Good work! I've attended two plants that had electrostatic precipitators and as you know, the polishing stages require frequent cleaning as the particulate blind the surface. I suggest two parallel static units that can be automatically alternatively washed, dried.
Thanks Charles! Great idea, I think I would do that for any new iteration I may create. When you were at the plant did you know of how they monitored the efficacy of the filtration? That is something I'm having trouble with measuring. Quantifying my filtration efficiency currently is a subjective observation of smoke --> less smoke.
Eric Lotze thanks for the question. I had to look up what you were asking for. Yes but it may not be that effective unless optimized for it. I think the only thing effecting gas phase chemicals of the air would be the adsorption action of the activated carbon stage. The last part of this setup. Unless the biogas was laden with particulates, 2/3 of this system would not do anything to the biogas in its normal configuration. If the wetscrubber stage had special chemicals to chemically absorb certain elements in the biogas that is a different story. If the wet scrubber was of the packed bed type it would be better for gas to liquid chemical absorption applications.
