PULSE FIRING PATTERN FOR A TRANSFORMER OF AN ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR AND ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR
The pulse firing pattern ( 20 ) for a transformer ( 16 ) of an electrostatic precipitator ( 9 ) comprises first elements indicative of a pulse to be fired and second elements indicative of a pulse to not be fired. The pulse firing pattern further comprises couples of adjacent second elements and at least two first elements.
1 . A pulse firing pattern for a transformer of an electrostatic precipitator comprising:
at least two first elements indicative of a pulse to be fired;
second elements indicative of a pulse to not be fired; and
the pulse firing pattern comprising couples of adjacent second elements.
2 . The pulse firing pattern of claim 1 , further comprising at least 1,000 elements between the at least two first elements and the second elements.
3 . The pulse firing pattern of claim 1 , further comprising at least 10,000 elements between the at least two first elements and the second elements.
4 . The pulse firing pattern of claim 1 , further comprising less than 20 elements between the at least two first elements and the second elements.
5 . The pulse firing pattern of claim 1 , further comprising less than 1,000 elements between the at least two first elements and the second elements.
6 . An electrostatic precipitator comprising:
a filter connected to a power input, the filter for filtering an input power generating a pulsed power according to a pulse firing pattern;
a control unit connected to the filter;
a transformer connected to the filter, the transformer for transforming the pulsed power into a transformed pulsed power;
a rectifier connected to the transformer, the rectifier for rectifying the transformed pulsed power generating a rectified pulsed power; and
collecting electrodes and discharge electrodes connected to the rectifier for receiving the rectified pulsed power;
wherein the control unit implements a pulse firing pattern according to claim 1 .