Numerical calculations of submicron particle removal in a spike-plate electrostatic precipitator

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1439-1452

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

charge to mass ratio; electrohydrodynamics; Electrostatic precipitator; particle charging and transport; spiked corona electrode; submicron particle collection

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; APPLIED VOLTAGES; CHARGE-TO-MASS RATIOS; COLLECTING PLATES; COMPLEX INTERACTION; CORONA DISCHARGE ELECTRODES; CORONA ELECTRODE; DC VOLTAGE; DIFFUSION CHARGING; DISCRETE RANDOM WALK; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUX CORRECTED TRANSPORTS; HYBRID FINITE ELEMENTS; LABORATORY SCALE; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PARTICLE CHARGING AND TRANSPORT; PARTICLE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; PARTICLE MIGRATION; PARTICULATE FLOWS; SINGLE STAGE; SUB-MICRON PARTICLES; SUBMICRON PARTICLE REMOVAL; USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 80054074568     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2011.6032814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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