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Apparatus and method for removing particulate deposits from high temperature filters

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OSTI ID:7066755

A combustion of a fuel-air mixture is used to provide a high-temperature and high-pressure pulse of gaseous combustion products for the back-flush cleaning of ceramic filter elements contained in a barrier filter system and utilized to separate particulates from particulate-laden process gases at high temperature and high pressure. The volume of gaseous combustion products provided by the combustion of the fuel-air mixture is preferably divided into a plurality of streams each passing through a sonic orifice and conveyed to the open end of each filter element as a high pressure pulse which passes through the filter elements and dislodges dust cake supported on a surface of the filter element. 3 figs.

Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5167676; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-865146
OSTI ID:
7066755
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English