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AEROSOL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 3, Pages 197-213Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/027868200303731
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This study investigated the effect of using a stainless steel fibrous filter as the ground electrode of a point-to-plate electrostatic precipitator on particle penetration. The effect of the electrical field on particle penetration was investigated at 4 different filter face velocities (25, 50, 100, and 125 cm/s) for monodisperse PSL and silica particles (size range 0.05-1 m) as well as polydisperse ammonium sulfate, ammonium nitrate, and ultrafine indoor air particles. Particle penetration was greatly reduced by the application of the electrical field. By comparison, the performance of electrically active fibrous filters has been shown to rapidly degrade as particle loading exceeds 2-3 g/m(2). The effect of particle loading on particle penetration was also investigated at a filter face velocity of 50 cm/s. Particle penetration seemed to slightly decrease with particle loading and was independent of particle size. These results indicated that the accumulation of nonconductive particles up to 15 cm(3)/m(2) does not create back corona, which would substantially decrease the collection efficiency of the grounded filter. In conclusion, our experiments suggest that using metal filters as the collector electrodes mag be an attractive alternative design for electrostatic precipitators.
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