Supplemental Information
Development of a Novel Electrostatic Precipitator System
Using a Wet-porous Electrode Array
Woojin Kim1*, Heekyung An1, Dongmok Lee1, Woojong Lee1, Jae Hee Jung2*
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Technology Convergence R&BD Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, 320 Technosunhwan-ro, Yuga-myeon, Dalseong-gun, Daegu, 711-880, Republic of Korea
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Center for Environment, Health, and Welfare Research, Department of Energy and Environmental
Engineering, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), Korea Institute of Science and
Technology, Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-791, Republic of Korea
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Figure S-1. (a) Surface deviations of the liquid layer on the wet porous electrode. (b) X-ray
photograph and (c) the surface roughness distribution of the wet porous electrode. These data were
analyzed by a X-ray micro-focus computed tomography scanner (Model phoenix v|tome|x m, GE
Measurement & Control Solutions, Billerica, MA, USA). The surface deviations of the liquid layer
were distributed within ±30 µm from the reference plane, a significant improvement compared with
that of a traditional wet ESP. Generally, the thickness of the liquid layer in a traditional wet ESP is
approximately 4–6 mm, and the surface deviation of the liquid layer is ±180~500 µm from the
reference plane (Dors et al., 1998; Saiyasitpanich et al., 2006; Lin et al., 2010).
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(b)
(c)
n= 2000
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