Simulation of Air Distribution on Inlet Section of Wet-ESP

Abstract:

Based on the theory of two-phase flow, the flow field of dust particles inside the wet electrostatic precipitator with SIMPLE algorithm was modeled used a standard turbulence model and simulated numerically. Establishment of finite element model for the entity porous plate was done with grid refined locally. The number and installation position of porous plates, the diverging angle of the horn inlet and the opening rate of air distribution plates were changed in this simulation. And the studies on the airflow distribution of the inlet section were performed, in which the flow of key parameters for air flow uniform distribution are given. The experimental verification of optimal results of simulation model suggested that the simulation results and the experimental results were coincident.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 437)
• Pages: 231-235
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.437.231
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Ying Gao*, Juan Wei, Xing Chun Yang, Qiang Li
• Keywords: Air Distribution, Air Inlet, Electrostatic Precipitator, Numerical Simulation, Two-Phase Flow

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