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LIQUID LEVEL 1
Clean gas out

Figure 4-64A. Adjustable “floating” caps for vapor flow. By permis-
sion, Koch Engineering Co., Inc.

FILTER BAG SHAKING MECHANISM

Gas plus
suspended
solids in

INLIT
DUST
LADEN=
AIR
Solids and
liquids out

F I LT ER I NG CLEAN1 NG
The scrubber is comprised of one or more trays. Each tray contains
numerous venturi openings. Each of the MultiVenturi openings is Figure 4-65. Bag filtration with mechanical shaking for bag cleaning.
surmounted by a spider cage holding a floating Flexicap (see insert). Courtesy of Dracco Div. Fuller Co.
In addition, each tray is equipped with one or more “downcomers”
and weir flow baffles that control the scrubbing liquid as it flows
across the tray and then to the tray below.
dust loading [47]. The air-to-cloth ratio so often used is
Figure 4-64. Variable orifice MultiVenturi Flexitray@ scrubber at only useful when comparing a particular manufacturer’s
essentially constant pressure drop maintains good efficiency over equipment for handling different materials, and not for
wide flow rates. By permission, Koch Engineering Co., Inc. comparing manufacturers. Reference [49] is an excellent
summary of many details associated with specifymg and
selecting bag filters.
bag by internal arrangements in the “bag house” or hous- The following are suggested filter specifications:
ing by such techniques as (1) shaking or vibrating the bag
or bag assembly to drop the dust into an integral hopper 1. Performance: define air/gas and dust rates, particle
while there is no-flow of airdust feed into the unit or com- size distribution, and percent of particle sizes.
partment, or (2) back pulse with jets of air into each bag
(Figure 467). The criterion should be a constant pressure a. Temperature at inlet to baghouse
drop across the fabric for a fixed air flow and a specified b. Moisture concentration, dewpoint