Charged aerosol migration in a multi-lane high-voltage collector bank.
A working electrostatic precipitator simulation. Corona wires charge airborne aerosol particles, which migrate in opposite directions across three channels until they contact grounded collector plates. Particles surviving the 9.6 m gas path exit through the outlet.
The engine computes an approximate field E = V/(pitch/2), field-saturation charge q≈3πε₀d²E, and terminal lateral drift w=qE Cc/(3πμd). A charging transient, loading and humidity multipliers are applied. Particles are explicitly advected and deposited. Measured efficiency is based on simulated particle mass; ideal Deutsch efficiency is a separate analytic comparison. Electrical load, pressure loss and micro-trip rule are illustrative engineering proxies, not validated sizing models.
E = V/(pitch/2)
q≈3πε₀d²E
w=qE Cc/(3πμd)