Fine particle removal performance of a two-stage wet electrostatic precipitator using a nonmetallic pre-charger

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1334-1343

  Kim, Hak Joon ^a   Han, Bangwoo ^a   Oda, Tetsuji ^c   Hwang, Kyu Dong ^b   Oh, Won Seok ^b   Yoo, Seong Yeon ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; CARBON; WATER;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; FILTRATION; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; DEVICES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION; FLOW RATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TWO STAGE WET ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR; VELOCITY; WATER FLOW;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; FILTRATION; HUMANS; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

BRUSH CONDUCTORS; CARBON; DUST; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; FLOW OF WATER; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OZONE;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL STANDARDS; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; PARTICLE COLLECTION; PARTICLE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; SUBMICROMETER PARTICLE; WET ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84857022504     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2011.603994     Document Type: Article

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