sneakage
English
Etymology
sneak + -age
Noun
sneakage (uncountable)
- The situation where gases carrying dust bypass the active electrode system of an electrostatic precipitator.
- 1996, Howard D. Hesketh, Air Pollution Control: Traditional Hazardous Pollutants, →ISBN:
- Improved performance is obtained by reducing gas flow unevenness, dust flow unevenness, dust reentrainment, and gas sneakage.
- 2012, Barbara Toole-O'Neil, Dry Scrubbing Technologies for Flue Gas Desulfurization, →ISBN, page 57:
- 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, K.R. Parker, Applied Electrostatic Precipitation, →ISBN, page 137:
- 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.
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Related terms
- sweepage