Patent · US Expired

Air filter including electrostatic precipitation, and method of operating same

US5797978A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 27, 1995
Grant dateAug 25, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 27, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D46/50
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An air filter body includes a plurality of discs of electrically insulating material arranged in a stack and having ribbed contacting faces defining small filtering passageways between the contacting faces of adjacent discs. Each disc has an electrode layer insulated by the respective disc from the electrodes of the adjacent discs. Each electrode is electrically connected to an electrical terminal at an edge of the respective discs. Electrical conductors connect the electrical terminals of alternating discs to one side of a voltage source, and the electrical terminals of the remaining alternating discs to the other side of the voltage source.

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