Numerical analysis of the electric field in plate-type electrostatic separators

Abstract

The high intensity of the electric field of a plate-type electrostatic separator depends on the shape, size and relative position of the electrodes. An extended zone of qnasi-uniform intense electric field may contribute to a significant improvement of the electrostatic separation efficiency. In this paper, the analysis of the electric field was camed out using Prof. Levin's "Charge Simulation Program", which is based on the Boundary Element Method and is provided with advanced pre-and post-processing capabilities. Several electric field configurations were studied. The circular profile tubular highvoltage ("active") electrode was shown to generate an intense electric field on only 213 of the grounded ("passive") electrode. Two cylindrical rtactiveff electrodes might improve the situation. By using an ellipse profile tubular "active" electrode the resulted electric field was more uniform and the separation efficiency could be expected to increase. This work is a 6rst step towards a numerical procedure for the computation of particle trajectories and the optimization of the electrode system of platetype separators.

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