Electrostatic Precipitator: Technological Development and Applications to Thermal Incineration Processes in CEA

Abstract : Electrostatic precipitators are widely used in industry particularly for dust removal in cement plants. These systems enable charged dust particles to be collected after creating a strong electrostatic field between two reference electrodes. These devices offer many advantages for new chemical processes currently studied by the CEA Marcoule. The existing conventional electrostatic precipitators nevertheless need to be adapted before considering introducing this technology into the nuclear environment. This paper summaries the experimental work carried out on an electrostatic precipitator set up in a CEA Marcoule process.