Experimental investigation of removal of flue gas emissions exhaust from municipal solid waste incinerator using photovoltaic-based electrostatic precipitator

Abstract

For the past decades, the ue gas emitted from Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator, Power Plant, and various industries are a permanent problem for the environment and has been affecting human life. Many ue gas ltration devices have been emerging out over the years. Although the Electrostatic Precipitator was an appropriate device due to high ltration e ciency, little pressure drop and energy e ciency, the cost and design of the Electrostatic Precipitator is a major restriction for manufacturers and end-users. With recent advances in technology,designing a cost-effective and less complex electrostatic precipitator has become mandatory. This article aims to design and develop a solar-powered costeffective Needle-Plate typeelectrostatic precipitator which includes a static power converters and high voltage Transformer-Recti er (T-R) set with an input voltage as 230V AC, output voltage as 80kV Direct Current (DC) and output current of40mA for mitigation of Flue gas emissions exhaust from Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator. The analysis of ue gas at ESP inlet and outlet has been performed using Ecotech stack sampler and ue gas analyzer. The obtained experimental results are validated with Emission standards provided in the Solid Waste Management rules book-India 2016.