AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION CONTROL-LAB

SUBMITTED TO: Ma’am Qurat-ul-Ain

SUBMITTED BY: Yumaima Naeem
2018-EN-16

Assignment: Bag House Filter Design Problem

INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING &

RESEARCH
 BAGHOUSE FILTER DESIGN
Design Problem#1
Pick suitable data and baghouse materials from the literature.

 Keeping the dimensions of the pulse jet filter: diameter = 6 inches and height= 8

feet, design a baghouse filters (of two different materials) for the selected

industry.

 Also prepare and compare the cost estimate of the filters of selected materials.

Solution:

Design and Performance Equations

Industry: Flint Industry

Filtration Velocity: Air-To-Cloth Ratio

The terms filtration velocity and air-to-cloth (A/C) ratio can be used interchangeably. The
formula used to express filtration velocity is

Vf = Q/Ac

Where, Vf = filtration velocity, ft/min

Q = process exhaust rate, acfm

Ac = net cloth area, ft2

Vf = 2.5 ft/min of Flint industry (taken from literature)

Q = exhaust gas flow rate of Flint industry = 110,000 acfm

Ac = 110,000 acfm/2.5 ft/min

Ac = 44,000 ft2

Fabric required per bag

A = 3.1416DH

Ab = 3.1416*0.5*8
 Ab = 12.56 ft2

Bag Area Requirement

Number of bags = Ac/Ab

= 44,000/12.56

Number of bags = 3501

Pressure drop

Pressure drop (Δp), a very important baghouse design variable, describes the resistance to air
flow across the baghouse

ΔP = ΔPf + ΔPP

Filter Drag

Filter drag is the filter resistance across the fabric-dust layer.

S = ΔP/v

ΔP = Pressure drop of Flint industry filter bag = 583.5 Pa

v = 0.762 m/min (taken from literature)

S = 583.5/ 0.762

S = 765.74 Pa min/m

Cost Estimation
Flint Industry each Filter bag Cost = $1000 (taken from literature)

Total cost of Flint industry Filter bag = 1000*3501

= $3,501,000

Polypropylene Industry each Filter bag Cost = $819.38 (taken from literature)

Total cost of Flint industry Filter bag = 819.38*3501

= $2,868,649

According to Cost Estimation Polypropylene Industry Filter bag are more economical.
References:

 Beachler, D. S. and G. P. Greiner. 1989, April. Design considerations and selection of an

emission control system operating at low temperatures for a MSW combustion facility.
Paper presented at International Conference on Municipal Waste Combustion.
Hollywood, FL
 Beachler, D. S. and G. T. Joseph. 1992, November. Air emission test results from two
operating wasteto-energy facilities. Paper presented at the Air and Waste Management
Association Specialty Conference: Environmental Aspects of Cogeneration. Pittsburgh,
PA.
 Brna, T. G. and J. D. Kilgroe. 1990. The impact of particulate emissions control on the
control of other MWC air emissions. Journal of the Air and Waste Management
Association. 40(9).

Design Problem#2
Air flow = 40,000 cfm + sum of digit of your roll number of air with 10 grains of
flour dust per cubic foot of air. Filter drag model holds with Ke = 1.00 in. H2O-
min/ft and Ks = 0.003 in. H2O- min-ft/grain. Specify the number of compartments
to be used and calculate the total number of bags required if each bag is 8 feet long
and 6 inches in diameter. Also, assume that a compartment can be cleaned and
returned to service in 4 minutes. For a filtration time of 60 minutes, calculate the
maximum pressure drop expected.

Solution:
Air flow = Q = 40000+1+6= 40007 ft3/min

Load = L =10 gram /ft3

Vf = distance / time

= 8 ft/60 min

= 0.14 ft/min

Tf = 60 minutes

Tc + Tr = 4 minutes

Ke = 1
 Ks = 0.003

Height = 8 ft

Diameter = 6inch = 0.5 ft

Tf = N(Tr +Tc) - Tc

60 = N(4)-2

Number of bags = N= (60+2)/4 = 15.5

N = 16 bags

W= Lvt = 10*0.14*64

W= 89.6 gram/ft2

S = Ke + Kf*w

= 1 + 0.003*89.6

S= 1.27 N min/m3

Vj = fN * VN-1

fN = 0.64

VN-1 = 0.01

Vj = 0.64*0.01 = 0.0064

Delta P = S*Vj

= 1.27*0.0064

Vj = 0.0081 N/ft2