Bipolar charged aerosol agglomeration with alternating electric field in laminar gas flow

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 303-315

  Laitinen, A ^a   Hautanen, J ^a   Keskinen, J ^a   Kauppinen, E ^b   Jokiniemi, J ^b   Lehtinen, K ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Agglomeration; Bipolar charge; Corona; Electrostatic precipitator; Fine particles; Laminar flow; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHARGED PARTICLES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; FLY ASH; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIPOLAR CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 0030384109     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3886(96)00038-1     Document Type: Article

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