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Dust collector systems capture air contaminated by very fine,
solid particles of a disintegrated or split material, these dust collectors
with baghouses remove
the dust matter and release the remaining clean air and gas back into the environment.
Dust collection services involve a continuous process for dust collecting of
any process-generated dust particles from the source point. An industrial dust
collector is used to recover valuable material, as in silo vents, or to remove
granular solid pollutants from exhaust gases before venting them back into
the atmosphere. IQS Directory profiles dust collector suppliers and companies
involved in the manufacture of industrial dust collector systems that are often
used in conjunction with air pollution control equipment to improve air quality.
A dust collector may be of single unit construction, such as cyclone separator
dust collectors, or a collection of dust collection devices, such as cyclone
dust collectors, baghouse services, or fabric bag dust
collecting systems.
Dust is generated by grinding, crushing or impacting material. Dust collectors
are designed to collect dust as classified by size in three categories: respirable
dust collectors, inhalable dust collectors, and total dust collectors. Respirable
dust collectors help remove dust that consists of particles that are tiny enough
to penetrate deep into the lungs, while inhalable dust collectors remove dust
that is trapped in the nose, throat and upper respiratory tract. Total dust
collectors collect eliis a term that encompasses the other two types of dust
often requiring dust collecting systems. Dust can remain in the air for an
indefinite period of time without any chemical change other than fracturing.
Dust control and dust collection services, including baghouse services, are
necessary because the presence of excessive dust is hazardous and can cause
such things as respiratory diseases, irritation to eyes, ears, nose, throat
and skin, dust explosions or fire and damage to manufacturing equipment.
A commonly used type of industrial dust collection system is the fabric dust
collector or baghouse services. Baghouse services contain filters called fabric
bags, typically made of glass fibers or fabric, which trap dust while allowing
gases to move through the dust collector. The most popular types of baghouse
services and fabric dust collectors include mechanical shaker dust collectors,
reverse air baghouse dust collectors, and pulse jet baghouse dust collectors.
In mechanical shaker dust collectors, cylindrical filter bags hang from the
top of the baghouse from horizontal rods and are attached to the bottom of
the baghouse on a dust collection plate. Dust Cleaning in reverse air baghouses
occurs as vibrations from the dust collection system shaft motor shakes the
horizontal rods and loosens the dust particles from the dust collection filter.
Fresh air flows through the dust filter bags in the opposite direction of the
gas stream flow, which creates pressure and loosens the dust from the dust
collection system filter. Reverse air baghouses are compartmentalized to allow
airflow to cease in the compartment being cleaned while filtering continues
in other dust collector compartments.
Pulse jet baghouse services collects dust on individual bags supported by metal
cages attached to the top of the baghouse. Cleaning and filtering of dust collection
systems simultaneously occurs as rapidly moving air flows over the dust filter
bags, loosening the dust. Baghouse services are advantageous because they have
high dust collector services efficiencies even for very small particles, baghouses
can operate on a wide variety of dusts, and are designed to be modular dust
collectors and assembled onsite and they have reasonable pressure drops. Unfortunately,
baghouse services take up a lot of space, the fabrics of the bags can be harmed
by high temperatures or corrosive chemicals and there is potential for fire
or explosion. Periodic dust collector bag replacement affects the overall cost
of baghouse services. However, the advantages of baghouse services far outweigh
the disadvantages of dust collector baghouse services.
Dust collector manufacturers product several types of dust collectors, dust
collection services, baghouse services, dust
masks and other types of dust collection systems. Popular dust collectors include
the cyclone separator dust collector, a simple tank with no moving parts that
filters fine particles and dust from the air by centrifugal means. Other popular
dust collectors include electrostatic precipitator dust collectors, involving
a dust collector fan that pushes or pulls dust laden gases through the box
and directs them into lanes formed by dust collection system plates or dust
collection tubes. The particles of dust are provided with a negative charge
and are attracted to the positively grounded dust collection plates. A virbrator
dust collector system of dust collection or rapper aids the transport of the
dust to the dust collection hopper. Wet scrubber dust collectors and dust collecting
systems literally wash the dust out of the air, releasing a fine spray of droplets
that capture dust particles and bring them down. The appropriate selection
of a dust collector depends on the industry in which the dust collecting system
will be used, the amount of dust present within the environment, the size and
density of dust particles, the level of dust collection efficiency required
of dust collectors and the cost of dust collecting equipment and dust collection
systems maintenance.
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Types of Industrial Dust Collectors, Baghouses, Baghouse
Services, and Dust Collecting Systems
Baghouses are dust collection filters typically constructed from glass fibers or fabric.
Cartridge collectors are compact filters that have
a much greater surface area than bags, which increases the airflow,
lowers resistance and reduces frequency of cleaning.
Cyclone dust collectors rely on centrifugal force to remove dust from air.
Cyclone
separators filter dust particles by spinning the air around in its tank. The
motion pins the particles against
the walls; they
gradually move downward and eventually end up in the collection
bin.
Downdraft booths are systems that vent from the
top and pull fumes and dust up past the worker’s face.
Downdraft
tables or workstations have perforated tabletops and back walls
and draw dust and fumes away from the worker’s breathing
zone.
Dust
collecting systems filter air and remove dust before releasing clean air back into the environment.
Dust
collection is
the process of filtering air and removing dust.
Electrostatic precipitators
collect dust through ionization. As dust-filled gases move through the
system’s positively-charged, grounded electrodes called collection
plates, discharge electrodes give the dust particles a negative charge,
which causes the ionized dust particles to be attracted to and caught
by the collection plates.
Fabric collectors,
or baghouses, contain filters called fabric bags, which efficiently
trap fine particles of dust, while allowing gases to move through the
collector.
Inertial separators separate
dust particles from gas by changing the direction of gas streams
as the streams flow through the collector.
Pulse jets use compressed
air to force a burst of air down through the fabric bag and expand
it violently. When the bag reaches its limit,
the dust separates from the bag, and the escaping
air carries the dust away from the fabric surface.
Silo vents collect the product
in filter bags as the silo is being filled with material. The
bags are then shaken to return the valuable
product to the silo.
Unit collectors
are small dust collecting systems that contain a fan and either a fabric
collector or a cyclone.
Ventilators pull a continuous
stream of air from the environment, removing airborne dust
particles.
Wet scrubbers soak dust-filled
gas streams with water and separate the wet dust particles
through varying degrees of pressure drops.
Common Dust Collectors Terms including: Industrial Dust
Collectors, Baghouses, Baghouse
Services, and Dust Collecting Systems.
Air-to-Cloth Ratio
– The amount of process gas or air entering the fabric collector
(baghouse) divided by the square feet of cloth in the fabric collector.
Asbestosis – Form of pneumoconiosis
caused by the inhalation of asbestos minerals into the lung, resulting
in lung scarring, breathing problems and various forms of cancer.
Bleedthrough – Also called “leakthrough,”
it is the ability of particles of dust or fumes to migrate through the
fabric bag.
Cake – Also referred to as “filter
cake,” it is the dust buildup occurring on the surface of the filter
medium during filtration that often aids in the filtration process.
Certified Energy Manager (CEM) – International
professional designation available through training and testing by the
Association of Energy Engineers (AEE).
CFC (Chlorofluorocarbon) – Family
of chemicals used as refrigerants, being tightly regulated and phased
out of production due to stratospheric ozone depletion potential. Examples:
R-11, R-12, R-113, R-114, R-115.
Coating – The act of dipping
the filter medium into a solution in order to lubricate the fibers to
reduce self-abrasion.
Collection Plates or Tubes –
Electrodes in an electrostatic precipitator that attract and collect negatively
charged particles of dust.
Concentration – The amount of
dust that the gas or air contains. Concentration is expressed in grains
per cubic foot or pounds per hour.
Discharge Electrodes – Electrodes
in an electrostatic precipitator that negatively charge dust particles.
Electrodes – Conductors or parts
of a semiconductor that create an electrical connection with nonmetals
or control the movement of electrons.
Fabric Bag – Filter in a fabric
collector consisting of woven or felt material such as cotton.
Fibrogenic Dust – Toxic particles
that penetrate the lungs, causing lung dysfunction and scar tissue formation.
Filter Media – The porous barrier
used in the filtration process to separate the particles from the fluid
stream.
Flange-to-Flange – The fabric
collector equipment from inlet flange to outlet flange.
Flex Abrasion – Cloth wear in
a fabric bag caused by excessive bending.
Hood – A hood-shaped inlet designed
to collect contaminated air and direct it into the exhaust dust system
of a baghouse.
Hopper – In dust collecting systems, the area in which the collected
dust is stored.
Inert Dust – Also called “nuisance
dust,” it consists of particles of which quartz and other silicates
compose less than one percent.
Inhalable Dust – Medium- to
large-sized dust particles that do not reach the lower respiratory tract
but remain in the upper respiratory system, nose and throat.
Mist Collector – A device that
sucks up fine particles from fluids like oils and even dry smoke using
a three-phase motor. The inner drum rotates and draws the mist particles
to the center of the drum where they are forced together and eventually
pass through perforations in the drum and back into the machine’s
coolant tank, while clean air blows past the motor and back into the outside
environment.
Multi-Cyclone Separators – Centrifugal
separators containing several parallel cyclones that separate dust particles
according to texture.
Plate Precipitator – Common
high-voltage electrostatic precipitator consisting of flat collection
plates along which discharge electrodes lie.
Pneumoconiosis – Respiratory
ailment caused by excessive inhalation of metallic or mineral dust matter.
Pneumoconiosis also includes diseases such as silicosis and asbestosis.
Rapper – Part of electrostatic
precipitator that transfers dust from the collection plates to the hopper.
Respirable Dust – Small dust
particles inhaled into the lower regions of the lungs that are responsible
for different types of pneumoconiosis.
Silicosis – Incurable, potentially
deadly type of pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of silica dust
particles, resulting in lung diseases such as emphysema. Silicosis progresses
even after contact with silicates has ceased.
Surface Abrasion – More or less
consistent wear on the dirty side of the fabric bag cloth.
Total Dust – Consists of all
dust particles, whether respirable or inhalable.
Tubular Precipitator – High-voltage
electrostatic precipitators consisting of cylindrical collection plates
that rotate around the discharge electrodes.
Vibrator System – Part of an
electrostatic precipitator that transfers dust from the collection plates
to the hopper.
