The Analysis, Optimization, and Design of an Airborne Radiation Sampling Electrostatic Precipitator

Abstract

The analysis, optimization, and design of a two-stage parallel plate precipitator are discussed. An IBM 7090 digital computer program is used to achieve all theoretical results. Negative corona discharge is used throughout, and aerosol charging by bombardment and diffusion methods are combined into one time dependent equation. Precipitator optimization theory is presented and the effects on precipitator sensitivity and efficiency of varying corona current, velocity, and geometry are studied in detail. A theoretical design is presented in order to determine the feasibility of precipitation at high velocities and altitudes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0284271

Entities

People

  • Robert S. Stuart

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Air Force
  • Charged Particles
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Current Density
  • Differential Equations
  • Digital Computers
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrostatic Precipitation
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Nanofibers
  • New York
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Power Supplies
  • Sea Level
  • United States
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Plasma Physics.