EP2268407A2 - High voltage power supply for electrostatic precipitator - Google Patents
High voltage power supply for electrostatic precipitatorInfo
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- EP2268407A2 EP2268407A2 EP09702191A EP09702191A EP2268407A2 EP 2268407 A2 EP2268407 A2 EP 2268407A2 EP 09702191 A EP09702191 A EP 09702191A EP 09702191 A EP09702191 A EP 09702191A EP 2268407 A2 EP2268407 A2 EP 2268407A2
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
- B03C—MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
- B03C3/00—Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapour, e.g. air, by electrostatic effect
- B03C3/34—Constructional details or accessories or operation thereof
- B03C3/66—Applications of electricity supply techniques
- B03C3/68—Control systems therefor
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- This invention relates to a high voltage (HV) power supply system energizing a number of fields of an electrostatic precipitator (ESP), said system comprising individual DC power supplies for each field fed from a common HV DC-bus built with a three-phase HV transformer-rectifier (T-R); wherein said individual power supplies are able to deliver a variable DC-voltage by means of a HV switching device built with power semiconductors with turn-off capabilities.
- HV high voltage
- ESP electrostatic precipitator
- Electrostatic precipitators are used for collection and removal of particulate from a gas stream in industrial processes.
- concentration of particles in the gas stream can be reduced significantly by charging the particles, via the discharge electrodes of the electrostatic precipitator, generating negative charge carriers to become attached to the particles in the gas stream, and by applying a high electrical field so that the charged particles are forced towards the positive anode of the ESP, the so-called collecting plates, thereby removing the charged particles from the gas stream.
- the collected particles form a dust layer on the collecting plates, which is removed periodically by means of mechanical rapping devices.
- the ESP's have been traditionally energized by single-phase transformer- rectifiers (TR sets).
- TR sets transformer- rectifiers
- the performance of an electrostatic precipitator can be impaired when treating low resistivity and fine dust particles because a high current is needed and often this is impossible to reach.
- the reason is that a correspondingly high voltage has to be applied to the particular ESP field and because of the capacitive nature of an ESP field a high voltage ripple is generated.
- This high peak voltage causes sparking inside the ESP field limiting the current below the value that is desired. Therefore it is an advantage in such cases to apply a smooth DC-voltage where the difference between the peak and the mean value is only few kilovolts. This is not possible to obtain with traditional TR-sets.
- Back-corona means that positive ions are generated by the breakdown of the dust layer, which neutralizes the beneficial negative ions generated by the discharge electrodes, which are used for charging the dust particles negatively.
- the result is a decreased voltage applied to the electrostatic precipitator and re-entrainment of the dust particles back to the gas stream due to small eruptions on the dust layer.
- HV switch mode power supplies are independent units energizing each field of the ESP.
- SMPS HV switch mode power supplies
- the three-phase mains voltage is rectified and filtered and then converted to an AC voltage by a bridge inverter operating at low voltage level (500-600 VDC) and high switching frequency (25-50 kHz).
- This AC voltage is then raised to the required high level by a transformer and then rectified by a bridge rectifier and applied to an ESP field.
- EP 0 268 934 B1 describes a pulse system with a pulse transformer with a primary and secondary winding, a power source connected to a storage capacitor and a thyristor with reverse diode connected to the primary winding of the transformer.
- a second voltage source supplies a base voltage to an electrostatic precipitator field coupled to the secondary winding of the transformer by means of a coupling capacitor.
- WO 2006 045311 also describes a pulse system where the switching device and the storage capacitors have exchanged place and the switching device is an IGBT.
- All the described power supplies are independent units including their own HV transformer-rectifier and are energized from an industrial AC line. This is the usual solution employed in energizing each field of present precipitators.
- the SMPS units are effective in coping with low resistivity dusts, but its complexity results in an increased price and reduced reliability.
- the HV transformer working at high voltage and switching frequency can be often a problem. Because the size of these units is small due to the high operating frequency, the losses may cause temperature problems in the HV components submerged in transformer oil. These problems also limit the attainable rated current and voltage of these units.
- the present invention is based on a common HV DC-bus comprising a reliable and proven three-phase rectifier having the current capacity of energizing 3-4 ESP fields.
- This solution is economically attractive because the price of such a transformer-rectifier (TR) does not increase proportionally with the rated current (i.e. a 2000 mA TR-unit does not cost twice as much a 1000 mA unit).
- TR transformer-rectifier
- the switching device could be made of any appropriate power semiconductor capable of being turned off, e.g. IGBT's, MOSFET's, etc.
- the common DC-bus comprises a three-phase transformer with a primary and a secondary winding, where the primary winding of the transformer is connected to the mains voltage and the secondary winding is connected to a three-phase bridge rectifier; finally the output voltage passes a LC-filter, where the capacitor acts as an energy reservoir for the individual power supplies.
- Series inductances are connected in series with the primary side in order to limit the in-rush current and improve the power factor and thus reducing the current harmonics.
- the common DC-bus thus provides steady negative voltages in the range of 60-110 kV, depending on the rated voltage of the power supply selected. The selection depends on the plant process, the electrode configuration, etc.
- the individual power supply for each electrical field of the ESP consists of a power semiconductor based switch in series with an inductance for limiting the current when the switch is closed. When the switch is opened an alternative current path is needed and this is provided by a HV diode connected between the switch and ground.
- the mean voltage delivered to the individual ESP fields is controlled by varying the duty cycle of the switch, i.e. the so-called ON and OFF-time.
- the switch is operated at a high frequency in the range of for example 15-50 kHz.
- the mean output current is automatically controlled by a Pl-controller included in the control unit.
- the current feedback signal is delivered by an optical based current transducer.
- the voltage applied to the ESP field is measured by a voltage divider and this kV-signal is also used by a spark detector which is necessary for detecting the break-down of the gas normally occurring in ESP's.
- the switching device is arranged to be turned off as soon as the spark detector detects the occurrence of a spark.
- the so-called ESP current commutates to the HV diode and the switching device is not subjected to any surge current.
- the switching device is only exposed to a voltage equal to the voltage of the common DC-bus.
- each individual power supply further comprises a firing circuit for the switching device.
- the firing pulses are transferred from the control unit via infrared light.
- This link in practice is made using a PC board with infrared (IR) light emitting diodes (LED's) placed close to the modules comprising the switching device.
- LED's infrared
- the system according to the invention comprises a snubber circuit connected in parallel to the switching device and the anti-parallel rectifier device. The reason is the stray inductance of the cable connection between the switch and the HVDC-bus.
- the snubber circuit limits the rate of rise of the voltage across the switching device (dv/dt) when it is turned off; hereby, a protection of the switching device is provided.
- the reservoir capacitor can be fully or partially moved into the individual power supplies. It can be advantageous in some case where there is a long distance between the individual units and the common three-phase HV transformer-rectifier. Thus, possible overvoltages are avoided and a commercial standard three- phase HV transformer-rectifier can be utilized.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the HV power supply system according to the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram of one individual power supply
- Figure 3 is the alternative embodiment of the invention where the reservoir capacitor is moved and distributed evenly inside the individual power supplies.
- Figure 4 shows diagrams of waveforms of the firing signal applied to the gates of the switching device, the voltage applied to the ESP field (U OUT ) and the output current (i O u ⁇ ) delivered to this load, in case of normal operation.
- Figure 5 shows diagrams of waveforms of the voltage applied to the ESP field (U OUT ), the current and the voltage across the switching device, in case of a spark;
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the pulse system according to the invention. Shown is a common HVDC power supply 1 , hereinafter referred to as DC- bus, and individual DC power supplies 8, arranged to energize an electrostatic precipitator 12.
- the DC-bus 1 is fed from an industrial three- phase mains 7 and comprises a HV transformer 3, a diode bridge 4, a series inductance 5 and a reservoir capacitor 6.
- the output voltage Udc is negative because negative corona is normally used in electrostatic precipitators.
- Linear chokes 2 are connected in series with the primary of the HV transformer 3 for limiting the inrush-current when voltage is applied for first time to the common DC-bus and for limiting the surge current in case of short-circuits.
- 3 precipitator fields A, B, C
- they can be more or less, depending on the particular application.
- the reference number 8 denotes one of the individual DC power supply energizing one ESP field according to the invention.
- This power supply consists basically of a semiconductor switching device 9 comprising a number of power semiconductors in series, where its collector terminal is connected via a series inductance 11 to the corresponding ESP field. From the connection point of the collector terminal of the switching device 9 to the series inductance 11 is connected the anode of a HV diode 10 comprising a number of Si diodes in series. This HV diode 10 works as an alternative path for the output current when the switching device 9 is turned off. The cathode of the HV diode 10 is connected to ground.
- Figure 1 also shows that the output voltage Udc of the DC-bus 1 is connected to the emitter terminal of the switching device 9.
- FIG. 2 shows the DC power supply used for energizing one field of an electrostatic precipitator 13. This is fed from the negative pole of the common DC-bus 1 , the positive pole being connected to ground.
- the switching device consists of a large number of semiconductor modules connected in series based on power semiconductors with turn-off capabilities like IGBT's, power MOSFET's, etc.
- the emitter terminal of the switching device is connected to the common DC-bus and the collector terminal of the switching device is connected via a series inductance 11 to the ESP field 13.
- To the point of coupling (A) between the collector terminal and the series inductance 11 is connected the anode terminal of a HV diode, acting as alternative current path in the time intervals when the switching device 9 is turned off.
- the cathode terminal of the HV diode 10 is connected to ground.
- the snubber circuit 21 is connected in parallel with the switching device 9 for limiting the rate of rise of the voltage when this is turned off.
- the control unit 16 receives feedback signals from the DC power supply by measuring of the output current (mA) and the voltage applied to the ESP field (kV). These signals are obtained by means of a current transducer 15 and a voltage divider 14, respectively.
- the control unit 16 sends a firing signal 17 to the switching modules via infra-red light emitting diodes mounted in a common PC board 18. This infra-red light 19 is received by a firing unit 20 built in each switching module comprising mainly a photo-diode and an IGBT- driver. Then the firing signal with the required amplitude and duration is applied to the gate of the power semiconductor, e.g. an IGBT.
- the switching device 9 is normally operated at a constant frequency whose period is equal to the ON-time (t-ON) plus the OFF-time (t-OFF).
- the duty cycle is defined as the ON-time divided by the period (t-ON /(t-ON + t-OFF)).
- the switching device 9 When the switching device 9 is closed (t-ON), then the voltage at its collector terminal (point A) is equal to the DC voltage delivered by the DC-bus (U DC )- When the switching device 9 is opened (t-OFF) then the voltage at point A is equal to the voltage drop across the HV diode 10, which is ideally zero. So the voltage at point A is ideally a square wave varying between U DC and OV. Then the mean voltage at point A is equal to the voltage U DC multiplied by the duty cycle of the switching device 9. Because the mean voltage across the series inductance 11 is zero, then the mean output voltage applied to the ESP field (point B) is also equal to U DC times the duty cycle. In other words the mean output voltage (U OUT ) and consequently the mean output current (IOUT) can be varied by varying the duty cycle.
- FIG 3 shows an alternative embodiment of the invention, where the reservoir capacitor 6 of the common DC-bus 1 is moved into the individual power supplies 8. This may be necessary in case of long distances between the common DC-bus and the individual power supplies increasing the parasitic inductances in the system, thus increasing the risk of overvoltages across the switching device 9.
- Figure 4 shows, as example, the waveforms of the firing signal (UGATE), the output current (iou ⁇ ) and the output voltage (UOUT) applied to one ESP field.
- the common DC-bus has a rated voltage of 80 kV, the switching frequency is 20 kHz, and the load is represented by a 60 nF capacitor in parallel with 100 k ⁇ . Then the rated output mean current is 800 mA.
- the series inductance 11 has a sufficient high value that assures that the output current can flow continuously through it (few [H]).
- the duty cycle D is chosen to be 0.75. During the ON-time 26 the switching device 9 is closed and the output current increases linearly 28.
- the output voltage is very smooth 33. In practice a ripple of few kilovolts could be expected.
- Figure 4 shows only one application example. Because of the rated current and voltage values of the DC power supply depends strongly of the particular application of the electrostatic precipitator, both lower and higher rated values should be used in practice.
- Figure 5 shows, as example, the waveforms of the output voltage (u O u ⁇ ) applied to the ESP field 13, the output current (iou ⁇ ), the current (i SW ⁇ tch) through the switching device 9 and the voltage (u SW ⁇ tch) across the switching device 9, in case of a spark.
- the common DC-bus still has a rated voltage of 80 kV, the switching frequency is 20 kHz, and the load is represented by a 60 nF capacitor in parallel with 100 k ⁇ .
- the duty cycle D 0.75 as in Figure 4.
- the control unit 16 detects the spark 41 , it blocks the firing pulses 17 to the gates of the switching device 9 and the output current starts decreasing slowly 43. After the spark and because the short-circuit of the load has disappeared 42, the output current starts decreasing faster down to zero 44. In this example the gate pulses are blocked during a typical interval of 10 ms.
- the current through the switching device (i SW ⁇ tch) follows the output current during the ON-time 26 and is zero during the OFF-time 27. Then it remains at zero 46 after the spark, because the gate pulses are blocked.
- the voltage across the switching device (u SW ⁇ tch) oscillates between 0 and the rated voltage 48. After the spark 41 it remains at this level (80 kV). So, neither the peak voltage across the switching device 47, nor the peak value of the current through the switching device 45 exceeds the rated values of the power supply.
- This waveform is very alike to the one generated by traditional single-phase transformer-rectifier unit energized from a 50 Hz line. (For instance, see EP 0 268 467).
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