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Working principle of Electrostatic precipitator
The basic principle of an electrostatic precipitator is to use electricity to capture dust in the flue gas, which mainly includes the following four interrelated physical processes: (1) gas ionization. (2) The charging of dust. (3) Charged dust moves towards the electrode. (4) Capture of charged dust.
The capture process of charged dust: On two metal anodes and cathodes with significantly different curvature radii, an electric field sufficient to ionize the gas is maintained through high-voltage direct current. The electrons generated after gas ionization are anions and cations, which are adsorbed on the dust passing through the electric field, allowing the dust to acquire charges. Under the action of electric field force, dust with different polarity moves towards electrodes of different polarity and deposits on them, achieving the purpose of dust and gas separation.
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