Note On High Air to Cloth Ratio Bag Filters

In past OEMs have generally been offering bag filters for product handling with A/C ratio as 1 m/min and purge air pressure of to ! bar" ALSTOM Alstom supplies bag filters with Optipow pulse valves with lower air pressure of # to $ bar as in case of our C%&M line ' and #" A/C ratio for our bag filters is 1 m/min. SCHEUCH (cheuch say that they operate their EMC)Energy Minimising Concept* bag filters with 1+# bar air pressure, depending on the -ind of dust" Possible A/C ratio can be up to 1. m/min ma!. .he lower air pressure also results in longer life of bags" .hey also say that they have achieved years life with /0$ needle felt bags in a -iln/raw mill application with '112C during direct operation" In India they have supplied a bag filter for -iln for .hyssen3rupp India, /impri//une for an abroad pro4ect in the 5ulf region, which is still under erection" Contact partner is Mr" Malay 6A(, .el no"1'1/'!$ ' $71 In India there is no EMC bag filter in operation, the nearest is in Emirates in a ball mill cement grinding plant for the separator filter while all others are in Europe" "#$ Mr / (hah of /erry has informed the following8 PT$E membrane bag suppliers use %ig% A/C ratio of appro! 1.& to 1.' m/min. .he /.9E membrane is very thin, hardly '1 micrometers thic- laminated either on a needlefelt base material or on a glass fabric" .he membrane is supposed to give anti stic- property which forms the basis of low pressure drop and high A/C ratio"

:ote8 they have a very low air permeability compared to needlefelts" ;e have seen a number of failures because the membrane brea-s creating holes after a short time, leading to particles entering the filter media and getting stored beneath intact membrane" .his leads to a sudden rise in pressure drop and/or rise in emissions in due course A good e<ample is Indo &ama Cement for their slag and clin-er grinding , who initially used 5orete< bags ) homopolymer acrylic bags laminated with /.9E membrane* and had severe differential pressure problems after paying a fancy price for the bags" (ince then they have stopped buying membrane bags and instead are using 111= homopolymer acrylic needlefelts at a much lower cost"&eport is attached in a separate file" Attached please also find another file on negative reference list where we have analysed so many bags with this failure including some in India" ;ith A/C ratio as high as these even ordinary needlefelts will come under severe stress as much more gas has to pass through it and resulting in short bag life, increased pressure drop and high emissions as particles will penetrate " .he abrasive nature of the slag will brea- the thin /.9E membrane" Conclusion( It appears from the above that it is better to stic- to conventional A/C ratio of 1 m/min for bag filters handling product with conventional filter media depending upon application">owever,we may discuss in detail with suppliers during techno commercial discussions before coming to final conclusion"