Four wet scrubber prototypes to be installed in capital to deal with air pollution

 

 

The Rajaprajanugroh Foundation Under Royal Patronage has provided four wet scrubber prototypes to deal with PM2.5 airborne dust particles for installation in highly polluted areas, Pollution Control Department director-general Pralong Dumrongthai said.

 

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will be responsible for locating and maintaining the devices.

 

Pralong said four areas with high dust values are Din Daeng, near Vibhavadi Forest Park Road, an area with heavy traffic; the Victory Monument area, where two prototypes could be used as there are hospitals and heavy traffic; and Lumpini Park, where people exercise.

 

The wet scrubber prototypes can absorb two cubic metres of air per second, or 172,000 cubic metres per day. On average, they can absorb 150,000 cubic metres per day. Each device, costing Bt300,000 and built by Thai technicians, can effectively handle an area of about 50,000 square metres. The know-how will be distributed to the public, so more of the machines can be built to tackle PM2.5 dust pollution.

 

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Wet scrubbers eh?

 

Now in the UK that would refer to something rather different, although they could be found easily in Bangkok

Four? Has anyone told them how big Bangkok is? The term drop in the ocean comes to mind in terms of the effect four scrubbers will have.

It's like trying to drill holes in water..  very efficient ????. Someone is about to line his pockets with this..

They should talk to Dyson .. Maybe be can sort out a few cyclone devices. Since he gave up the making EV in Singapore ... He should have some spare R&D capacity.  Down side .. they may cost a bit more than 300K ..  If you pro-rate the cost of his hair driers ..

Ban burning for a month, impose heavy fines and get your useless officials on the ground, see then if the air is any clearer, I bet both my left and right ones it will be.

 

No doubt that will be less brown envelopes for you big bosses from the sugar cane factories.

Edited January 21, 20206 yr by 4MyEgo

1 hour ago, darksidedog said:

Four? Has anyone told them how big Bangkok is? The term drop in the ocean comes to mind in terms of the effect four scrubbers will have.

"On average, they can absorb 150,000 cubic metres per day."

 

One cubic kilometre of Bangkok air is 1,000,000,000 cubic metres. Bangkok has an area of 1500 sq kilometres.

A drop in the ocean is a gross over estimation imho.

 

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The know-how will be distributed to the public, so more of the machines can be built to tackle PM2.5 dust pollution.

They've finally solved the problem! Make tiny ones that all people can keep on their balconies.

2 hours ago, kotsak said:

It's like trying to drill holes in water..  very efficient ????. Someone is about to line his pockets with this..

No problem doing that .... Just freeze it first ???? ...

Once again , pretty much the same as everything other problem here. Too little too late.

What is wrong with these idiots? Stop the farmers burning crops....  job done.

“can effectively handle an area of about 50,000 square metres”

 

which is 0.05 square kilometres. 

3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

On average, they can absorb 150,000 cubic metres per day. Each device, costing Bt300,000 and built by Thai technicians

 

3 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

Ban burning for a month, impose heavy fines and get your useless officials on the ground, see then if the air is any clearer, I bet both my left and right ones it will be.

 

No doubt that will be less brown envelopes for you big bosses from the sugar cane factories.

 

don't worry they'll be banning again, i reckon about 2nd week of April 

 

They'll be placed right in the area of the local senators homes. How conveniently located.

12 hours ago, Crossy said:

Wet scrubbers eh?

 

Now in the UK that would refer to something rather different, although they could be found easily in Bangkok

this is pretty much how Thailand deals with most things - do nothing to prevent it happening then do something totally ineffective to deal with it when it does

 

It's like road safety - fatal crashes all over the country by people driving like lunatics, what do they do - set up a static checkpoint checking for helmets 

13 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Four? Has anyone told them how big Bangkok is? The term drop in the ocean comes to mind in terms of the effect four scrubbers will have.

They might put 4 firehoses on buildings and spray too? LOL.

Would it make a bit of sense to invest in machinery farmers could use instead of burning crops to bring the harvest in?

Should adopt this idea "Air purifiers on top of buses"

 

https://www.dezeen.com/2018/10/04/air-filtering-bus-go-ahead-uk-transport-technology/

 

????

That's right, we humans are so deficient that we try to solve a problem by creating others!
Instead of solving the problem of air at the source, we install air purifiers that work with electricity, to make this electricity you need to burn more raw resources, this entails an increase in pollution, which genes we are!
Do we want to eliminate the human species? We are well on our way!

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Four wet scrubber prototypes to be installed in capital to deal with air pollution

If you don't know what to do, as it seems, look at what other countries have already done with good results!

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

effectively handle an area of about 50,000 square metres

That is a circle with a radius of 126.2 m.

 

The area of Bangkok is 1,569,000,000 Square meters therefore it would take 31,380 of these devices to cover the city! Practicality at its finest!

18 minutes ago, Prairieboy said:

That is a circle with a radius of 126.2 m.

 

The area of Bangkok is 1,569,000,000 Square meters therefore it would take 31,380 of these devices to cover the city! Practicality at its finest!

Nevermind the rest of the country! These geniuses should be awarded the Nobel prize for stupidity! 

Anybody remember the bomb detecting sticks that were sold to the Thai government? Sounds like snake oil to me. You would probably need 100,000 of these in Bangkok to make even a small dent and what about the water needed to run these. Just enforce the laws, what’s so difficult?????

So filtering "150,000 cubic metres per day" is enough for an area of "50,000 square metres"... It's not mentioned how exactly they plan to install them but if they try use the outdoor this area value is too high, wo cubic meters of air being cleaned per second would have a negligible effect 50 meters away from the device (which should still be withing the advertised area).

 

They could use those to filter the air for large enclosed public spaces that are not already filtered.

These guys are on standby when this sniveling attempt fails????

 

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Rajaprajanugroh Foundation Under Royal Patronage has provided four wet scrubber prototypes to deal with PM2.5 airborne dust particles for installation in highly polluted areas, Pollution Control Department director-general Pralong Dumrongthai said.

The man is a complete imbecile... he thinks he can suck in the air and clean it?

Is he going to clean the whole of Thailand as it pulls in air from surrounding areas?

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The wet scrubber prototypes can absorb two cubic metres of air per second,

so only 999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,... machines needed

Construction sites are a very minor issue. Sugar cane burning is a major issue. Is anything being done about that? Are alternative crops being encouraged? Are alternatives to burning being discussed? Are current penalties against burning being enforced, by an administration that is famous for a lack of follow up? 

 

What about diesel? Thailand is one of the few nations in the world that is actively promoting the sale of diesel vehicles and trucks. Most other nations have figured out how much of a hazard they are to humans. When they are not maintained properly (how many Thais engage in regular maintenance on their vehicles?) they spew excessive PM 2.5 into the air. 

 

How about converting the diesel power plants to natural gas? What else is being done by this stunningly incompetent administration, and the non visionary leaders within the hapless army? They are literally killing the people with their indifference and lack of planning. The army needs to resign now. They need to admit to massive failure, on an epic level, and get out now. They used to be an institution that commanded some respect. That has been lost. They are now perhaps the most despised institution in the nation. They are the DNA. The do nothing army.

4 hours ago, smedly said:

this is pretty much how Thailand deals with most things - do nothing to prevent it happening then do something totally ineffective to deal with it when it does

Here is another example  just the other day  a local gathered up all the leaves and assorted rubbish ( plastic) and started burning it... someone complained and the  estate management came  to put the fire out,

then ( here's the good bit) they came back with machetes and started cutting down all the trees..so there would be no more leaves to burn .. genius right ?  

 

After a bit of arguing we managed to stop them cutting down most of the trees but they got a military haircut !!!