Efficiency of smoke removal by charged water droplets

Wamadeva Balachandran; Anatol Jaworek; Andrzej Krupa; J Kulon; Marcin Lackowski

doi:10.1016/S0304-3886(03)00049-4

Efficiency of smoke removal by charged water droplets

Wamadeva Balachandran, Anatol Jaworek, Andrzej Krupa, J Kulon, Marcin Lackowski

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The removal of fine aerosol particles such as dust or smoke by charged droplets was investigated experimentally. The droplets were sprayed by a rotary atomiser and simultaneously charged inductively. The cigarette smoke was used as a source of submicrometer dust. Smoke was charged in a specially designed corona-discharge charger. The suppression of particle concentration was determined after different time intervals of spraying of water. The electrical charging of droplets significantly increases the efficiency of removal of fine particles from air as compared to the uncharged aerosol. Further improvement was obtained after charging smoke particles. The cleaning process was up to four times better for charged smoke and droplets than that for uncharged species. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	209-220
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Electrostatics
Volume	58
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3886(03)00049-4
Publication status	Published - Jun 2003

Keywords

scrubbing
particle charge
smoke removal
droplet charge
AEROSOL-PARTICLES
SPHERICAL COLLECTOR
ELECTRICAL FORCES
SPRAY SCRUBBERS
DUST PARTICLES
DEPOSITION
SINGLE
DROPS
MECHANISM
SPHERES

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