Abstract
The collection of particles in CO 2-enriched environments has long been important for the capture of CO 2 in order to clean gases via oxy-fuel combustion. We here report on the collection characteristics of fine and ultrafine particles using an electrostatic precipitator (ESP) in a CO 2-enriched atmosphere. In order to understand the characteristics of particle collection in CO 2-rich gas mixtures, the ionic properties of a CO 2-enriched atmosphere was also investigated. The electrical mobility of the ions in a CO 2-enriched atmosphere was found to be about 0.56 times that found in a conventional air atmosphere, due to the higher mass of CO 2 gas compared to that of air. The low electrical mobility of ions resulted in a low corona current under CO 2-enriched conditions. The collection efficiency of particles in a CO 2-rich atmosphere for a given power consumption was thus somewhat lower than that found in air, due to the low quantity of particle charging in CO 2-enriched air. At the same time, higher temperatures led to the higher electrical mobility of ions, which resulted in a greater collection efficiency for a given power. The presence of a negative corona also led to a greater collection efficiency of particles in an ESP than that achieved for a positive corona.
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