Patent ID: 8211217

Claim:
A wet electrostatic precipitator (ESP) comprising: a hollow housing having a chamber, a waste gas inlet, a gas outlet, a scrubbing-liquid overflow reservoir, a scrubbing-liquid collection reservoir, and a jet passage, the scrubbing-liquid overflow reservoir and the scrubbing-liquid collection reservoir being in communication with the chamber, the waste gas inlet and the gas outlet running through the housing for communication with the chamber and an outside of the housing; a discharge wire mounted inside the chamber; a collection electrode mounted inside the housing and located between the chamber and the jet passage, the collection electrode having a plurality of holes communicating with the chamber and the jet passage and in a position corresponding to the discharge wire; and a scrubbing-liquid dispersion member having a roughened surface and disposed on an internal sidewall of the housing, the scrubbing-liquid dispersion member being located at a bottom side of the scrubbing-liquid overflow reservoir and a top side of the collection electrode.