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Main Title Electrostatic augmentation of fabric filtration : reverse-air pilot unit experience /
Author VanOsdell, D. W. ; Furlong, D. A.
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Furlong, D. A.
CORP Author Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. ;ETS, Inc., Roanoke, VA.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1984
Report Number EPA/600/7-84/085; R-47U-1915; EPA-68-02-3186
Stock Number PB84-230002
Subjects Filter cloth ; Filters and filtration ; Electrostatic dusting
Additional Subjects Electrostatics ; Air pollution control equipment ; Air filters ; Pilot plants ; Industrial wastes ; Combustion products ; Filtration ; Electrodes ; Fly ash ; Tables(Data) ; Performance evaluation ; Design criteria ; Fabric filters ; Electrostatic fabric filters ; Baghouses
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NTIS  PB84-230002 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 130 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
The report describes the use of a pilot unit (consisting of two baghouses in a parallel-flow arrangement on a slipstream from an industrial pulverized-coal boiler house) to test electrostatically augmented fabric filtration (ESFF) in a reverse-air cleaning mode. ESFF is characterized by electrodes arranged about 2 cm apart around the circumference of the bag and running the length of the bag. An electric field of 2-4 kV/cm is maintained between the electrodes and perpendicular to the gas flow. Research results showed that ESFF can reduce fabric filter pressure drops and may allow reverse-air filtration at a 2 cm/s face velocity, rather than the conventional 1 cm/s. A filter bag with stainless steel electrodes woven into the fabric was developed for the reverse-air tests as part of this research. The woven-in electrode and the potential for doubling the face velocity appear to make ESFF economically attractive for commercial baghouse users.
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Caption title. "Sept. 1984." "EPA-600/7-84-085." Microfiche.