A MANUAL OF ELECTROSTATIC PREQURFTATOR
TECHNOLOGY - PART 1 - FUNDAMENTALS
Sabert Oglesby, et al
Southern Research Institute
Birmingham, Alabama
25 August 1970
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ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR TECHNOLOGY
PART | - FUNDAMENTALS
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T6. Abstracts
The state of technology of electrostatic precipitation for particulate emission control
is reported. This report is intended to serve as a basic handbook on the subject of elec-
trostatic precipitation covering the entire system including fundamental theory, design,
operation, and application. Its purpose is to provide a source of information that will
be of benefit to the researcher, manufacturer, and user of electrostatic precipitators.
The systems study included a review of literature pertaining to electrostatic precipita~
tion, a comprehensive review of precipitator fundamentals, a survey and review of the use|
of precipitators in each of eight major application areas, and a review of the potential
for electrostatic precipitators in new applications. In order to provide information use-|
ful to a wide range of users, this manual is organized to present a general review of the|
precipitation process, with qualitative relationships between the various precipitator
functions, and a detailed quantitative analysis of each of the system functions. Particul
emphasis is placed on the validity of the theoretical derivations in view of th ‘verh
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