Case Study:

Dust Emission down from 45 to only 4 mg/m3.

Location: 

  • CROATIA

Operation:

Cement plant

Dust type:

Coal Mill

Problem:

The coal mill suffered from high dust emission: 45 mg/m3 

Solution:

By swapping from needlefelt filter bags to pleated bags with antistatic polyester filter media the media area and filtration efficiency increased substantially.

TECHNICAL FACTS

   
  BEFORE AFTER
  Bag filter Pleated bag solution
Airflow in unit   
Dusttype  Coal Dust
Collector running hours/year   
Filter model Vemos Pleated Bag
Media/cloth type  PES Needlefelt  Anti-Static Polyester 
Length  2000 1800
Number of bags/cartridges  10 in each baghouse = 50 10 in each baghouse = 50
m² in each bag/cartridge  1m2 2,5m2 
m² in unit  10m2 25m2
 

Advantages:

  • Installation of pleated bags solved the dust emission problems
  • Dust emission down from 45 to 4 mg/m3

Solution after: 

Sales Representative:

PB