Electrostatic precipitator that operates in conductive grease atmosphere
    1.
    发明授权
    Electrostatic precipitator that operates in conductive grease atmosphere 失效
    在导电油脂气氛中工作的静电除尘器

    公开(公告)号:US5556448A

    公开(公告)日:1996-09-17

    申请号:US370865

    申请日:1995-01-10

    摘要: An improved electrostatic precipitator system is provided for use in high-grease atmospheres in which the grease is electrically conductive. The precipitator includes high-voltage insulators that are both located in areas unlikely to accumulate electrically-conductive grease and that, in themselves, can operate in a high-voltage system without tracking, even when a certain amount of conductive grease has accumulated on the insulators' surfaces. In a multi-cell precipitator system, a high-voltage insulator is provided as part of a cell-to-cell assembly that receives high-voltage electricity on one side of its insulator, and conducts that electricity to its opposite side, and is placed in a specially-shaped cut-out in the bulkhead between the cell chambers, in which the cut-out is shaped so as to minimize the amount of grease that may accumulate upon the cell-to-cell assembly's insulators. The electrostatic precipitator also includes a high-voltage electrical power supply that has special current limiting features and time delay functions that allow it to operate during relatively brief time intervals when a high-humidity atmosphere exists along with the electrically-conductive grease particulate. The electrostatic precipitator also includes electrical door interlocks using safety limit switches to detect whether or not any of the doors have been opened and which shut down the high voltage power of the system in the event of an untimely opening of one of the doors.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种改进的静电除尘器系统,用于高油脂环境中,其中润滑脂是导电的。 除尘器包括高压绝缘子,它们均位于不可能积聚导电油脂的区域中,即使在绝缘体上积聚了一定数量的导电油脂时,其本身也可在高压系统中运行而不进行跟踪 '表面。 在多单元除尘器系统中,提供高电压绝缘体作为在其绝缘体的一侧接收高压电的单电池组件的一部分,并将电力传导到其相对侧,并被放置 在细胞室之间的隔板中的特殊形状的切口中,切口被成形为使得可能积聚在细胞间电池组件的绝缘体上的润滑脂的量最小化。 静电除尘器还包括具有特殊的电流限制特征和时间延迟功能的高压电源,其允许当与导电油脂颗粒一起存在高湿度气氛时在较短的时间间隔内操作。 静电除尘器还包括使用安全限位开关的电动门互锁装置,用于检测在门未正确打开的情况下是否已经打开任何门并且关闭系统的高压电力。

    Electrostatically enhanced HEPA filter
    2.
    发明授权
    Electrostatically enhanced HEPA filter 失效
    静电增强型HEPA过滤器

    公开(公告)号:US4781736A

    公开(公告)日:1988-11-01

    申请号:US933106

    申请日:1986-11-20

    IPC分类号: B03C3/12 B03C3/155 B03C3/14

    CPC分类号: B03C3/155 B03C3/12

    摘要: A conventional HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filter is provided with a ionizer at its air inlet face to enhance its efficiency. The filter comprises a non-conductive fibrous filter medium sheet formed in a zig-zag or accordian fold. Within each fold of the filter medium is there located a conductive spacer so that the accordian folds are supported and substantially evenly spaced throughout the filter. By virtue of the accordian fold of the filter medium sheet, a series of spacers, forming a first set thereof, each has one of its longitudinal edges exposed at the air inlet face of the filter and the other of its longitudinal edges covered at the air discharge face of the filter. The remaining spacers constitute a second set thereof, each having one of its longitudinal edges exposed at the air discharge face of the filter and the other of its longitudinal edges covered at the air inlet face of the filter. The spacers of the first and second sets alternate, one adjacent the other. The ionizer comprises a plurality of wire-like electrodes and grounded plate-like electrodes arranged alternately and in parallel spaced relationship in a plane perpendicular to the spacers and are positively charged by connection to a high voltage, low current source. The ionizer electrodes are located within charging range of the first set of spacers which are charged by ion flow from the corona of the ionizing electrodes. To create a field between the first set of spacers and the second set of spacers, the spacers of the second set are connected together and to ground. In another embodiment the ionizer is located remotely with respect to one or more HEPA filters and functions to charge the particulate material. A single wire-like electrode is located at each HEPA filter to charge one of its first and second sets of spacers, the other of its first and second sets of spacers being connected to ground.

    摘要翻译: 传统的HEPA(高效颗粒空气)过滤器在其空气入口面设有电离器,以提高其效率。 该过滤器包括以锯齿形或折叠形成的非导电纤维过滤介质片。 在过滤介质的每一个折叠内都有一个导电间隔物,使得一致的褶皱被支撑并且整个过滤器基本均匀地分布。 由于过滤介质片材的折叠,形成其第一组的一系列间隔件每个具有暴露在过滤器进气面处的一个纵向边缘,另一个纵向边缘覆盖在空气中 过滤器的排放面。 剩余的间隔件构成其第二组,每个具有其纵向边缘中的一个暴露在过滤器的空气排放面处,并且其另一个纵向边缘覆盖在过滤器的空气入口面。 第一组和第二组的间隔物相互交替,一个相邻。 离子发生器包括多个线状电极和接地的板状电极,它们在垂直于间隔物的平面中交替地且平行间隔地布置,并且通过连接到高电压,低电流源被带正电荷。 离子发生器电极位于第一组隔离物的充电范围内,这些间隔物通过离子流从电离电极的电晕放电。 为了在第一组间隔件和第二组间隔件之间产生场,第二组的间隔件连接在一起并接地。 在另一个实施例中,离子发生器相对于一个或多个HEPA过滤器远程定位,并且用于对颗粒材料进行充电。 单个线状电极位于每个HEPA过滤器中以对其第一组和第二组间隔件中的一个进行充电,其第一组和第二组间隔件中的另一组连接到地面。

    Method and apparatus for electrostatically cleaning particulates from air
    3.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for electrostatically cleaning particulates from air 失效
    从空气静电清洗颗粒物的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5330559A

    公开(公告)日:1994-07-19

    申请号:US928274

    申请日:1992-08-11

    IPC分类号: B03C3/155 B03C3/12 B03C3/14

    CPC分类号: B03C3/155

    摘要: An electrostatic air cleaner is disclosed along with a method for removing particulate matter from moving streams of air. A high voltage ionizer is used as a corona source to ionize the particulate matter as it approaches the air filter portion of the electrostatic air cleaner. The air filter uses a pair of reticulated polyether foam filters for collecting the particulate matter. The foam filters are separated by a thin, grid-like layer of semiconductive material (carbon-impregnated polycarbonate) which is raised to a very high DC voltage. The foam filters are also surrounded by thin, grid-like layers of electrically conductive material which are held at ground potential, thus creating a high-voltage electric field through each of the foam filters. The polyether foam filter media is non-deliquescent, thus preventing the high-voltage electric field from being dissipated by such imbedded water vapor, which is the cause of filter inefficiency in the prior art. The electrostatic air cleaner of the present invention has such high initial efficiency that it does not require the addition of any particulate matter to its surfaces to achieve its nominal efficiency when first put into use. The air filter can be constructed in a relatively thin, rectangular shape, or in a cylindrical cartridge for use with industrial dust collecting systems. Both shapes lend themselves for ease of installation and removal within air handling systems.

    摘要翻译: 公开了静电空气净化器以及用于从移动的空气流中除去颗粒物质的方法。 使用高压离子发生器作为电晕源,以使颗粒物接近静电空气净化器的空气过滤器部分时使其离子化。 空气过滤器使用一对网状聚醚泡沫过滤器来收集颗粒物质。 泡沫过滤器由薄的格栅状的半导体材料层(碳浸渍的聚碳酸酯)分离,其被升高到非常高的DC电压。 泡沫过滤器也被保持在地电位的薄的格栅状导电材料层包围,从而通过每个泡沫过滤器产生高压电场。 聚醚泡沫过滤介质是非潮解性的,从而防止高压电场被这种嵌入的水蒸汽消散,这是现有技术中过滤器效率低下的原因。 本发明的静电空气净化器具有这样高的初始效率,即在首次投入使用时不需要向其表面添加任何颗粒物质以达到其标称效率。 空气过滤器可以构造成相对薄的矩形形状,或者用于与工业集尘系统一起使用的圆柱形盒中。 这两种形状都有利于在空气处理系统中的安装和拆卸。

    Method and apparatus for treating electrically charged airborne particles
    4.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for treating electrically charged airborne particles 失效
    用于处理带电荷的空气中的颗粒的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US4162144A

    公开(公告)日:1979-07-24

    申请号:US799464

    申请日:1977-05-23

    申请人: William A. Cheney

    发明人: William A. Cheney

    CPC分类号: B03C3/019 H05F3/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus for treating electrically charged airborne particles to reduce deposition of the particles on walls and other exposed surfaces in an enclosed area. Air containing positively charged particles exhausted from a first group of electrostatic precipitators is admixed with air containing negatively charged particles exhausted from a second group of electrostatic precipitators, the mixed air containing oppositely charged particles having less tendency to become deposited on walls and other surfaces in the enclosed area.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于处理带电荷的空气中的颗粒以减少颗粒沉积在封闭区域中的壁和其它暴露表面上的方法和装置。 含有从第一组静电除尘器排出的带正电荷的颗粒的空气与含有从第二组静电除尘器排出的带负电荷的颗粒的空气混合,含有相反电荷的颗粒的混合空气具有较少的倾向于沉积在壁和其中的其它表面上 封闭区域。

    Apparatus for electrostatically cleaning particulates from air
    5.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for electrostatically cleaning particulates from air 失效
    用于静电清洁空气中的颗粒的装置

    公开(公告)号:US5474599A

    公开(公告)日:1995-12-12

    申请号:US272333

    申请日:1994-07-07

    IPC分类号: B03C3/155

    CPC分类号: B03C3/155

    摘要: An electrostatic air cleaner is disclosed for use in removing particulate matter from moving streams of air. A high voltage ionizer is used as a corona source to ionize the particulate matter as it approaches the air filter portion of the electrostatic air cleaner. The air filter uses reticulated polyether foam filter media for collecting the particulate matter, and the filter media is non-deliquescent, thus preventing the high-voltage electric field from being dissipated by imbedded water vapor, which is the cause of filter inefficiency in the prior art. In one embodiment, the air filter uses strips of conductive material raised to a very high DC voltage interleaved between strips of conductive material held to ground potential, and these strips are oriented so as to be parallel to the direction of the air flow through the air filter's foam filter media, thereby creating an electric field that is perpendicular to the direction of air flow. In a further alternative construction, a charge accumulator is located adjacent to or within the ionizer to collect ions that migrate from the ionizer's electrodes to the collecting member of the charge accumulator. The charge accumulator is raised to a very high DC voltage and is electrically connected to the high-voltage conductive strips of the air filter, thereby eliminating the need for a high-voltage DC power supply to charge these conductive strips directly.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于从移动的空气流中除去颗粒物质的静电空气净化器。 使用高压离子发生器作为电晕源,以使颗粒物接近静电空气净化器的空气过滤器部分时使其离子化。 空气过滤器采用网状聚醚泡沫过滤介质收集颗粒物,过滤介质不潮解,防止高压电场被嵌入的水蒸气消散,这是先前过滤器效率低下的原因 艺术。 在一个实施例中,空气过滤器使用导电材料条带,其被提升到交替保持在接地电位的导电材料条之间的非常高的直流电压,并且这些条被定向成平行于通过空气的空气流的方向 过滤器的泡沫过滤介质,从而产生垂直于空气流动方向的电场。 在另一替代结构中,电荷蓄积器位于离子发生器附近或内部,以收集从电离器电极迁移到电荷累加器的收集构件的离子。 电荷累加器升高到非常高的直流电压,并且电连接到空气过滤器的高压导电条,从而不需要高压直流电源来直接对这些导电带充电。

    Means for the cleaning and self-cleaning of an electrostatic precipitator
    6.
    发明授权
    Means for the cleaning and self-cleaning of an electrostatic precipitator 失效
    用于清洁和自清洁静电除尘器的方法

    公开(公告)号:US4057405A

    公开(公告)日:1977-11-08

    申请号:US661291

    申请日:1976-02-25

    IPC分类号: B03C3/76

    CPC分类号: B03C3/766

    摘要: The means and method for the cleaning and self-cleaning of an electrostatic precipitator is especially suited for adaptation to an electronic air cleaner comprised of an ionizer unit and a collecting cell unit adapted to be included in tandem within a suitable cabinet; means to bring air to be cleaned through these units are also provided, and these may or may not be an integral part of the cleaner. The ionizer unit may include support members for a plurality of ground plates between which are located ionizing wires which normally carry a low current but high voltage, preferably in the neighborhood of 10,000 to 14,000 volts. (Some electronic air cleaners, however, use voltages in the 5,000 to 9,000 volts range. This invention will also work effectively with them.) The collecting cell unit includes support members for a plurality of grounded collecting plates and there are a plurality of charged collecting plates suitably supported within the collecting cell unit and interleaved among the grounded collecting plates, the grounded plates and charged plates being out of electrical contact with one another. The charged plates normally carry a low current, high voltage charge in the neighborhood of 5,000 to 7,000 volts. The means and method of this invention, however, will function satisfactorily with all known voltage ranges normally applied to the ionizer and collecting cell in a 2-stage precipitator. Hopper means are located beneath the ionizer and collecting cell in position to receive precipitated contaminants which are removed from the air stream passing therethrough and which are intially collected on the various plates.

    摘要翻译: 用于清洁和自清洁静电除尘器的方法和方法特别适用于适于包括电离器单元和收集单元单元的电子空气净化器,所述电离器单元和收集单元单元适合串联地包含在合适的柜内; 还提供了通过这些单元进行清洁的空气的手段,这些可能是或可能不是清洁剂的组成部分。 电离器单元可以包括用于多个接地板的支撑构件,在它们之间定位电离线,其通常承载低电流但高电压,优选在10,000至14,000伏特附近。 (一些电子空气净化器使用的电压范围为5000〜9000伏特,本发明也将有效地起作用)。收集单元单元包括用于多个接地的集电板的支撑构件,并且存在多个充电收集 板被适当地支撑在收集单元单元内并且在接地的收集板之间交错,接地的板和带电板彼此不电接触。 充电板通常在5,000至7,000伏特附近携带低电流,高电压电荷。 然而,本发明的方法和方法将以通常应用于2级除尘器中的电离器和收集电池的所有已知电压范围令人满意地起作用。 料斗装置位于离子发生器下方并将收集单元放置在适当位置以接收沉淀的污染物,这些污染物从通过其中的空气流中除去并且被集中在各种板上。