Operating and Maintenance of Electrostatic Precipitator in Cement Industries

The cement process industries utilizing raw materials for the production of cement and these raw materials are burnt in the kiln at the temperature around 1400°C. During cement manufacturing process air gets pollute which includes particulate matter NOx, SOx., CO, CO2, hydrocarbons and other substances are released to the atmosphere. The burning of organic material such as coal oil wastes in kilns produces an exhaust gas. Without secondary purifying treatment, these gases cannot be released into the atmosphere due to environmental protection. This problem can be overcome from the device called electrostatic precipitation which is an efficient technique for removing entrained particulate contaminants from exhaust gases and is extensively used in these industries to limit particulate emanations. In outlook of this, information on construction, working, design, erection, commissioning, operation, maintenance and challenges that are being faced while carrying out the erection of the various electrical equipment’s, testing and commissioning of the Electrostatic precipitator are explained in this paper.