Electrically enhanced electrostatic precipitator with grounded stainless steel collector electrode and method of using same

An electrically enhanced point-to-plane precipitator comprising:

• a metal fibrous filter adapted for coupling to a grounded electrode of a power supply;
• and
• particle charging electrodes pointed in the direction of the metal fibrous filter and adapted for coupling to a non-grounded electrode of the power supply,
• said metal fibrous filter being orientated such that a gaseous stream is drawn from the charging electrodes toward and through said metal fibrous filter to effect particle filtration by deposition of said particles upon said fibrous filter during application of an electrical field across the grounded and non-grounded electrodes of the power supply, and wherein said fibrous filter is to effect particle filtration of at least some particles having a size of about 1 μm or less from said gaseous stream.