Abstract
A steam-water separator with the help of the Coulomb force generated by the Corona discharge, has the merits of being a simple structure, one capable of separating very small quantities of water droplets while decreasing the flow pressure resistance in the system under development. while the principle behind this separator is the same as that of the electrostatic precipitator, used for the separation of particulate pollutants, the characteristics of an electric field in a mist flow, the water droplet is different from that of the air flow, which is without the water droplets. A calculating method to predict the water droplet collecting efficiency of this separator has been developed on the basis of this experimental data. This was conducted using water-air under conditions of room temperature and atmospheric pressure.
