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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2001
Andrew E. Page, Kansas City, MO (US);
Plamen Doynov, Kansas City, MO (US);
Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO (US);
Abstract
A size preferential electrostatic agglomerator is provided for agglomerating small particles with larger “carrier” particles. The agglomerator includes an inlet for receiving a gas flow, a separator for separating the gas flow into flow streams based on the size of the particles therein, an ionization region for imparting an opposite electrical charge to each of the flow streams, an agglomeration region receiving the flow streams to facilitate the agglomeration of the oppositely charged particles, and an outlet for exhausting the gas flow containing agglomerated particles to facilitate collection, processing or other activity on the agglomerated particles. The present invention provides an efficient system for gathering large amounts of small particles in a gas flow.