The article examines the potential for a particulate-laden sulfur dioxide scrubbing system within the performance of tapered bubble columns generating fractional gas. Quiescent batch studies found that various particle concentrations improved the removal efficiency of sulfur dioxide by 14 – 27 percent. These figures were elucidated via adsorptive mass transport. Subsequent experiments evaluated the performance of this system under continuous mode for scrubbing using water and dilute sodium hydroxide.