Electrical characteristics of electrostatic precipitator with a wet membrane-based collecting electrode

Electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) with the wet membrane-based collecting electrode play an important role on the flue gas cleaning process. However, the mechanism researches on the excellent collection efficiency of the membrane-based ESPs are insufficient. This paper aims at characterizing the excellent collection efficiency of the ESPs in the aspect of the electrical characteristics. The discharge current density and distribution of the metal and wet membranes collecting electrode were measured using the boundary probe method under different conditions. The differences of the discharge current density and distribution between the wet membranes collecting electrode and the metal one were discussed in detail. In addition, the effects of applied voltage, distance between the electrodes and discharge electrode construction on the difference of the discharge current density between the wet membranes electrode and the metal one were also presented. The results show that the discharge current density is strongly increased by the wet membranes electrode, the increased discharge current density is the main reason for the excellent collection efficiency of the membrane-based WESPs.     

Two-stage electrostatic precipitator with co- and counter-flow particle prechargers

Lab-scale, two-stage electrostatic precipitation system comprising of precharging stage, in which PM2.5 particles are electrically charged, and collection stage, in which the charged particles are removed from the flowing gas by electric field, was investigated in this paper. Two types of electrostatic particle prechargers were compared with respect to the collection efficiency of the system: (1) co-flow precharger, in which ionic current was generated co-currently with the gas conveying the particles, and (2) counter-flow precharger, in which ionic current was generated oppositely to the flowing gas. In each case, the electrodes of precharger were supplied with DC or AC high-voltage in order to compare the effect of discharge mode on the collection efficiency of two-stage electrostatic precipitator. The collection stage was formed by two parallel-plate electrodes connected to DC high voltage source. Plate electrodes without discharge points (spikes) are corona-free electrodes, which prevent the collection stage from electrical discharges, and reduce the probability of back discharge ignition. The back discharge decreases collection efficiency of conventional electrostatic precipitators.It was concluded that the co-flow electrode configuration of the precharger, supplied with DC high voltage, has the highest total number collection efficiency for PM2.5 particles, higher than 95% and the mass collection efficiency larger than 99%. The counter-flow precharger provided only about 90% number collection efficiency of two-stage electrostatic precipitator. It was also shown that by AC electrode excitation, the collection efficiency of the system is lower than for DC supply. The two-stage electrostatic precipitators allowed obtaining higher fractional collection efficiency for PM2.5 particles than other conventional systems and can be recommended as highly effective devices for gas cleaning in power plants or cement industry.     

Characterization of brush type discharge electrodes and impact of enhanced corona discharge on operation of electrostatic precipitators

This project presents the results of investigation of current/voltage characteristics of brush type discharge electrodes (BTDE) in tube type electrostatic precipitators and the effect on operation. Experimental investigations were conducted with discharge electrodes of different wire diameter and different brush diameter. The effect of electrode geometry on current/voltage behavior was recorded. Corona current with brush type discharge electrodes was modeled and compared with experimental data. Brush type discharge electrodes produce an enhanced corona current compared with wire type discharge electrodes. Limited enhanced corona has improving effect on collection efficiency. An adjusted correlation was therefore deduced from experimentally obtained current/voltage data with BTDE.     

非链式脉冲氟化氘激光器的放电特性

为了提升非链式DF激光器输出能量与电光转换效率, 使用有限元分析法, 分别计算了Chang氏电极和粗糙阴极与光滑阳极组成的平板电极间的静电场分布。对于Chang氏电极, 引入了火花针尖端强电场, 计算了火花针紫外预电离放电的电场分布。对于平板电极, 计算了阴极表面毛刺尖端的静电场分布, 发现毛刺会在阴极表面形成一系列较高强度的电场区域而不会导致平板电极间电场均匀性恶化。进而对两种电极进行了脉冲放电实验, 获得了非链式脉冲DF激光器的放电特性和输出参数。实验结果表明:均匀电场分布有利于提高非链式脉冲DF激光器的输出能量;自引发DF激光器阴极毛刺尖端强电场有利于实现体放电;自引发放电更适用于大体积均匀放电。     

Corona and back discharges in flue-gas simulating mixture

Results of spectroscopic investigations and current–voltage characteristics of electrical discharges between a needle and plate electrodes in a gas mixture simulating flue gases from coal fired power plants at atmospheric pressure are presented in the paper. In these investigations, back discharge was generated at the plate electrode covered with fly ash layer in order to simulate the conditions similar to those in electrostatic precipitators. To characterize the physical processes in back discharges, the emission spectra were measured and compared with those obtained for normal corona discharge generated in the same electrode configuration but with fly ash removed from the electrode. The emission spectra provide information on elemental and molecular composition of the layer. It was also shown that discharge characteristics in flue gas are quite different from those occurring in ambient air.     

Experimental observation of negative differential characteristic of corona discharge in ultraviolet spectrum

Corona discharge is a self-sustained discharge which appears at electrodes with a small radius curvature in gas insulation. An almost invisible glow occurs just above the inception voltage. Corona phenomenon is mainly used in electro-technological processes to obtain space charge for electrostatic precipitation, separation of different particles, electrostatic liquid or solid coating, neutralization of space charge, etc. All of these processes rely on a strong nonhomogeneous electric field generated by a point – plate electrode system. When the critical value of the applied voltage is reached, the ionization processes near the point electrode start and give rise to the current between two electrodes. If the pointed electrode is positive, it is possible to observe an anomaly of the current – voltage (I-U) characteristic for the point-plate space. It means that while the voltage is raising the current density decreases in a narrow voltage area (2–3 kV). The anomaly was technically named as negative differential conductivity (dI/dU < 0). Unstable current can have a negative influence on electro-technological processes. The anomaly was detected for different shapes and materials of the electrode as well as for various temperatures and distances between electrodes. An oxidation layer, which appears on the metal electrode, also influences the ionization processes near the pointed electrode and causes a decrease of a current. In this paper measuring of the discharge activity in a point – plate electrode system is presented. Ionization of gas atoms and molecules in a high electric field and the following recombination of electrons and positive ions in the corona region can give rise to high-energy photons which produce new electrons in the field of discharge. Corona discharges are detected by DayCor Corona camera which can register UV emission generated by corona in a day light. The experiment was conducted with various shapes of the pointed electrode and distances between the high voltage and the grounded electrode under applied direct voltage with positive and negative polarity.     

Intense emission from a grid-stabilized plasma cathode

Intense emission from a grid-stabilized plasma cathode based on a glow discharge with an expanded anode area is studied. In the electrode system of the ion source, the potential difference between a large-mesh grid electrode (a hole diameter of 4–6 mm) and cathode and anode plasma reaches 200 V and the glow discharge current is up to 1 A. The current distribution over the electrodes of the plasma cathode is taken, and the dependences of the electron extraction efficiency and electron-emitting-plasma potential on the gas pressure and discharge parameters are obtained. A relationship between the geometric parameters of the grid, cathode plasma potential, and efficiency of electron extraction from the plasma is derived. It is shown that stable intense emission from the plasma cathode can be provided in wide ranges of gas pressure and discharge current by varying the geometry and mesh size of the plasma cathode grid. Discharge contraction in the grid plane at elevated gas pressures is explained. It is assumed that the emitting plasma becomes inhomogeneous due to variation in the thickness of near-electrode layers in the holes of the grid, which makes the distribution of the emission current from the plasma more nonuniform.     

TEA CO2激光器几种放电电极的比较

 从均匀场电极理论出发，计算并讨论了近似Rogowski电极、Chang电极(含紧凑式Chang电极)和Ernst电极的形状、理论电场分布和实际电场分布。对实验室所用的几种电极进行了脉冲放电实验，从而获得了TEA CO₂激光器的放电参数与输出特性，并对这些结果进行了比较和分析。计算表明，在基本参数相同的情况下，Ernst电极具有最紧凑的外形和最佳的均匀电场分布。实验表明，采用近似Rogowski电极的TEA CO₂激光器具有最大放电辉光范围和44 kV的最小放电击穿电压；采用Ernst电极的TEA CO₂激光器具有25 J的最高单脉冲能量和最大17.2%的斜率效率。最后提出了TEA CO₂激光器主电极的选择建议。     

Two-stage vs. two-field electrostatic precipitator

The paper presents comparison of the collection efficiency of semi-industrial, two-field electrostatic precipitator and two-stage electrostatic precipitator comprising an electrostatic agglomerator. The two-stage electrostatic precipitator was converted from two-field electrostatic precipitator, in which the first field was replaced by unipolar electrostatic agglomerator. The investigated electrostatic precipitator was of parallel-plate type, with spiked-wire discharge electrode between sigma type collection electrodes. In the unipolar agglomerator used in this system, the particles were charged by ion current and forced to oscillate by alternating electric field. The oscillatory motion of particles perpendicular to the gas flow causes the collision between particles and deposition of small particles onto the larger ones. The agglomerated particles were next collected by one-field electrostatic precipitator.The collection efficiency of two-stage electrostatic precipitator for PM2.5 and PM1 particles was 99.1% and 98.8%, compared to 99% and 98.1% of two-field electrostatic precipitator, respectively. The most important result of this research is that the replacement of the first field of electrostatic precipitator by an electrostatic agglomerator does not change the overall collection efficiency of the system but the power consumption of electrostatic agglomerator can be 10–50 times lower than by the replaced field of electrostatic precipitator.     

Comparison of different electrode arrangements for gas decomposition efficiency using experimental method

The environmental pollution is a central issue in the present industrial societies. Within that the air pollution and the removal of hazardous components of flue and exhaust gases are very much important.In this paper the target is to decrease of the NO_x emission by means of a technology similar to that is used in the electrostatic precipitators. In most of the papers dealing with this technique cylindrical precipitator is used as a discharge chemical reactor, and fast rising electric discharges are applied for energizing the reactor. In the industry the over helming majority of the electrostatic precipitators are plate type one.In the cylindrical precipitator the discharge electrode is parallel with the gas flow, and the corona discharge filament is perpendicular to both of them. In the case of plate type industrial electrostatic precipitator the discharge electrodes are positioned vertically, and the flow of the flue gas is horizontal. Consequently, the discharge filaments are mainly perpendicular to both the flow and the discharge electrode.In cylindrical precipitator the decomposition of NO_x is done in one filament very soon, but there is no chance to modify the byproducts with a new pulse, because the energization is the same for the whole length of the discharge electrode.In the present paper a cylindrical precipitator, a plate type precipitator with horizontal electrode, and a plate type precipitator with vertical electrode were tested. The total length of the discharge electrodes of all of the precipitators was the same.The results of the NO_x decomposition were experimentally determined, and the differences between the precipitators were investigated. The cylindrical and the plate type precipitators with vertical electrodes had shown basically similar decomposition rate, while the plate type one with horizontal discharge electrode had proven inferior to the others.     

HL-2M初始等离子体放电阶段的辉光放电清洗系统电极的设计与分析

针对HL-2M装置初始等离子体放电阶段所需的直流辉光放电清洗系统的电极进行了设计.对辉光放电清洗系统在不同工况下的系统负载进行了分析和拟定,并确定了电极结构设计分析标准.根据系统电极的结构特点并结合系统负载规范与分析标准,依据不同的失效模式对电极进行了失效分析.分析结果表明,此针对初始等离子体放电的电极设计能可靠安全运...     

Experimental study of V–I characteristics of wire–plate electrostatic precipitators under clean air conditions

In this paper a laboratory-scale model for prediction of the voltage–current characteristics of wire–plate electrostatic precipitators under clean air conditions is presented and experimentally validated. The model investigates the effect of electrode configurations, wire diameter, spacing between wire electrodes, number of discharge wires and distance between collecting plates that on voltage–current characteristic of wire–plate electrostatic precipitators. Also, this paper presents a simulation model, based on the Finite Difference Method (FDM), to simulate electric conditions of wire–plate electrostatic precipitators under clean air conditions. The experimental results of some models are compared with those obtained from the simulation models.     

Electrohydrodynamic flow patterns and collection efficiency in narrow wire-cylinder type electrostatic precipitator

Recently, narrow electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) have become a subject of interest because of their possible application for the cleaning of the exhaust gases emitted by diesel engines. Diesel engines emit fine particles, which are harmful to human and animal health. There are several methods for decrease particulate emission from a diesel engines, but up to now, these methods are not enough effective or very expensive. Therefore, an electrostatic precipitation was proposed as an alternative method for control of a diesel particulate emission.In this work, results of electrohydrodynamic (EHD) secondary flow and particle collection efficiency measurements in a narrow wire-cylinder type ESP are presented. The ESP was a glass cylinder (300 mm × 29 mm) equipped with a wire discharge electrode and two collecting cylinder-electrodes. A 0.23 mm in diameter and 100 mm long stainless-steel discharge wire electrode was mounted in the center of the cylinder, parallel to the main flow direction. The collecting electrodes were made of stainless steel cylinders, each with a length of 100 mm and inner diameter of 25.5 mm. An air flow seeded with a cigarette smoke was blown along the ESP duct with an average velocity of 0.9 m/s.The EHD secondary flow was measured using 2-dimensional particle image velocimetry (PIV) method. The PIV measurements were carried out in the wire electrode mid-plane, perpendicularly to the wire and the collecting electrodes. The results show similarities and differences of the particle flow in the wire-cylinder type ESP for a negative and a positive DC voltage polarity.The collection efficiency was calculated from the fractional particle concentration. The fractional particle concentration was measured using the optical aerosol spectrometer. The results of the fractional collection efficiency confirmed the common view that the collection efficiency of fine particles in the ESP increases with increasing voltage and it is higher for negative voltage polarity and decreases when decreasing particle diameter.     

交流等离子体显示器的红外辐射光谱

为优化交流等离子体显示器(AC PDP)的单元结构和驱动电压,采用光谱测量系统和交流等离子体显示器宏单元对电极结构参量、带有浮动电极的新型单元结构及维持电压脉冲参量对Ne-Xe混合气体放电辐射的红外光谱的影响进行了实验研究。结果表明,随着维持电极宽度增加,单元放电辐射的828 nm红外光谱的强度提高,而其辐射效率基本保持不变;随着维持电极间隙增大或在维持电极间加有适当宽度的浮动电极,红外辐射光谱的强度及其辐射效率均提高;提高维持电压脉冲频率或幅度,可增加红外辐射强度,但辐射效率降低。     

Modern electrostatic devices and methods for exhaust gas cleaning: A brief review

Conventional electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) have been modernized over the last few decades. In recent years, many new methods of construction have been proposed with the goal of increasing cleaning efficiency, particularly for particles in the submicrometer size range. Adding electrical forces to traditional filters has also resulted in an increase in their collection efficiency for removing dust particles. This paper reviews modifications to ESPs aimed at increasing overall collection efficiency, as well as electrostatically assisted non-electric gas cleaning devices such as cyclones, fibrous filters, and granular-bed filters assisted by electrostatic field or ionization current.     

三种电极的大气压氩等离子体射流光学特性

采用铜片-单匝线圈电极、螺旋缠绕电极和双铜片电极3种结构的放电装置,以氩气作为工作气体,在正弦波激励下获得了大气压等离子体射流。利用电学方法测量了放电电流以及电荷量,并对放电脉冲和放电功率进行了研究;利用发射光谱法对射流的等离子体参量进行了空间分辨测量,并根据ArⅠ 763.5 nm和Ar Ⅰ 772.4 nm的光强计算了电子激发温度。结果发现：在外加电压的正负半周期内,电流脉冲的个数和幅值呈现非对称的变化趋势;随着外加电压的增加,3种结构电极的放电功率从1.7 W逐渐增加到6.0 W;在相同的外加电压情况下,电极面积越小,等离子体射流的长度越长;3种等离子体射流的电子激发温度在1 348.5~3 212.1 K之间,并且随着气体流量的增加,各位置的电子激发温度总体上呈下降趋势,而等离子体的电子密度呈上升趋势。实验结果表明：外加电压对放电功率有一定影响;射流长度与电极面积有关;气体流量对电子激发温度和电子密度的空间分布起重要作用。     

Kinetics of charged particles in a high-voltage gas discharge in a nonuniform electrostatic field

A high-voltage gas discharge is of interest as a possible means of generating directed flows of low-temperature plasma in the off-electrode space distinguished by its original features [1–4]. We propose a model for calculating the trajectories of charges particles in a high-voltage gas discharge in nitrogen at a pressure of 0.15 Torr existing in a nonuniform electrostatic field and the strength of this field. Based on the results of our calculations, we supplement and refine the extensive experimental data concerning the investigation of such a discharge published in [1, 2, 5–8]; good agreement between the theory and experiment has been achieved. The discharge burning is initiated and maintained through bulk electron-impact ionization and ion–electron emission. We have determined the sizes of the cathode surface regions responsible for these processes, including the sizes of the axial zone involved in the discharge generation. The main effect determining the kinetics of charged particles consists in a sharp decrease in the strength of the field under consideration outside the interelectrode space, which allows a free motion of charges with specific energies and trajectories to be generated in it. The simulation results confirm that complex electrode systems that allow directed plasma flows to be generated at a discharge current of hundreds or thousands of milliamperes and a voltage on the electrodes of 0.3–1 kV can be implemented in practice [3, 9, 10].     

Enhancement of submicron particle electrostatic precipitation using dielectric barrier discharge in wire-to-square tube configuration

The aim of the present parametric study is to enhance the performances of a wire-to-square tube electrostatic precipitator (ESP) for the collection of submicrometer particles using dielectric barrier discharge (DBD). The input parameters under study are: the high voltage waveform, the wire electrode diameter, the collection electrode dimensions (width, discretization and number of collection sides) and the tube cross-section. The electrical measurements show that the discharge mode of the ESP is rather homogeneous. The particle collection efficiency as determined from aerosol spectroscopy measurements is higher at high applied voltage and within a certain frequency range. The parametric study of the ESP points out that using thicker wire electrodes as well as collection electrodes with different number of sides does not deteriorate the ESP performance. However, the penetration decreases with larger or discretized collection electrodes and larger tube cross-sections.     

Laboratory studies of back-discharge in fly ash

The back-discharge is a type of discharge that takes place in the presence of corona discharge and occurs at an electrode covered with a dielectric layer of resistivity higher than about 10⁸ Ω m. Back-discharge can be observed in electrostatic precipitators when dust covering the collection electrode has low conductivity. In this paper, the studies of back-discharge generated in ambient air, in point-to-plane geometry with the plate electrode covered with fly ash are presented. The discharge is characterised in terms of its visual forms, current–voltage characteristics, and light emission spectra. Three forms of back-discharge were investigated: glow discharge, streamers, and low-current back-arc discharge. The current of the back-arc discharge was only a few milliamps. The discharge was stabilised by a high series resistance. It was noted that the voltage of ignition of the back-discharge for negative polarity is lower than for a positive one. Spectroscopic measurements of emission spectra provided information on elements present in the discharge column. The elements present in the fly ash, including toxic metals, can be re-entrained into the gas as particles or can be emitted as ions or neutrals during the discharge, and can decrease the collection efficiency of electrostatic precipitators. These elements were detected in the emission spectra. The effect of the discharge on the fly ash layer was also discussed. It was observed that sinter-like leftovers remain in the dust layer after a back-arc discharge.     

GaN基垂直结构LED的n型电极结构设计及芯片制备

首先利用电流路径模型分析n型电极尺寸及间距等对垂直结构发光二极管(VS-LEDs)电流分布均匀性的影响,依此设计出一种螺旋状环形结构电极。其次,通过建立有限元分析软件Comsol仿真模型模拟VSLEDs有源层的电流密度分布,发现螺旋状环形结构电极的环间距越小,电流密度分布越均匀。最后,利用VS-LEDs芯片制备技术实现具有螺旋状环形电极的垂直结构LED芯片。实验结果显示,在350 m A电流驱动下,电极环间距为146.25μm的芯片具有最大的功能转换效率,达到26.8%。