Optimization Of Dust Removal In Poultry Houses Using Electrostatic Wet Scrubber

摘要

An air cleaning device basedon the principles of the electrostatically-assisted wet scrubber was built and tested to remove air particulates in a poultry house under the climatic conditions of Saudi Arabia. The particle removal efficiency of the device was experimentally investigated. Using home dust as test particle under controlled conditions, the wet scrubber with the negatively-charged water spray had significantly (P<0.05) greater mean removal efficiency η value (80.3%) than either the control (i.e., only fan with no water spray) (η=24.5%) or the uncharged water spray (η=62.4%). At poultry house, the device with the negatively-charged water spray had significantly (P<0.05) higher particle removal efficiency (η=72.4%) than either the uncharged water spray (η=48.2%) or the control (η=16.2%).It can also conclude that, this device was effective in removing airborne dust and can be used in various climatic conditions as an environmentally clean and energy efficient system.