3-D numerical simulation of particle concentration effect on a single-wire ESP performance for collecting poly-dispersed particles

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 211-220

  Farnoosh, Niloofar ^a   Adamiak, Kazimierz ^a   Castle, G S Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

electrohydrodynamics; Electrostatic precipitation; numerical simulation; particle charging; particle transport and deposition; poly dispersed particles

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARTICLE CHARGING; PARTICLE TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION; POLY-DISPERSED PARTICLES;

CHARGE DENSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW OF GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; WIRE;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 79551626280     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2011.5704512     Document Type: Article

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