Electrostatic air filter

Abstract

An electrostatic air filter connected to a high voltage source, comprising an air flow channel (1) having an inlet and an outlet, in which at the side of the air inlet there is an ion generator (2) comprising at least one corona electrode (3) and at least one cumulative electrode (4), both the corona electrodes (3) and the cumulative electrodes (4) being electrically connected to each other, while the cumulative electrodes (4) are insulated from the corona electrodes (3), so that corona discharges may occur between the corona electrodes (3) and the cumulative electrodes (4) due to a potential difference (U1), causing the ionisation of contaminant particles present in the air flowing through the channel (1), characterised in that behind the ion generator (2) in the air flow channel (1) there is a separator of contaminant particles (6) comprising an input electrode (7) and an output electrode (8) spaced apart from it, both these electrodes enabling the flow of air through them in a direction away from the input electrode (7) to the output electrode (8) and further to the channel outlet (1), while during the work of the filter between the corona electrodes (3) and the input electrode (7) there is a potential difference (U2) and between the input electrode (7) and the output electrode (8) there is a potential difference (U3), so that the electric field strength in the space (9) between the input electrode (7) and the output electrode (8) is directed opposite to the electric field strength in the space (15) between the ion generator (2) and the input electrode (7).

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