An electric dust collector of a high dust-collection rate is disclosed. The dust collector includes a charging section, a dust collecting section and acoustic wave generating means which irradiates acoustic waves to at least a part of a discharge portion of the charging section. The acoustic wave generating means irradiates the acoustic waves to a corona discharging area, so that an area where corona discharge is generated is enlarged, and at the same time, a probability of collision between particles is increased for accelerating cohesion of the particles. As a result, the dust collection rate is improved. |