We want to have 500 cfm to get rid of ammonia vapor-air mixture. What kind and size of blower we need for this?
If I want to add a cleaner -a 55 gal drum containing 5 % sulphuric acid as bubble chamber- to this exhaust system, then what sould be the size of the blower?
Saumian
Thanks for all for your opinions.
It appears that the check valve is there, in the original design, for over-pressure situations. The logic is there since a tanker truck with air-compressor have been used to tranfer aqua ammonia from tanker to FRESH tank.
It also appears that if we use a...
Rbcoulter,
I believe that you mean that A conservation vent should have been used as the breather, not as an apparatus which can get rid of the ammonia vapours in our situation. Do We need an exhaust even with a conservation vent(valve)?
Saumian
Pennpoint,
The check valve, we have, is a ball check valve, and it is oriented in vertical line. The direction of its flow arrow is upwards towards sky. Therefore, it will definitely help for overpressure situations.
Chicopee,
In fact we have two 5000 US gal tanks. One is for FRESH and the...
We have a 5000 US gal tank for aqua ammonia storage. In addition to inlet and outlet( these two are closed most of the time) a 2" PVC with a ball check valve is connected at the top of tank as a vent. We utilize this 5000 gal ammonia over a period of 5 months without loosing any ammonia...