How to monitor pulse-jet baghouses

Journal Article · Fri Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1996 · Chemical Engineering

OSTI ID:212241

Nierman, H H ^[1]; Hood, A M ^[2]

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1. Nierman (Herbert H.), Seattle, WA (United States)
2. Kimberly-Clark Corp., Everett, WA (United States)

Offering lower operating and installation costs and smaller space requirements than alternative methods, such as electrostatic precipitators, pulse-jet baghouses provide economical particulate control in utility and industrial boilers. Keeping baghouses in optimum working order is largely a matter of calculating four parameters discussed in this article, which are easily performed on a desktop PC. The paper discusses spotting baghouse problems (opacity and pressure drop), a tier approach to analysis, monitoring methods, test results on a 17-module baghouse (bag resistance, dust resistance, bag leakage, and flue gas distribution), and the computer program.

• OSTI ID: 212241
• Journal Information: Chemical Engineering, Journal Name: Chemical Engineering Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 103; ISSN CHEEA3; ISSN 0009-2460
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
BAGHOUSES
BOILERS
COMPUTER CODES
DATA ACQUISITION
DEASHING
FLUE GAS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LEAK TESTING
MONITORING
PARTICULATES
PERMEABILITY
PULSE TECHNIQUES