Effect of electrostatic precipitator and turbulance creating devices on particulate matter

The present study attempts to decrease PM count from the exhaust gases by ionizing these particles. The ionized particles precipitate is collected in a collector tube and are separated from exhaust gases. The effect of turbulence in the smoke, ionizing electrode diameter, voltage and size of particles on the amount of PM precipitation has been studied. Three types of turbulators and four types of electrode thicknesses are studied. The swirl blade turbulator causes nearly 44.23% more precipitation than the swirl contour device. PM count reduced for all particle sizes with decrease in ionizing electrode thickness. The combination of swirl blade type turbulence device with minimum thickness electrode has shown the minimum PM_0.3 count. Maximum swirling has been generated in blade type turbulence due to that particulate matter quantity reduced sharply in significant manner.