Method and apparatus for separating dispersed matter from a fluid medium

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Herein are disclosed a method and apparatus whereby dispersed matter in the form of finely-divided particles and/or in the form of molecular species such as molecules atoms and radicals, are separated from a gaseous or liquid medium. A fluid medium containing dispersed matter is subjected to a field of a corona discharge from a first electrode (hereinafter referred to as a "separating electrode") which is pervious to the passage of the fluid medium and dispersed matter, whereby particles are charged if not already charged and molecular species are ionized if not already ionized in, the same electrical polarity as that of the charge on the separating electrode, and the dispersed matter is …