High conversion electrostatic precipitator
First Claim
1. A system for electrostatic precipitator deposition of material from a stream of gas flowing in a direction from upstream to downstream in a housing, comprising:
- means for producing a swaying deposition path of said stream of gas, including a plurality of rows of alternately first and second negative electrodes, said first and second negative electrodes and said rows being transverse to said flow direction and defining respective spacings between said first and second negative electrodes, the first and second negative electrodes having first and second edges respectively and in each row being staggered with respect to the first and second negative electrodes of next adjacent rows upstream and downstream from it, a plurality of positive electrodes in rectangular-grid disposition, each positive electrode being located in-line between a first edge of a first negative electrode and a second edge of a first negative electrode adjacently downstream from the first edge of the first negative electrode, thereby producing said swaying deposition path.
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Abstract
An electrostatic precipitator with an inlet and outlet duct having corona forming discharge electrodes to ionize the particulate in the gas stream, and multi-lateral stages of collecting zones to collect particulate from the gas stream by impingement and polarity action. The collecting zones are isolated from the flowing gas so the collected particulate can fall away from the gas stream and avoid intermixing with the gas during the normal cycle of operation and during rapping, to minimize particulate re-entrainment. An improved system of balancing the gas stream as it enters the precipitator and during the course of movement through the collecting zones includes flow dividers located between the edges of the collecting electrodes and movable downstream to provide larger flow openings and movable upstream to provide smaller flow openings, thus producing desired flow control. The flow dividers can be set in desired position by making an adjustment at attaching brackets either locally or by remote control through a bell-crank linkage. These features produce uniform flow and gas cleaning through all collecting zones.
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1. A system for electrostatic precipitator deposition of material from a stream of gas flowing in a direction from upstream to downstream in a housing, comprising:
- means for producing a swaying deposition path of said stream of gas, including a plurality of rows of alternately first and second negative electrodes, said first and second negative electrodes and said rows being transverse to said flow direction and defining respective spacings between said first and second negative electrodes, the first and second negative electrodes having first and second edges respectively and in each row being staggered with respect to the first and second negative electrodes of next adjacent rows upstream and downstream from it, a plurality of positive electrodes in rectangular-grid disposition, each positive electrode being located in-line between a first edge of a first negative electrode and a second edge of a first negative electrode adjacently downstream from the first edge of the first negative electrode, thereby producing said swaying deposition path.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- 8. In an electrostatic precipitator system for collecting suspended matter from a primary flowing gas stream comprising a housing with inlet and outlet openings, a plurality of discharge electrodes for ionizing suspended matter, a plurality of collecting electrodes with rounded edges for resisting arcing and re-enforced by respective central trough-shaped depressions, said plurality of collecting electrodes located at said housing in parallel row arrangement with gas stream flow spaces between them forming a plurality of collection zones, said collecting electrodes including first negative electrodes and second negative electrodes, the second negative electrodes comprising a plurality of flow dividers, each said row having a plurality of said flow dividers in the respective flow spaces, said flow dividers and first negative electrodes being staggered in each row relative to adjacent rows, thereby breaking up said primary flowing gas stream into a plurality of smaller gas streams, said plurality of smaller gas streams being directed to flow in a swaying manner and always in downstream direction, alternately contracting and expanding and forming hour-glass patterns in combination with adjoining said smaller gas streams of said plurality.
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11. An improved method of creating flow resistance and balance at an inlet flow end of a flowing gas purifying electrostatic precipitator system having said inlet flow end and downstream therefrom a plurality of rows of laterally spaced plates transverse to the flow of gas, and in each row between said laterally spaced plates locating respective flow dividers for forming inlet flow apertures for improving gas distribution thereinto and stratification downstream therefrom, comprising the steps:
- (a) moving flow dividers at the inlet flow end to vary said inlet flow apertures; and
(b) moving flow dividers spaced from said inlet flow apertures within rows of said plurality of rows and thereby creating flow resistance and breaking up stratification.
- (a) moving flow dividers at the inlet flow end to vary said inlet flow apertures; and
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12. A method of producing desired flow resistance and balance in selected locations in a path of flowing gas in an electrostatic precipitator that is subject to rapping, and providing quiescent zones clear of the flowing gas for receiving collected particulate and minimizing particulate re-entrainment during said rapping, comprising the steps:
(a) interposing in the flowing gas a first row of collecting electrode plates having spaces between them and disposed transverse to the flowing gas, (b) diverting from selected locations the flowing gas by interposing a second row of collecting electrode plates downstream from the first row of collecting electrode plates and staggered laterally with respect thereto, thereby providing said quiescent zones;
(c) interspersing a respective flow divider between collecting electrode plates in each said row and (d) repeating steps (a) (b) and (c) above.- View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A system for balancing flow resistance in a gas-flow purifying electrostatic precipitator having a plurality of electrostatic elements having lateral spacings in a row transverse to said gas flow, characterized by:
- every alternate electrostatic element being a flow divider and having an adjustment means permitting moving all said flow dividers in a direction transverse to said row and changing said spacings, and a bellcrank mechanism for holding said flow dividers for movement together when moved.
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