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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1995
Ralph F Altman, Chattanooga, TN (US);
S Ronald Wysk, Stow, MA (US);
Leo A Smolensky, Concord, MA (US);
Bruce H Easom, Groton, MA (US);
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrostatically enhanced separator (EES) provides mechanical and electrostatic separation of particles from gas stream to yield a compact and highly efficient separation system. The EES (10) may be incorporated in a collection system as well using a conventional collection device such as a cyclone collector (32), bag filter (37) or electrostatic precipitator (38). The EES (10) includes a cylindrical-walled separation chamber (12) with an inlet passage (13), a clean flow outlet (21), and a particle outlet passage (15). The inlet passage (13) and particle outlet passage (15) are both thin elongated slits which open tangentially to the cylindrical wall of the chamber for providing a substantially flush incoming flow path dispersed lengthwise along the wall.