Advantages of Electrostatic Precipitators
Electrostatic precipitators are capable very high efficiency, generally of the order of 99.5-99.9%.
Since the electrostatic precipitators act on the particles and not on the air, they can handle higher loads with lower pressure drops.
They can operate at higher temperatures.
The operating costs are generally low.
•Disadvantages of Electrostatic Precipitators
The initial capital costs are high.
Although they can be designed for a variety of operating conditions, they are not very flexible to changes in the operating conditions, once installed.
Particulate with high resistivity may go uncollected.