Patent ID: 8088198

Claim:
A wet electrostatic precipitator comprising: an inlet for receiving a gas containing a pollutant, an outlet for discharging therefrom the gas from which said pollutant has been at least partially removed, a casing through which the gas flows substantially horizontally from said inlet to said outlet, at least one discharge electrode, at least one collecting electrode, a set of nozzles for spraying liquid onto at least one first vertical collecting surface of said at least one collecting electrode, and at least one liquid distributor for pouring liquid onto at least one second vertical collecting surface, said at least one second vertical collecting surface located at least on one of said at least one collecting electrode downstream of said at least one first vertical collecting surface and of at least one further collecting electrode, said at least one further collecting electrode located downstream of said at least one collecting electrode, said set of nozzles located upstream of said at least one liquid distributor.