Simulation of dust loaded V-I characteristics of a commercial thermal power plant precipitator

Author

Rajanikanth, B.S. ; Jayan, M.V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India

Volume

17

Issue

1

fYear

2010

fDate

2/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

44

Abstract

A new approach based on finite difference method, is proposed for the simulation of electrical conditions in a dc energized wire-duct electrostatic precipitator with and without dust loading. Simulated voltage-current characteristics with and without dust loading were compared with the measured characteristics for analyzing the performance of a precipitator. The simple finite difference method gives sufficiently accurate results with reduced mesh size. The results for dust free simulation were validated with published experimental data. Further measurements were conducted at a thermal power plant in India and the results compares well with the measured ones.

Keywords

dust; electrostatic precipitators; finite difference methods; thermal power stations; DC energized wire-duct electrostatic precipitator; finite difference method; thermal power plant precipitator; Analytical models; Electrostatic measurements; Electrostatic precipitators; Finite difference methods; Performance analysis; Power generation; Power measurement; Thermal conductivity; Thermal loading; Voltage; Precipitator; dust simulation; finite difference method; voltage-current characteristics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-9878

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TDEI.2010.5412000

Filename

5412000