A venturi scrubber plate for a waste capture system and method for a waste
material entrained in a fluid flow includes an enclosure having a flood
sheet over which a liquid flows into a collection trough, an exhaust
device which draws the fluid flow from the enclosure, across the
collection trough, and through a throat section to a primary scrubber
section, the venturi scrubber plate including a plate which is mounted on
and substantially covers the collection trough, which has defined therein
a plurality of holes, and through which the fluid flow containing the
waste material flows, wherein the plate imposes a venturi effect on the
fluid flow effective to accelerate the fluid flow so that turbulent mixing
of the fluid flow containing the waste material and the liquid takes place
and results in improved capture of waste material by the liquid ahead of
the primary scrubber section.
