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Study of rapping reentrainment emissions from a pilot-scale electrostatic precipitator. [TVA Bull Run plant-scale test]

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5694381
The article gives results of a test program to determine the quantity and size distribution of rapping reentrainment emissions from a large pilot-scale electrostatic precipitator (ESP) at TVA's Bull Run steam plant. The ESP current density and specific collection area were varied during the testing. The data were compared to information from full-scale ESPs that had been used to derive generic relationships for rapping reentrainment incorporated in the mathematical model of precipitation. The studies showed that the character of the rapping emissions measured on the pilot ESP differs from the generic rapping used in the ESP model.
Research Organization:
Southern Research Inst., Birmingham, AL (USA)
OSTI ID:
5694381
Report Number(s):
PB-86-156957/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English