Dust space charge in electrical precipitation

The problem under consideration is that of calculating the reaction of the charged particles in an electric precipitator on the current. The major results are as follows: (1) duct precipitators are twice as sensitive to the presence of charged particles as pipe precipitators of the same interelectrode spacing; and (2) the interelectrode spacing is the only geometric factor entering into the calculation. These results extend earlier work on pipe to duct precipitators.