Numerical simulation of the 2-D gas flow modified by the action of charged fine particles in a single-wire ESP

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 608-614

  Adamiak, Kazimierz ^a   Atten, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LABORATOIRE D ELECTROTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Corona; Electrohydrodynamics; Electrostatic precipitators; Particle charging; Particle tracking

Indexed keywords

CORONA; CORONA DISCHARGES; CORONA MODEL; DRIFT VELOCITIES; DUST PARTICLE; EHD FLOWS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC FLOW; FINE PARTICLES; FULLY-COUPLED MODEL; GAS FLOW PATTERNS; GAS FLOWS; ION CONVECTION; IONIC SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARTICLE CHARGING; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE TRACKING; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY; SPACE CHARGE DENSITY; SUBMICROMETER PARTICLE;

AERODYNAMICS; DENSITY OF GASES; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; ION BOMBARDMENT; IONIZATION OF GASES; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 67651177833     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2009.5128495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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