and research labs avoid discharging of hazardous fumes that can harm workers and corrode equipment. The wide range of air handling capacities of Modutek’s scrubbers and the company’s custom design capabilities make it possible to meet a wide variety of needs for customers with particular applications.
Modutek’s acid fume scrubbers work by exposing contaminated air to a chemical solution. The acid in the air dissolves in the solution and is neutralized. Exposing the acid fumes to as large a surface area of neutralizing solution as possible is the key to an efficient operation. In Modutek’s fume scrubber design, the fumes pass over a wet packed bed. The packing material is made by industry leader Lantec and has an extremely high surface area. The packing material surfaces are covered by the neutralizing solution resulting in a removal rate for the fume chemicals that can reach 99 percent.
High efficiency and low cost of ownership are supported by a flexible design and a complete set of operator-friendly features. The air-handling capacity of the fume scrubbers ranges from 500 to 25,000 CFM, and water consumption is minimized through a water recirculating system with pH control. Construction is of black polypropylene with UV protection and with a NEMA 4 control cabinet. The scrubbers are built with double containment for extra safety and a bottom drain for ease of maintenance. A complete set of flow and pressure gauges, combined with scrubber water level control and metered water discharge, gives the operator a complete picture of the process. A demister section is included, and structural and seismic certification is available.
High efficiency and low cost of ownership are supported by a flexible design and a complete set of operator-friendly features. The air handling capacity of the fume scrubbers ranges from 500 to 25,000 CFM and water consumption is reduced to a minimum by using a water recirculating system with pH control. Construction is of black polypropylene with UV protection and with a NEMA 4 control cabinet. The scrubbers are built with double containment for extra safety and a bottom drain for ease of maintenance. A complete set of flow and pressure gauges combined with scrubber water level control and metered water discharge give the operator a complete picture of the process. A demister section is included and structural and seismic certification is available.
Modutek’s acid fume scrubbers are suitable for many applications including wet processing stations, tech benches, fume hoods, plating stations, precision cleaning stations and acid exhaust hoods.
Benefits
- Very low water consumption
- Low cost of maintenance
- High chemical fume removal rate
- Complete set of easy-to-read gauges and controls
- Structural and seismic certification available
- Wide range of capacities
- High-surface-area packing material by Lantec
- Custom designs to meet your specific requirements
Standard Features
- Fume scrubbers sized from 500 to 25,000 CFM
- Black polypropylene construction with UV protection
- Recirculating water system with pH control
- Demister section
- Double containment
- Bottom drain for ease of maintenance
- Water-soluble vapor removal
- NEMA 4 control cabinet
- Flow and pressure gauges
- Scrubber water level control
- Metered water discharge
Applications
- Wet processing stations
- Tech benches
- Fume hoods
- Plating station
- Precision cleaning stations
- Acid exhaust hoods
Benefits
- Very low water consumption
- Low cost of maintenance
- High chemical fume removal rate
- Complete set of easy-to-read gauges and controls
- Structural and seismic certification available
- Wide range of capacities
- High-surface-area packing material by Lantec
- Custom designs to meet your specific requirements
Standard Features
- Fume scrubbers sized from 500 to 25,000 CFM
- Black polypropylene construction with UV protection
- Recirculating water system with pH control
- Demister section
- Double containment
- Bottom drain for ease of maintenance
- Water-soluble vapor removal
- NEMA 4 control cabinet
- Flow and pressure gauges
- Scrubber water level control
- Metered water discharge
Applications
- Wet processing stations
- Tech benches
- Fume hoods
- Plating station
- Precision cleaning stations
- Acid exhaust hoods
Benefits
- Very low water consumption
- Low cost of maintenance
- High chemical fume removal rate
- Complete set of easy-to-read gauges and controls
- Structural and seismic certification available
- Wide range of capacities
- High-surface-area packing material by Lantec
- Custom designs to meet your specific requirements
Standard Features
- Fume scrubbers sized from 500 to 25,000 CFM
- Black polypropylene construction with UV protection
- Recirculating water system with pH control
- Demister section
- Double containment
- Bottom drain for ease of maintenance
- Water-soluble vapor removal
- NEMA 4 control cabinet
- Flow and pressure gauges
- Scrubber water level control
- Metered water discharge
Applications
- Wet processing stations
- Tech benches
- Fume hoods
- Plating station
- Precision cleaning stations
- Acid exhaust hoods
Modutek offers chemical handling systems that can be customized to meet your specific manufacturing requirements. Contact us if you need additional information about our Acid Neutralization System products or need a recommendation on pH neutralization treatment for your application.
Acid Fume Scrubber FAQs
A fume hood captures and contains fumes at the source and routes them away from the operator. A fume scrubber treats the captured exhaust, neutralizing the acid before the air is discharged. A hood moves the fumes, a scrubber cleans them, and the two work together.
Removal efficiency depends on the extent of contact between the contaminated air and the neutralizing solution. The packed bed provides a large wetted surface area, so acid fumes spend more time in contact with the solution as they pass through, increasing the removal rate to as much as 99 percent.
Modutek’s scrubbers use a recirculating water system with pH control, so the same solution is reused rather than drained. Water consumption is kept low, with only metered discharge used to refresh the solution.
Modutek builds acid fume scrubbers with air-handling capacity ranging from 500 to 25,000 CFM. The correct capacity is matched to the process or facility’s total exhaust volume during the design stage.
Yes. Structural and seismic certification is available for facilities that require it. The certification is specified during the design stage so the unit meets local code for the installation site.
Request an Acid Fume Scrubber Quote
Modutek Corporation designs and builds custom acid fume scrubbers for semiconductor and research facilities. Every unit is sized to your exhaust volume and chemistry, then assembled and tested mechanically in-house in San Jose, California. To discuss your fume-scrubbing requirements or to request a quote, contact Modutek.