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The Evolution of Improved Baghouse Filter Media as Observed in the Environmental Technology Verification Program
Citation:
Trenholm, A., J. Mycock, J. McKenna, AND M. KOSUSKO. The Evolution of Improved Baghouse Filter Media as Observed in the Environmental Technology Verification Program. In Proceedings, A&WMA's 101st Annual Conference & Exhibition, Portland, OR, June 24 - 27, 2008. AWMA, Pittsburgh, PA, 786-783, (2008).
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Description:
The U.S. EPA implemented the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) program in 1995 to generate independent and credible data on the performance of innovative technologies that have the potential to improve protection of public health and the environment. Results are publicly available on ETV's Web site: www.epa.gov/etv. In 1998, ETV's Air Pollution Control Technology Center instituted a Baghouse Filtration Products (BFP) program. This program's purpose is to verify the performance of baghouse filtration media on removing fine particles (PM2.5), along with a limited number of other parameters, including pressure drop and cleaning requirements of commercial-ready products. The expectation was that BFP verifications would accelerate the market entry of verified fabrics and would thereby help improve the environment as the new federal fine particle code was implemented at the state level. The BFP program has been one of the more successful ETV programs, and the vast majority of filtration fabric suppliers to the domestic bag market have participated in the program. Many have continuously submitted newly developed fabrics for verification. A review of the data from the program initiation to date is provided in this paper. In general, this review indicates continuous improvement in the performance of the verified fabrics.
