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REVERSE AIR BAG HOUSE

Custom Engineered Fabric Filter Systems

Unit on a Carbon Black Reactor in Thailand

Front Cover Image: Unit on a Cement Klin in India
In order to take advantage of future technical developments we reserve the right to modify the details given in this document

Cleaning the air for better returns

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Improving your business
is our business
Thermax offers products,
systems and solutions in energy
and environment engineering to
industrial and commercial
establishments around the world.
Its business expertise covers
heating, cooling, waste heat
recovery, captive power, water
treatment & recycling, air
pollution control & waste
management and performance
chemicals.
Thermax brings to customers
extensive experience in industrial
applications and expertise
through technology partnerships
and strategic alliances.
Operating from its headquarters
in Pune (Western India),
Thermax has built an
international sales & service
network spread over South East
Asia, Middle East, Africa, Russia,
UK and US. It has full fledged
ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14000
accredited manufacturing setup.
Enviro Division

Ever since its inception in 1980, Thermax-Enviro has been engaged in

the development of Fabric Filter Systems with different configurations to
suit different applications, achieving a number of significant
breakthroughs and industrial operation related milestones on the way.
On the Reverse Air Bag House (RABH) front, these include the first
installations for carbon black, cement kiln and sponge iron dedusting
applications built in India. Thermax RABH systems, designed to clean
emissions from various industrial processes in the field today, handle a
wide range of gas volumes from 60,000 m3/hr to more than 10,80,000
m3/hr.

Pneumatic Cylinder

Poppet Dampers
The poppet outlet and reverse air dampers
operate vertically, thus ensuring optimum
sealing. These are sized appropriately for the
application, in order to keep inlet, outlet &
reverse air velocities low. This reduces both
wear and pressure drop.

Reverse Air Plenum

Outlet Plenum

Inlet Damper
Each module is provided with inlet manual damper to
suit the inlet nozzle of the hopper. These are with outboard bearings to avoid abrasion and erosion as they
are not exposed to dust laden gases.

FF
Spherical body

PTFE Expansion Bearing Support

PTFE covered steel plate

Bearing support separates hot & cold zones

of the equipment. Thermal expansions of
the equipment are taken care by these
bearings without developing stresses in
structures.

Tensioning Tool
Supplied as a standard
accessory, this ensures
bag fitment in minutes
and extends bag life by
applying appropriate
tension accurately and
consistently.

Inlet Plenum

Damper Shaft

Damper Flap

The Reverse Air Bag House (RABH) is a custom-built filter designed for
cleaning gases with typically high flow rates and high temperatures.

Enviro Division was conceived

with a belief that pollutants are
inevitable but pollution is not. An
acknowledged leader in Air
Pollution Control & Purification
business, it offers a wide range
of flange to flange products,
customised systems & value
added services. Thermax Enviro
is present in most industries and
application segments therein, viz.
cement Steel, non-ferrous
metallurgical power plants,
fertilisers, tyres, paper,
chemicals, petrochemicals and
textiles.

R.A. Duct Top Plate

R.A. Duct Bottom Plate

The Thermax Reverse Air Bag House - Construction

The typical Thermax RABH is in modular construction with four or more

independent modules. The extra space created between the hoppers
provides a large passageway between rows down the middle of the
system. This passageway is divided into three sections horizontally to
make the inlet plenum, outlet plenum, and the reverse-air plenum. This
construction not only offers control on the velocity profiles, but also
facilitates on-line maintenance. Each module can be isolated for
inspection or maintenance by closing inlet, outlet and reverse air
dampers, while other modules are still in operation. The units, being
custom built and voluminous, are despatched knocked down to
structures and panels.

Bearing Support

Steel support
Stainless steel plate

Gas Flow Options

+ Pull-through: A suction or pull-through bag house is
normally proposed to minimize erosion and leakages
in the system and to ensure longer life of the induced
draft fans.
+ Push-through: However, for certain process
applications like electric arc furnace fumes, a
pressure or push-through system can be adopted.
Computerized Flow Modeling facilities, available in
house, can be taken up for ensuring proper gas
distribution in critical cases, typically for high flow
rates.

Bag Hanging Arrangement - ensures optimum bag tensioning

The Thermax Reverse Air Bag House - How it Works

+ J-Hook with conical spring normally the standard option.

Normal Gas Flow

The dust laden gas to be cleaned enters the common inlet plenum. A portion passes through each inlet damper into
the hopper area below each module. The dust laden gas then passes through the tube sheet to the inside of each bag.
Virtually all the gas-borne dust particles are separated, to meet the outlet emission levels required, as the gas passes
through the bags. Clean gas enters the outlet plenum through the open outlet damper.

+ J-Hook with pin arrangement typically preferred option for

carbon black applications.

Clean Gas

Thimbles

Bag Support Ring

Thimbles facilitate uniform distribution of gas flow into the bags without impact on bags. The construction is
such that bags will never slip-out as they are located using clamp or snap band arrangement. To ensure the
positioning of the thimble and bag, in terms of verticality, the assembly is normally carried out at site.
+ Snap band Type

Dust laden Gas

+ Clamp-on Type

Thimble
Tube Sheet
Dust laden Gas

Different type of Bags & Arrangement therein on offer

Reverse Gas Flow

Different assembly arrangements on tube sheets

1) 3W-3

2) 3W-6W-3

Upper Walkway

3) 4W-4

Upper Walkway

Upper Walkway

Each module is periodically and automatically shut-down for a brief reverse-air cleaning cycle, as per the system
logic built in, with the help of the automatic sequential controllers; the latter controls various cycles like the interval
time, close time, reverse-air time and the settle time. Clean gas is drawn from the outlet plenum by the reverse-air fan
into the reverse-air plenum during cleaning. During this process, the outlet damper is closed and the reverse-air
damper is opened letting in the reverse air in a direction opposite to the normal dusty gas flows. This action slowly
collapses the bags, breaking up the dust cake on the inner surfaces of the bags, thereby allowing the dust to get
discharged to the hoppers.
Cleaned gas
Bag Support Ring

Different Bag lengths & diameters

Bag Diameter (mm)
Bag Length (mm)

125
4200

203
7000

292
10370

Different Bag types

+ Woven
Thimble
Tube Sheet

Reverse Air Fan

To I. D. Fan

The Thermax
Reverse Air Bag House

The design shown is representative

of various custom designs
available.

A.

Inlet Damper

B.

Outlet Damper

C.

Reverse Air Damper

D.

Access Doors
(at 3 levels)

E.

Upper Access Walkway

F.

Lower Access Walkway

G.

Tube Sheet with

Thimbles

H.

Bag Hanging
Arrangement

I.

Plate Type Bearing

Support

J.

Staircase

K.

Filter Bags

L.

Rotary Airlock Valve

C
K

B
D
J

F
I
L
D
G