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Rely on Sly to analyze your baghouse and provide recommendations to keep your air pollution control system running smoothly.
Filter Bag Failure Analysis Services
Replacing filter bags is among a baghouse system’s most significant operating expenses. However, compromising on filter quality to get a lower price is almost invariably a poor decision over the system’s lifetime. Symptoms of underperforming bags include high-pressure drops, increased resistance to flow, poor mechanical characteristics, and unacceptable particulate emissions.
By analyzing baghouse filters that have failed in use and combining those lab findings with your operating data, Sly can diagnose the source of your problem and recommend the appropriate corrective action, such as an alternative bag type better suited to your dust’s particle size, chemistry, operating conditions, etc. Improving the performance of your filter media in terms of lower emissions, higher airflow, and reductions in lost production due to unscheduled downtime can also help you gain better control over your total system operating cost.
Sly’s filter bag failure analysis services consider the five modes of filter failure: mechanical strength/wear, chemical degradation, thermal degradation, dust penetration/media blinding, and incorrect design.
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Bag tests performed include:
- Permeability Testing: Permeability is the volumetric flow rate, measured in cubic feet per minute (cfm), through a square foot of filter media at a pressure differential of 0.5” water gauge (w.g.).
- Mullen Burst Strength Test: This test measures the two-dimensional, or planar, strength of the media in pounds per square inch.
- Tensile Strength Test: This test measures the directional strength of the media in pounds per square inch.
- Microscopy: A light microscope is often used to supplement the visual analysis of a filter sample to determine the particulate interactions with the filter surface. Cross-section microscopic photographs are used to analyze dust penetration into the media.
Here’s an example of the report we produce on your filter bag failure analysis.
Particle Analysis Services
Understanding the characteristics of the dust being filtered starts with measuring bulk density and particle size distribution.
- Bulk density is a weight per unit volume measurement expressed in grams per cubic centimeter or pounds per cubic foot. The object of the analysis is to determine the bulk or apparent density of dust. This data can then be used to diagnose re-entrainment or aid in fabric filter design.
- The particle size distribution test determines the range of particle sizes present in a dust sample. The results are presented in terms of particle size versus the cumulative percentage of total weight or volume. When plotted on a log-probability graph, the mass-mean diameter can be determined. This characteristic parameter of the dust can be used to predict filter performance in applications where similar dusts are being used.
Here’s an example of the report we will produce for your particle size analysis.
Featured Videos
Sly has produced a series of informative videos to help you optimize the performance of your dust collector or baghouse.
Start-up Procedure for a Dust Collector or Baghouse
Anatomy of a Baghouse