PM2.5 removal performance of a wire-pipe ESP under multi-field coupling and applied magnetic field

In order to study PM2.5 removal performance under multi-field coupling and applied magnetic field, a mathematical model was proposed to analyze the interaction between fluid flow field, electro-magnetic field and particle dynamic field. The computational fluid dynamics method and FLUENT were employed to numerically simulate the PM2.5 removal performance in a Wire-pipe ESP. The effects of magnetic field on PM2.5 collection efficiency at different working voltages and gas velocities were discussed. The results indicate that the influence of applied magnetic field on PM2.5 collection in the wire-pipe ESP becomes more obvious with the increase of the particle diameter, and the increment of PM2.5 grade efficiency decreases with the increasing magnetic flux density in a certain range of particle diameters. Furthermore, the effect of magnetic field on PM2.5 collection increases with a decrease of working voltage or an increase of gas velocity, and PM2.5 collection efficiency declines at the same time. At a lower flue gas velocity, the impact of flue gas velocity on PM2.5 overall efficiency is more significant than that of applied magnetic field.