Abstract
Electrostatic precipitation (ESP) is defined as the use of electrostatic forces to remove charged solid particles or liquid droplets from gas streams in which the particles or droplets are carried in suspension. It is one of the most popular and efficient particulate control devices and accounts for about 95% of all utility particulate controls in the United States (1). The first commercial electrostatic precipitator was designed by Walker and Hutchings and installed at a lead smelter works at Baggily, North Wales in 1885. However, this first attempt was not successful owing to inadequate power supply and poor properties of lead fume for electrostatic precipitation (i.e., small particle sizes, high temperature, and high resistivity of the particles) (2).
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