15th May 2006
GEA Niro Launches the World’s Largest Atomizer
GEA Niro 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 GEA 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.