Particulates Air Pollution

Control Devices
Instructor: Engr. Anem Saeed
 Particle scrubbing

⚫ Advantages
– High temperature gases are economically cleaned
– Least expensive in initial capital cost than bag houses and
electrostatic precipitators
– Combustibles and explosives are safely collected
– Systems are more compact in size

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 Particle scrubbing

⚫ Disadvantages
– Energy consumption higher
– Excessive corrosion problems

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 Applications

⚫ Coal fired utility boilers

⚫ Lime and limestone flue gas desulfurization

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 Electrostatic precipitators

They have been successfully applied with overall collection

efficiencies upto 99.9 % on particles with diameters larger
than 10µm and very effective for PM less than 10µm in
diameter.

⚫ Wet electrostatic precipitators

⚫ Dry electrostatic precipitators

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 Wet electrostatic precipitators

⚫ A wet electrostatic precipitator (WESP or wet ESP)

operates with water vapor saturated air streams (100%
relative humidity). WESPs are commonly used to remove
liquid droplets such as sulfuric acid mist from industrial
process gas streams. The WESP is also commonly used
where the gases are high in moisture content, contain
combustible particulate, or have particles that are sticky in
nature.

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 Dry Electrostatic Precipitator

⚫ This control device has ionizing section to charge particles

which are then moved through an electric field to be
deposited onto charged collection plates.

⚫ Collected particulate material is then removed by rapping or

washing of the plates. To produce the ions and electric field,
high internal voltages are required.

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 Dry Electrostatic Precipitator

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 Advantages & Disadvantages

Advantages
⚫ High efficiencies for small particles possible
⚫ High temperature operation possible
⚫ Low pressure drops and air moving costs

Disadvantages
⚫ Large installation space required
⚫ Spark-over problems

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 Applications

⚫ Coal, wood and oil fired boilers

⚫ Cement kilns
⚫ Lime rotary kilns
⚫ Municipal solid waste incinerators
⚫ Blast furnaces
⚫ Sludge incinerators
⚫ Smelting and roasting furnaces

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