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Modeling the Pre-Breakdown V-I Characteristics of an Electrostatic Precipitator

Rajanikanth, BS and Sarma, DVS (2002) Modeling the Pre-Breakdown V-I Characteristics of an Electrostatic Precipitator. In: IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 9 (1). pp. 130-139.

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Abstract

A novel mathematical model for determining the electrical characteristics in a dc energized duct type electrostatic precipitator is described. The method is a quasi-analytical one, based on solving the current continuity equation by finite-difference method and Poissons equation by variational principle with the help of Rvachev functions (R-functions). The methodology described represents a valuable design tool for simulating and comparing the voltage-current characteristics of different wire-plate precipitator configurations before optimizing the geometric parameters namely shape of the corona wire, shape of the collection electrodes, wire cross-section, wire-wire and wire-plate spacing. The proposed method will be useful in trying innovative ideas in the design aspect of a wire-duct precipitator. Other significant features of this method are reduced problem domain, less memory space, and faster convergence. The proposed method has been validated with published experimental results and the agreement is excellent. A comparison of electrical characteristics has been made for different sizes and shapes of corona wire and also for various configurations of the wire-plate precipitators.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation
Publisher: IEEE
Additional Information: ©2002 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.
Department/Centre: Division of Electrical Sciences > High Voltage Engineering (merged with EE)
Date Deposited: 22 Aug 2008
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2010 04:16
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/2022

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