The information contained in this booklet represents a significant collection of technicalinformation on construction, working, operation and maintenance of electrostaticprecipitators (ESPs). This information will help to achieve increased reliability at a decreasedcost. Assemblage of this information will provide a single point of reference that mightotherwise be time consuming to obtain. Most of information given in this booklet is mainlyderived from the literature on the subject indicated in the reference list given at the end of this booklet. For more information, please refer them. All information contained in thisbooklet has been assembled with great care. However, the information is given for guidancepurposes only. The ultimate responsibility for its use and any subsequent liability rests withthe end user