Air Pollution Control Equipment Selection Guide, 3rd Edition

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Fabric Filter Collectors

Deny Claffey and Michael Claffey

Allied Mechanical, Las Vegas, Nevada

Jerry Childress

McGill AirClean, Columbus, Ohio

7.1 Device Type

Fabric filter collectors, or baghouses, separate particulate from gas stream by causing the particulate to pass through a filtering medium, a layer of previously collected (or purposely deposited) particulate, or both. The gas-borne particulate is intercepted by the fibers of the filtering medium, by the particulate already present on the medium surface, or both. To prevent excessive pressure drop as the particulate accumulates, these devices use various mechanisms to disengage the particulate from the medium.

7.2 Typical Applications and Uses

There are three basic dust collector ...