Dust collector

• US 6,602,329 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2002
• Issued: 08/05/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Environmental Solutions Ltd (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• Inventors: Ueda, Yasutoshi, Tomimatsu, Kazutaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Chiesa, Richard L.
• Application Number:
  US10/227,843
• Publication Number:
  US 20030000388A1
• Time in Patent Office: 343 Days
• Field of Search: 96/27, 96/53, 96/2, 95/65, 95/71, 553/60, 239/690, 239/705
• US Class Current: 96/27
• CPC Class Codes: B03C 3/013 Conditioning by chemical additives, e.g. with SO3
• CPC Class Codes: B03C 3/014 Addition of water; Heat exchange, e.g. by condensation
• CPC Class Codes: B03C 3/0175 Amassing particles by electric fields, e.g. agglomeration
• CPC Class Codes: B03C 3/16 wet type

Abstract

A dust collector for collecting dust, in which the rarefaction of a dielectric at the rear part of electric field forming apparatus is prevented, whereby the collecting efficiency can be increased. The dust collector includes a charging device for charging a substance to be collected, such as dust and mist, contained in a gas; a sprayer device for spraying a dielectric on the substance to be collected which is charged by the charging device; an electric field forming device, having first and second electrodes and which form a direct current electric field and dielectrically polarize the dielectric sprayed by the spray device; and a dielectric collecting device for collecting the dielectric which has arrested the substance to be collected. The spray device includes grounding device and for electrically grounding the dielectric before being sprayed to let a charge of the dielectric escape.

Claims

1. A dust collector, comprising:

charging means for charging a substance which is contained in a gas and is to be collected;

spray means for spraying a dielectric on said substance to be collected charged by said charging means;

electric field forming means, having first and second electrodes for forming a direct current electric field, for dielectrically polarizing said dielectric sprayed by said spray means by means of said direct current electric field, wherein said polarized dielectric arrests said substance;

dielectric collecting means for collecting said dielectric which has arrested said substance to be collected; and

a plurality of corona discharge sections arranged in the flow direction of said gas at given intervals and formed on the opposed surfaces of said first and second electrodes to generate band-shaped uniform corona discharge perpendicular to the gas flow, said dielectric provided with a charge of reverse polarity alternately by the corona discharge.

2. The dust collector according to claim 1, wherein the arrangement interval between said corona discharge sections on said first electrode and the arrangement interval between said corona discharge sections on said second electrode are set so as to be equal to each other, and both of said corona discharge sections have an arrangement phase difference of ½

of said arrangement interval in the flow direction of said gas.

3. The dust collector according to claim 2, wherein the rear parts of said first and second electrodes are extended, and a plurality of said corona discharge sections are formed in the flow direction of said gas on one of these extensions only.

4. The dust collector according to claim 1, wherein the rear parts of said first and second electrodes are extended, and a plurality of said corona discharge sections are formed in the flow direction of said gas on one of these extensions only.

5. A dust collector, comprising:

charging means for charging a substance which is contained in a gas and is to be collected;

spray means for spraying a dielectric on said substance to be collected charged by said charging means;

electric field forming means, having first and second electrodes for forming a direct current electric field, for dielectrically polarizing said dielectric sprayed by said spray means by means of said direct current electric field, wherein said polarized dielectric arrests said substance; and

dielectric collecting means for collecting said dielectric which has arrested said substance to be collected,

wherein the distribution of said dielectric sprayed by said spray means is set so that the distribution of said dielectric at the rear part of said first and second electrodes is uniformed.

6. The dust collector according to claim 5, wherein a plurality of stages of the pair of said spray means and said electric field forming means are disposed.

7. The dust collector according to claim 6, wherein fresh water is sprayed from spray means of at least the most downstream stage of said plurality of spray means, and circulating water is sprayed from spray means excluding said spray means which sprays fresh water.

8. The dust collector according to claim 7, wherein said spray means of the most downstream stage has a nozzle for atomizing said fresh water to an average diameter not larger than 50 μ

m.

9. A The dust collector according to claim 5, further comprising:

a dielectric circulating system for supplying said dielectric from a dielectric storage tank to said spray means and for returning the sprayed dielectric from said spray means to said storage tank;

dielectric supply means for supplying a fresh dielectric to said dielectric storage tank;

dielectric discharge means for discharging said dielectric in said dielectric storage tank;

absorbent charging means for charging an absorbent in said dielectric storage tank, said absorbent being used to absorb a reaction product produced by a substance in said gas; and

control means for controlling the quantity of dielectric supplied by said dielectric supply means and the quantity of dielectric discharged by said dielectric discharge means so that the concentration of said reaction product exhibits a value within a given range and for controlling the quantity of absorbent charged by said absorbent charging means so that the pH value of said dielectric exhibits a value within a given range.

10. A dust collector, comprising:

charging means for charging a substance which is contained in a gas and is to be collected;

spray means for spraying a dielectric on said substance to be collected charged by said charging means;

electric field forming means, having first and second electrodes for forming a direct current electric field, for dielectrically polarizing said dielectric sprayed by said spray means by means of said direct current electric field, wherein said polarized dielectric arrests said substance; and

dielectric collecting means for collecting said dielectric which has arrested said substance to be collected,

wherein said spray means is provided with charge providing means for providing said dielectric before being sprayed with a charge having a reverse polarity of the charging polarity of said substance to be collected.

11. The dust collector according to claim 10 wherein said charge providing means is configured so as to supply ionized air to said dielectric before being sprayed.

12. The dust collector according to claim 10 wherein said charge providing means is configured so that magnetism in the direction perpendicular to the flow direction of said dielectric is applied to said dielectric before being sprayed.

13. The dust collector according to claim 10, wherein a plurality of stages of the pair of said spray means and said electric field forming means are disposed.

14. The dust collector according to claim 10, further comprising:

a dielectric circulating system for supplying said dielectric form a dielectric storage tank to said spray means and for returning the sprayed dielectric from said spray means to said storage tank;

dielectric supply means for supplying a fresh dielectric to said dielectric storage tank;

dielectric discharge means for discharging said dielectric in said dielectric storage tank;

absorbent charging means for charging an absorbent in said dielectric storage tank, said absorbent being used to absorb a reaction product produced by a substance in said gas; and

control means for controlling the quantity of dielectric supplied by said dielectric supply means and the quantity of dielectric discharged by said dielectric discharge means so that the concentration of said reaction product exhibits a value within a given range and for controlling the quantity of absorbent charged by said absorbent charging means so that the pH value of said dielectric exhibits a value within a given range.

15. A dust collector comprising:

a charging unit configured to charge a substance which is contained in a gas and is to be collected;

a spray unit configured to spray a dielectric on said substance to be collected;

an electric field forming device configured with first and second electrodes to form a direct current electric field, said direct current electric field dielectrically polarizing said dielectric sprayed by said spray unit such that a polarized dielectric arrests said substance;

a dielectric collector configured to collect said dielectric which has arrested said substance to be collected;

a plurality of corona discharge sections arranged in a flow direction of said gas at given intervals, formed on opposed surfaces of said first and second electrodes, and configured to generate a band-shaped uniform corona discharge perpendicular to the gas flow; and

said dielectric provided alternately with a charge of reverse polarity by the corona discharge.

16. A dust collector comprising:

a charging unit configured to charge a substance which is contained in a gas and is to be collected;

a spray unit configured to spray a dielectric on said substance to be collected charged by said charging unit;

an electric field forming device configured with first and second electrodes to form a direct current electric field, said direct current electric field dielectrically polarizing said dielectric sprayed by said spray unit such that a polarized dielectric arrests said substance;

a dielectric collecting device configured to collect said dielectric which has arrested said substance to be collected; and

said spray unit configured to provide a spray distribution of said dielectric sprayed such that the distribution of said dielectric at a rear part of said first and second electrodes is uniform.

17. A dust collector comprising:

a charging unit configured to charge a substance which is contained in a gas and is to be collected;

a spray unit configured to spray a dielectric on said substance to be collected charged by said charging unit;

an electric field forming device configured with first and second electrodes to form a direct current electric field, said direct current electric field dielectrically polarizing said dielectric sprayed by said spray unit such that a polarized dielectric arrests said substance;

a dielectric collecting device configured to collect said dielectric which has arrested said substance to be collected; and

said spray unit is provided with a charge providing unit configured to provide the dielectric before being sprayed with a charge having a reverse polarity of a charging polarity of said substance to be collected.