An electrostatic precipitator is to be designed to collect dust from a pulverized coal boiler with...

An electrostatic precipitator is to be designed to collect dust from a pulverized coal boiler with an actual flow of 100 m3/s. The effective migration velocity for the flyash is anticipated to be 0.08 m/s. The design gas flow velocity is 1.2 m/s, the plate height is 10 m, and the plate-toplate spacing (2s) is 0.25 m.

a. Determine the number of ducts required to accommodate the flow [-].

b. For an efficiency of 99%, determine the required plate length [m

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