how does electrostatic dust precipitator removes charged particles from sulphur dioxide
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thanz
Long time lurker here.
An electrostatis dust percipitator works to remove smoke and another dust particles from gas exhaust from factories. It passes the exhaust through a mesh that is positivly/negatively charged, causing the dust particles to become "ditto" charged. The gas is then passed through a pipe with opposite charged walls.
As the dust is charged, and opposites attract, the dust is attracted to the walls.
As far as I remember, that's all we need to know.
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