Patent ID: 6955075

Claim:
A portable liquid collection electrostatic precipitator comprising: an air intake system, said system comprising an air passage having an inlet end and an outlet end and an air pump, said pump operative to draw air from said inlet end through said air passage and out through said outlet end, thereby creating an air stream through said air passage; an ionization section located in said air intake system near said inlet end, said ionization section capable of ionizing analytes in said air stream; a collection electrode situated in said air intake system between said ionization section and said outlet end of said air intake system whereby the exterior of said collection electrode is exposed to said air stream, said collection electrode comprising a vertical tubular electrode; a reservoir containing a liquid, said reservoir hydraulically connected to said collection electrode; a liquid pump for pumping said liquid from said reservoir to the interior of said collection electrode such that said liquid flows upwardly through the interior of the collection electrode and then flows downwardly over the exposed exterior of said collection electrode and is returned to said reservoir; a portable power source, said power source operatively connected to said ionization section and said collection electrode to create an electrostatic field capable of ionizing analytes in said air; whereby ionizable analytes in said air stream are electrostatically precipitated on said collection electrode and collected in said liquid.