Methodology for Performance Evaluation of Dust Control Systems with an Application to Electrostatic Precipitators

Abstract

A general methodology is presented that enables rigorous estimation of the total collection efficiency and the size distribution of particles penetrating dust control systems. This methodology assumes lognormal inlet particle-size distributions and can be used with fractional efficiency formulations that predict, under such conditions, lognormal outlet particle-size distributions. Multimodal inlet particle distributions can be accommodated additively. This methodology is applied to Electrostatic Precipitator Systems LIST OF SYMBOLSA area of the precipitator collection plate, m 2 ; b width of the electrostatic precipitator, m;