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Main Title Performance and Economic Evaluation of a Hot-side Electrostatic Precipitator.
Author Marchant, Jr., G. H. ; Gooch, J. P. ;
CORP Author Southern Research Inst., Birmingham, AL.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Year Published 1978
Report Number SORI-EAS-78-415; EPA-68-02-2185; EPA/600/7-78/214;
Stock Number PB-292 648
Additional Subjects Air pollution control equipment ; Electrostatic precipitators ; Performance evaluation ; Economics ; Capitalized costs ; Operating costs ; Design criteria ; Process charting ; Fly ash ;
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NTIS  PB-292 648 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The report gives results of measurements--to determine the overall mass and fractional collection efficiency of a hot-side electrostatic precipitator (ESP)--across 1 chamber of a 16-chambered ESP. Measurements of fractional efficiency were conducted across the entire ESP. In situ and laboratory resistivity measurements were performed, and voltage-current characteristics of the power supplies were obtained. An engineering analysis was conducted, including an estimate of the specific collecting area required for a cold-side ESP on the same boiler. Results include: (1) voltage waveforms and secondary voltage-current relationships showed characteristics similar to back-corona although fly ash resistivity was 5 x 10 to the 9th power ohm-cm at 350 C (in situ determination); (2) ESP operation was sensitive to resistivity variation in a resistivity region (2 x 10 to the 10th power to 8 x 10 to the 8th power ohm-cm from laboratory determinations) where no sensitivity was expected; (3) overall mass collection efficiency of an isolated chamber was 99.22% for a specific collection area of 52.6 sq m/(cu m/sec), average secondary voltage was 22 kV, and average secondary current density was 40 nA/sq cm; and (4) the turnkey cost of the ESP system was estimated at $34,940,000 ($44/kW) in 1977 dollars.