Electrostatic precipitator
An electrostatic precipitator is described for cleaning a gas flowing therethrough comprising a shell having a gas inlet and outlet port and defining a gas chamber therein. Sets of spaced collector electrodes are suspended within the shell, the collector electrodes defining gas passages therebetween. Discharge electrodes are suspended within the gas passages for ionizing particles in the gas for collection by the collector electrodes. Hoppers are suspended below the collector electrodes for collecting the particles dislodged from the collector electrodes, each of the hoppers being suspended beneath at least two of the sets of collector electrodes. A baffle assembly is suspended within each of the hoppers transverse to the gas flow; the baffle assembly includes a rigid portion extending between lower portions of adjacent sets of the collector electrodes and substantially above an outlet end of the hopper and a flexible portion connected to the rigid portion extending therefrom to the outlet end of the hopper for obstructing the flow of gas around the end of the baffle assembly to maintain the gas within the gas passages and to prevent the particles from becoming lodged between the hopper and the baffle assembly upon discharge of the particles from the hopper.
- Assignee:
- Koppers Company, Inc.
- Patent Number(s):
- US 3951624
- OSTI ID:
- 7186324
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 22 Nov 1974
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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