ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

摘要

An apparatus for removing gaseous hydrocarbon fraction from a heated gas comprises a cooled air inlet to condense the hydrocarbon to viscous liquid particles. An electrostatic field established between a points array and a plate propels the particles to a moving non-conductive collector belt, from which the liquid condensate is removed by a doctor blade and deposited into a heated receiver trough. The liquid condensate is discharged from the receiver trough into a container. A method comprises passing a heated gaseous, liquid droplet-containing stream through an electrostatic field which propels the droplets to a liquid collector, and removing the liquid from the collector, and discharging the liquid into a container for disposal.