Open AccessADVANCED HYBRID PARTICULATE COLLECTOR
Author(s) -
Stanley J. Miller,
Grant L Schelkoph
Publication year - 1998
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/780830
Subject(s) - particulates , filtration (mathematics) , particle (ecology) , environmental science , process engineering , engineering , chemistry , mathematics , geology , oceanography , statistics , organic chemistry
A new concept in particulate control, called an advanced hybrid particulate collector (AHPC), is being developed under funding from the US Department of Energy. The AHPC combines the best features of electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) and baghouses in a manner that has not been done before. The AHPC concept consists of a combination of fabric filtration and electrostatic precipitation in the same housing, providing major synergism between the two collection methods, both in the particulate collection step and in transfer of the dust to the hopper. The AHPC provides ultrahigh collection efficiency, overcoming the problem of excessive fine-particle emission with conventional ESPs, and it solves the problem of reentrainment and collection of dust in conventional baghouses