Electrostatic precipitator rapper control system with enhanced accuracy
US4255775A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 1979 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02M1/088
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A comprehensive multiple rapper control system controls rapping intensity with enhanced accuracy, controls a large number of rappers in any desired sequence with intensity control for each individual rapper, and includes alarm circuitry for reliably indicating open circuited and short circuited conditions in the rapper coils or in the electrical connections to the rapper coils. For enhanced accuracy, a short boost pulse of full lift energy is applied immediately prior to a lift pulse of controlled energy. The boost pulse overcomes initial rapper plunger sticking forces so that total rapper plunger lift accurately reflects the electrical energy supplied during the subsequent controlled pulse. Advantage is taken of the relatively constant boost pulse which is supplied to every rapper in the system regardless of the energy supplied during the control pulse to provide an alarm circuit. Current through each rapper plunger lift coil is sensed during at least a portion of the boost pulse. An alarm condition is signaled if this sensed current is outside of a predetermined range.
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