sneakage
nounEtymology From sneak + -age.
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The situation where gases carrying dust bypass the active electrode system of an electrostatic precipitator.
- Improved performance is obtained by reducing gas flow unevenness, dust flow unevenness, dust reentrainment, and gas sneakage.1996, Howard D. Hesketh, Air Pollution Control: Traditional Hazardous Pollutants, →ISBN:
- Sneakage and poor gas flow distribution adversely affect the collection efficiency. Sneakage occurs when a portion of the gas bypasses the electrified regions of the ESP by flowing through the hopper area and high voltage feed-through areas.2012, Barbara Toole-O'Neil, Dry Scrubbing Technologies for Flue Gas Desulfurization, →ISBN, page 57:
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- Gases flowing between the very outmost collector plates and the wall of the housing, and gases flowing above and below the electrode systems, carry dust and give rise to sneakage.2012, K.R. Parker, Applied Electrostatic Precipitation, →ISBN, page 137:
- Derived terms
- antisneakage
- Coordinate terms
- sweepage