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Title: Douglas Battery Mfg. Co. achieves outstanding air quality, energy savings - with dust collection/recirculating system

Abstract

Douglas Battery Manufacturing Company of Winston-Salem, NC has engineered a filtration system that not only delivers excellent air quality - it also reduces heating costs in the plant, since the filtered air is recirculated through the work area after it leaves the dust-collection unit. Douglas engineers reviewed several alternatives, including pulse jet baghouses, before selecting a Tenkay aspirated cartridge dust collection from Farr Company, El Segundo, CA. At present, Douglas is operating four Tenkay collectors. The average air to filter surface ratio of a Farr cartridge is 1.5:1. Two of the units handle 21,500 cfm each, the others handle 25,000 cfm each. Testing by U.S. EPA Reference Method 12 confirmed that the unit's emissions are significantly lower than those established by federal New Source Performance Standards.

Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6231947
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Battery Man; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 30:8
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; DUSTS; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LEAD OXIDES; POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION; CHALCOGENIDES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; EQUIPMENT; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION; 250900* - Energy Storage- Batteries; 500200 - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 320304 - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Waste Heat Recovery & Utilization

Citation Formats

. Douglas Battery Mfg. Co. achieves outstanding air quality, energy savings - with dust collection/recirculating system. United States: N. p., 1988. Web.
. Douglas Battery Mfg. Co. achieves outstanding air quality, energy savings - with dust collection/recirculating system. United States.
. 1988. "Douglas Battery Mfg. Co. achieves outstanding air quality, energy savings - with dust collection/recirculating system". United States.
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abstractNote = {Douglas Battery Manufacturing Company of Winston-Salem, NC has engineered a filtration system that not only delivers excellent air quality - it also reduces heating costs in the plant, since the filtered air is recirculated through the work area after it leaves the dust-collection unit. Douglas engineers reviewed several alternatives, including pulse jet baghouses, before selecting a Tenkay aspirated cartridge dust collection from Farr Company, El Segundo, CA. At present, Douglas is operating four Tenkay collectors. The average air to filter surface ratio of a Farr cartridge is 1.5:1. Two of the units handle 21,500 cfm each, the others handle 25,000 cfm each. Testing by U.S. EPA Reference Method 12 confirmed that the unit's emissions are significantly lower than those established by federal New Source Performance Standards.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6231947}, journal = {Battery Man; (United States)},
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year = {Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988},
month = {Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988}
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