Particle deposition in a full scale hybrid electrostatic-filtration collector

This paper presents a numerical model for a full scale hybrid particulate collector (HPC), which combines the ESP technology and the filtration technology together. The corona discharge is solved by using a finite volume method. The turbulent flow equations are solved by using the Fluent package. The effect of the electric field on the fluid field named electrohydrodynamic is considered. The particle motion is calculated by using the Lagrangian method. The particle charging rate is calculated by using a filed-diffusing combined model. The bag is modelled as a porous media but the pressure drop across the particle cake is neglected. Eight particle sizes are considered: 0.01, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 1, 2, 5 and 10 μm. The applied voltage is fixed at 60 kV. The results show that the collection efficiency of the electrostatic zone changes a little when the particle size is below 0.3 μm but increases clearly when the particle size exceeds 0.3 μm. Totally, the bag collection efficiency decreases from the first one to the last one in the same row.