Multi-nozzle electrospray system for gas cleaning processes

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

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    Abstract

    A multi-nozzle electrospray system was developed as a charged droplet Source for cleaning a gas contaminated with fine particles. The efficiency of removal of title particles from the gas can be significantly increased, as compared to uncharged sprays, when the droplets are electrically charged. In the presented experiments, the spray of the droplets of size lower than 100 mu m was charged either positively or negatively. Cigarette smoke was used as a source of submicrometer particles. The suppression of the particle concentration was determined after different time intervals of spraying of water. Further improvement in gas cleaning was obtained after charging the smoke particles using a specially designed corona charger. The efficiency of the cleaning process was similar to that obtained for droplets generated by mechanical atomisers with induction charging, but the electrospraying allowed decreasing the water consumption LIP to about three times. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)194-202
    Number of pages9
    JournalJournal of Electrostatics
    Volume64
    Issue number3-4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2006

    Keywords

    • electrospray
    • droplets
    • particles
    • smoke
    • corona
    • DROPLET SPRAY SCRUBBERS
    • CHARGED WATER DROPLET
    • AEROSOL-PARTICLES
    • DUST PARTICLES
    • COLLECTION
    • DEPOSITION
    • EFFICIENCY
    • STREAM
    • SINGLE

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