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Rapping reentrainment in a near full scale pilot electrostatic precipitator. Final report May 1975-April 1978

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6149498
The report gives results of a research program to identify the characteristics of particulate matter reintroduced into a gas stream flowing through an electrostatic precipitator (ESP) attributable to collection electrode rapping. The study included both fundamental and experimental studies of dust layer behavior in a pilot-scale ESP with collection electrodes of a size that approximates those in a full-scale field unit. Results of the pilot study, together with those of a related study of full-scale ESPs collecting flyash from coal-fired boilers, were used to modify the EPA Computer Systems Model of an ESP to more nearly represent the actual behavior of this class of particulate control device.
Research Organization:
Southern Research Inst., Birmingham, AL (USA)
OSTI ID:
6149498
Report Number(s):
PB-284452
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English