Abstract: A cooling tower (2) for cooling a liquid (4) with a gas (6), which cooling tower (2) comprises: (i) a vessel (8) for receiving the gas (6) passing upwardly and the liquid (4) passing downwardly, with the liquid (4) being hotter than the gas (6); (ii) a gas outlet (4) which is at a top portion (16) of the vessel (8) and which is for allowing the gas (6) to pass out of the vessel (8), (iii) a support member (20) which is positioned across a bottom portion (22) of the vessel (8): (iv) a plurality of apertures (24) which are in the support member (20) and through which the gas (6) and the liquid (4) are able to pass; (v) a fluidised bed (26) of packing elements (28) on the support member (20); (vi) liquid emitting means (30) which is positioned in the vessel (8) above the fluidised bed (26), and which is for emitting alas liquid (4) to be cooled such the liquid (4) passes downwardly towards the fluidised bed (26); (vii) pump means (32) for pumping the liquid to the liquid emitting means (30); and (viii) a fan (34

Abstract: A cooling tower (2) for cooling a liquid (4) with a gas (6), which cooling tower (2) comprises: (i) a vessel (8) for receiving the gas (6) passing upwardly and the liquid (4) passing downwardly, with the liquid (4) being hotter than the gas (6); (ii) a gas outlet (4) which is at a top portion (16) of the vessel (8) and which is for allowing the gas (6) to pass out of the vessel (8), (iii) a support member (20) which is positioned across a bottom portion (22) of the vessel (8): (iv) a plurality of apertures (24) which are in the support member (20) and through which the gas (6) and the liquid (4) are able to pass; (v) a fluidised bed (26) of packing elements (28) on the support member (20); (vi) liquid emitting means (30) which is positioned in the vessel (8) above the fluidised bed (26), and which is for emitting alas liquid (4) to be cooled such the liquid (4) passes downwardly towards the fluidised bed (26); (vii) pump means (32) for pumping the liquid to the liquid emitting means (30); and (viii) a fan (34

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for the treatment of exhaust gas from diesel engine or other combustion type processes, the apparatus comprising liquid and Ozone gas injection means (2) and (3) respectively, for delivering the liquid and Ozone gas into a pressurised exhaust gas stream pipe (1) when the diesel engine or other type internal combustion processes are in use. The liquid and the Ozone gas commingle as the liquid is reduced to a spray of very fine droplets in order to capture sub micron particulate materials before entering a shortened reaction/contacting chamber (4) where the contents undergo a phase change before exiting and entering a gas liquid separator (5) where the liquid droplets are separated from the treated particulate materials, which are subjected to a scrubbing regime in a downstream scrubber (11) before exiting the apparatus through an exit pipe (7).

Abstract: In one proposed application provided by the present invention, and as shown in FIG. 2, CO2 is captured from a dirty flue gas in a fluid bed Turboscrubber® to be recycled rapidly to a fluid bed Turbostripper® where it is desorbed into a clean air stream for introduction to a horticultural glass-house for enhancement of fruit, vegetable or other crop growth. In a further application of the present invention as shown in FIG. 3, CO2 enriched saltwater is circulated through a tank (7), to feed Algae thereby allowing fast photosynthesis to occur in, for example, the production of bio fuels. Alternatively, if the Algae suspension is sufficiently robust, it can be pumped around a Turboscrubber® (2) and the Algae tank (7) in order to keep it in constant contact with the CO2 enriched aqueous solution.

Abstract: A packing element for use in a fluidised bed includes a continuous surface with at least one recessed portion. The recessed portion has a volume in the range of 0.2 to 30% of the volume of the packing element itself.