A sectional model to predict performance of a plate-wire electrostatic precipitator for collecting polydisperse particles

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 295-308

  Lu, Chungsying ^a   Huang, Hungsung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

POLYDISPERSITY;

AEROSOLS;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032031616     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(97)00450-3     Document Type: Article

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