Sunday, September 27, 2020
More from 1942
Another article in the 1942 Westinghouse Engineer also has an immediate resonance.
The subject is electrical dust filters.
History:
Note the area of 'smokes' and the typical smoke particle.
In the recent Gaian Punishment Smoke Lockdown, the EPA warned us NOT to use electrical precipitators. Only use filters!
Which of them would take care of the smoke? Precipitators, not filters. I found that the filter was ineffective by experiment, but I don't have a precipitator so I don't know if it would have done a better job.
Why did EPA tell us NOT to use the precipitators? Because they generate ozone, which is a "pollutant".
Can't make it up.
The rule is always the same. Government FORBIDS self-defense and REQUIRES methods and devices that make the pollution or disease WORSE.
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Later, I animated the Lodge precipitator.
This simple principle of electrical precipitation of dust was noticed by Hohlfeld of Germany in 1824 as he watched the behavior of an electrical discharge in smoke. Nothing came of his observation until 1884 when Sir Oliver Lodge successfully applied the principle in a lead smelter. Electrical precipitation of dust did not become widely practical until 1906 when Cottrell, who had worked with Lodge, brought out the precipitator that bears his name.Hmm. Lodge. Where have we heard that name? And where have we heard 1906? Most of the article discusses various modern precipitators, based on the 1906 Cottrell invention. This chart of the Dust Spectrum is especially useful. (I tacked on Orange Man Bad "virus" for future reference, but it's not the focus here.)
Note the area of 'smokes' and the typical smoke particle.
In the recent Gaian Punishment Smoke Lockdown, the EPA warned us NOT to use electrical precipitators. Only use filters!
Which of them would take care of the smoke? Precipitators, not filters. I found that the filter was ineffective by experiment, but I don't have a precipitator so I don't know if it would have done a better job.
Why did EPA tell us NOT to use the precipitators? Because they generate ozone, which is a "pollutant".
Can't make it up.
The rule is always the same. Government FORBIDS self-defense and REQUIRES methods and devices that make the pollution or disease WORSE.
= = = = =
Later, I animated the Lodge precipitator.
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