A semi-empirical approach to predict the total collection efficiency of electrostatic precipitators

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 148-50, Issue , 1996, Pages 315-331

  Zhao, Zhong Ming ^a   Pfeffer, Robert ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective migration velocity; Electrostatic precipitator; Normal distribution; Total collection efficiency

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); VELOCITY;

DEUTSCH-ANDERSON EQUATION; EFFECTIVE MIGRATION VELOCITY; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; MASS MEDIAN DIAMETER; TOTAL COLLECTION EFFICIENCY;

ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS;

EID: 0030397161     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986449608936522     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Flagan, Richard C. and John H. Seinfeld, "Fundamentals of Air Pollution Engineering", Chapters 5 and 7, Prentice Hall Inc., (1988).
2. Dullien, F.A.L., "Introduction to Industrial Gas Cleaning", Chapter 7, Academic Press, Inc., (1989).
3. Cooper, David C. and Alley, F.C., "Air Pollution Control", Second Edition, Chapter 5, Waveland Press, Inc., (1994).
4. Gooch, John, P. and Francis, Norman L., "A Theoretically Based Mathematical Model for Calculation of Electrostatic Precipitator Performance", J. Air Poll. Contr. Assoc. 25(2), 108-113 (1975).
5. Leonard, G., Mitchner, M. and Self, S.A., "Particle Transport in Electrostatic Precipitators", Atmos. Environ., 14, 1289-1299 (1980).
6. Cooperman, Gene, "A Unified Efficiency Theory for Electrostatic Precipitators", Atoms. Environ., 18(2), 277-285 (1984).
7. Riehle, Claus and Löffler, Frienrich, "Can the Effective Migration Rate Increase Observed in Electrostatic Precipitators with Wider Plate-Spacings or Faster Gas Streams really be Regarded as a Non-Deutschian Phenomenon?", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Electrostatic Precipitation, 104-122, International Academic Publisher, Beijing, September 14-19, (1990).
8. Robinson, Myron, "A Modified Deutsch Efficiency Equation for Electrostatic Precipitation", Atmos. Environ., 1, 193-204 (1967).
9. Cooperman, P., "A New Theory of Precipitator Efficiency", Atmos. Environ., 5, 541-551 (1971).
10. Kunz, R.G. and Hanna, O.T., "Analytical Relationship for Influence of Particle Size on Precipitator Design", Ind. Eng. Chem. Process Des. Dev., 11(4), 623-626 (1972).
11. Cooperman, Philip and Cooperman, Gene D. "Precipitator Efficiency for Log-normal Distributions", Atmos, Environ., 16(2), 307-313 (1982).
12. Petersen, Helge Hoegh, "A Precipitator Sizing Formula", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Electrostatic Precipitation, 330-338, International Academic Publisher, Beijing, September 14-19 (1990).
13. Liu, Hou-Qi and Lin, Hong, "Electrostatic Precipitators", Chapters 2 and 4, Chinese Architecture Publisher, (1984).
14. Licht, William, "Air Pollution Control Engineering", Second Edition, Chapters 2 and 7, Marcel Dekker, Inc., (1988).
15. Tardos, Gabriel I., Snaddon, Robert W.L. and Dietz, Peter W., "Electrical Charge Measurements on Fine Airborne Particles", IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IA-20(6), 1578-1583, November/December (1984).
16. Zhao, Zhong-Ming, "Mathematical Models of Electrostatically Enhanced Fibrous Filters and Their Applications", Ph.D. Dissertation, Northeastern University, P. R. China, December (1992).
17. Weiss, Neil A. and Hassett, Matthew J., "Introductory Statistics", Second Edition, Chapter 6, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, June (1989).
18. Tan, Tian-You and Liang, Feng-Zheng, "Technology of Industrial Ventilation and Dust Collection", Chapters 12 and 19, Chinese Architecture Publisher, (1984).