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Main Title Negative Corona in Wire-Plate Electrostatic Precipitators. Part 1. Characteristics of Individual Tuft-Corona Discharges.
Author Lawless, P. A. ; McLean, K. J. ; Sparks, L. E. ; Ramsey, G. H. ;
CORP Author Wollongong Univ. (Australia). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering. ;Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Air and Energy Engineering Research Lab.
Year Published 1986
Report Number EPA-68-02-3907; EPA/600/J-86/155;
Stock Number PB87-118055
Additional Subjects Electric corona ; Electrostatic precipitators ; Electrical properties ; Dust ; Contamination ; Performance ; Electric discharges ; Reprints ; Stationary sources
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Abstract
The article discusses the investigation of the characteristics of a single negative corona discharge tuft and how it interacts with another tuft when forced to do so. (Used during the investigation was a new analytical method developed to calculate the main electrical characteristics for a wire-plate geometry in which the wire is contaminated with dust and excited with a negative voltage.) Results were used to develop a complete analytical solution. The analysis identified a significant region of corona at voltages well below the peak critical voltage, Vc, beginning at the tuft onset voltage, Vt = 0.6 Vc. The method was also used to calculate the maximum current density under each tuft discharge and to make a reasonable estimate of the current distribution pattern on the plate and the number of tuft discharges per unit length of wire. (Copyright (c) Journal of Electrostatics, 1986.)