electrostatic precipitator

American  

noun

1. a device for removing small particles, as of smoke, dust, or oil, from a gas, as air, by passing the gas first through an electrically charged screen that gives a charge to the particles, then between two charged plates where the particles are attracted to one surface.

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Other Word Forms

• electrostatic precipitation
  noun

Example Sentences

"All you would need to do is to collect them with an electrostatic precipitator -- a device that exposes the charged particles to an electric field and efficiently sweeps them away."

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024

Cal/OSHA also determined the company’s management knew the electrostatic precipitator — which exploded in 2015 — could explode during a flammable vapor leakage.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2024

Martinez Refining continues to operate using an electrostatic precipitator to filter out particulates from its emission stream.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

He also consulted for the DuPont Company, where he developed the electrostatic precipitator, a device designed to curb air pollution by removing colloidal particles from air.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

US chemist Frederick Cottrell received a patent for his device to reduce industrial pollution — an electrostatic precipitator — in 1908.

From Nature • May 3, 2016