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Electrostatic Precipitators

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Electrostatic precipitators, or ESPs, are electronic filtration devices designed to remove fine particulates from a gas flow via an induced electrostatic charge (hence the name). These devices can remove dust, smoke, and other microscopic pollutants, and are generally used to treat gas flows used in industrial processing, or exhaust gases produced by such processing. The first ESP installed in the U.S., Gravesend Bay Municipal Incineration Plant, Brooklyn, NY (May 1973) The first ESP installed in the U.S., Gravesend Bay Municipal Incineration Plant, Brooklyn, NY (May 1973)

Operation

Basic ESPs consist of a row or rows of thin, vertical, electrified wires in parallel alignment with a flat, metal, grounded plate or plates. Wire and plate spacing varies depending on the application. The gas flow travels forward (horizontally) through