Abstract |
Some of the areas covered by the appendices contained in the report include: Tabulation of the early history of the use of fabrics for dust and fume filtration; Principal U.S. manufacturers of cloth filter dust and fume collectors; Estimated 1968 and 1969 fabric filter sales; Estimate of the fabric filter market; Fabric filter applications in the non-metallic minerals industry; Force of adhesion between sphere and cylinder in liquid contact; Specific dust fabric filter resistance coefficients; Fabric filter manufacturers' summary, 1969; Glossary of fabric terminology; Some inorganic and metal fibers potentially suitable for high temperature filtration or control of electrostatic effects in fabrics; Chart of fiber properties, and electrical resistance vs. humidity; 1969 suppliers list, filter fabrics and related materials plus supplier brochures; Hopper configuration bibliography; Selected references on liquid filtration; Development of operating equations for the multicompartment collector; Field performance data for selected fabric filter installations; Costs of specific fabric filter applications, Troubleshooting checklists; Operational problem category analysis; Maintenance problems encountered in the development of new applications. |