Popular Post snoop1130 Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 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. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30380880 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-01-21 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 Wet scrubbers eh? Now in the UK that would refer to something rather different, although they could be found easily in Bangkok 3 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post darksidedog Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 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. 13 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kotsak Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 It's like trying to drill holes in water.. very efficient ????. Someone is about to line his pockets with this.. 14 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvaviator Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 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 .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 4MyEgo Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) 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, 2020 by 4MyEgo 15 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post edwinchester Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 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. 9 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotBenz8888 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvaviator Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 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 ???? ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE1 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Once again , pretty much the same as everything other problem here. Too little too late. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DaRoadrunner Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 What is wrong with these idiots? Stop the farmers burning crops.... job done. 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaMonkey Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 “can effectively handle an area of about 50,000 square metres” which is 0.05 square kilometres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thequietman Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 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 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GeorgeCross Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 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 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooBigToFit Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 They'll be placed right in the area of the local senators homes. How conveniently located. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smedly Posted January 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 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 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend49 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Emdog Posted January 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2020 Would it make a bit of sense to invest in machinery farmers could use instead of burning crops to bring the harvest in? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 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/ ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30la Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 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! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30la Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 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! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairieboy Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mickey rat Posted January 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2020 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! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
448glb Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 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????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokat Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 These guys are on standby when this sniveling attempt fails???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 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? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin case Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 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 !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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