Three-dimensional analysis of electrohydrodynamic flow in a spiked electrode-plate electrostatic precipitator

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 419-428

  Farnoosh, N ^a   Adamiak, K ^a   Castle, G S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corona discharge; Electrohydrodynamics; Electrostatic precipitator; Spiked electrode

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW DISTRIBUTION; CORONA DISCHARGES; CURRENT CONTINUITY; DIFFERENT PLANES; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUENT SOFTWARE; FLUX CORRECTED TRANSPORTS; HYBRID FINITE ELEMENTS; ION CHARGE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; SPIKED ELECTRODE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; WIRE-PLATE ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS;

ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE MODELS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 79960910596     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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