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Part 2 – How to Troubleshoot False Select Month
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Baghouse Di erential
Pressure – Why
Important?
Within a baghouse a number of factors must
be controlled to ensure
the ef cient operation of the system at all
times. Of these, the most important variable
to control is the system differential
pressure. This measurement is the key
indicator of how the baghouse is operating
and the most important factor to consider
when diagnosing and troubleshooting issues
with the baghouse system.
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Over time more and more dirt will penetrate deep into
the fibers of a bag being harder to remove. When this
happens the bags become blinded or are unable to be

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adequately cleaned. This causes massive differential
pressure increases.
Differential pressure (also known as

pressure drop or Delta-P) is the difference
in pressure between the dirty-air side of the
baghouse and the clean-air side. As in the
incoming air is pulled through the lter
media (i.e. lter bags) vacuum is lost,
resulting in the air entering the baghouse
having a weaker vacuum than the air exiting
the baghouse. For example, let’s say that the
system fan is pulling 10″ w.g* of vacuum
pressure. When the dirty air comes into the
baghouse the pressure is at 3.5″ w.g.* of
vacuum, but after entering into the
baghouse and passing through the lters
the pressure rises to 10″ w.g.. This means
the pressure drop across the baghouse is
6.5″ w.g. (Note: This example assumes a
clean-air side fan or negative pressure
system)
Differential pressure readings are used to

determine a number of things about the
operation of a baghouse system, such as
lter bag condition, and structural
problems with the unit, (airlock and
conveying system condition and door seals
condition among other things).
Furthermore, a high system differential
pressure usually indicates that the system is
not running ef ciently and therefore is
incurring higher operating costs than it
should under optimal circumstances. The
following problems can be diagnosed from
observing the system differential pressure:
Filter Bag Condition
1. Bags are blinded off CALL 702-848-3990

Dirty bags will become more
resistant to air ow thus causing
the force to push the air through
them to rise.
2. Bags have holes in them
This will create a path of less

resistance for the air to ow
through leading to lower
pressure drop
3. Bags are not installed properly
See above
Structural and Sealing Issues

1. Leaks within the structure
Common leak areas include

airlocks, welds, joints
(especially panelized construction
units), and door seals
2. Airlock leaks
Common around aps,rotars,

gaskets and connection points.
3. Conveying system leaks
Common at connection point to

hopper/airlock, holes in
ductwork structure, etc.
4. Doors and hatch sealing
Gaskets on all doors and

hatches, including viewports.
Also includes making sure all
doors have suf cient fasteners
(i.e. bolts) to secure the
door/hatch securely to form a
tight seal.
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Diagram of how to install a magnehelic
differential pressure gauge on a baghouse
dust collector.
Why High Di erential

Pressure Means Higher
Operating Costs
Controlling your baghouse differential
pressure is required to get the maximum
performance and ef ciency from your
system. If your system is running at a high
differential pressure it will inevitably cost
more to operate, have lower performance
and experience more downtime. High DP
means the system fan needs to work harder
to pull the same amount of air ow
throughout the system. IF DP starts to rise
above the recommended levels,
maintaining the same level of draft (i.e.
suction) at all of the systems pickup points
will prove dif cult. This will lead to much
higher energy costs to run the system fan at
high speed and can if over taxed lead to
premature fan/motor failure. If the system
fan is not adjusted to compensate for the
higher differential pressure, the system will
lose draft at all of its pickup points. This will
mean less performance from your system
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facility process whatever it maybe,
especially so for certain industries that are
more dependent on the dust collection
system as part of the process such as
cement, powdered metals, chemical
processing, etc. In the end, this will result in
the process being shutdown or even a
shutdown of parts or the entire facility until
the system is running again.
Conclusion
Clearly, it is of
vital importance for maintenance staff and
operators to keep close watch on dust
collection system differential pressure. If
system DP is higher than recommended it
can be a indicator of several potentially
serious issues, ranging from blinded bags, to
holes in the structure to poor seals, etc.
Accordingly, obtaining accurate differential
pressure readings is vital to have an
accurate picture of what is going on within
your baghouse system. But what can you do
if your equipment is giving you suspicious or
even false readings? How can you
determine when your DP gauges and
controls are sending false readings? These
questions will be in the following article in
the series: Baghouse Differential Pressure
– How To Troubleshoot False Readings
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Footnotes:
* “w.g. stands for inches of water gauge, that

is vacuum pressure as measured in inches of
water (sometimes mercury) as in a CALL 702-848-3990

magnehelic gauge.
| Dominick DalSanto is an Author &

Environmental Technologies Expert,
specializing in Dust Collection Systems.
With nearly a decade of hands-on working
experience in the industry, Dominick’s
knowledge of the industry goes beyond a
mere classroom education. He is currently
serving as Sales Director at Baghouse.com.
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Ken Kelly
January 15, 2013 at 6:23 am
Hi Dominick
Im sure you were trying to say
the correct thing in your

footnote, however it may be
confusing to some. CALL 702-848-3990

The Magnahelic uses a magnet
attached to the indicator needle
and a helix attached to a

diaphragm to measure the
suction pressure.Hence its name.

More confusing is a photohelic.
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John H
January 15, 2013 at 10:38 am
Just a comment, the power
increase of the fan is only true if

variable speed, you will infact
use less power with higher d.p. if

it is not.
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Peter Stone
January 18, 2013 at 4:12 pm
Very interesting.
I have expirienced all these facts
with lters.
I would like to be added to your
mailing list.
Peter
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paul
February 5, 2013 at 1:35 pm
Very informative article. Gives

me ideas on a few mysterious
pressure spikes ive experienced.

Run a hot mix plant with a
Dusteater.
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dominickdalsanto
April 5, 2013 at 2:21 pm
We nd that a lot of
operators are surprised
that their DP readings can

tell them so much about
what is going on with their

system. What exactly is
going on with your
system?
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G Rajarao
April 17, 2013 at 5:14 am
We have around 150 bag lters
in the plant. The purging is

continuous. We want to operate
with DP. what shall be the DP to

be maintained in a good Bag
lter.
Normally, i feel 110mmwc to
start purging and 80 mmWC for
stopping is OK.
Your comments pl.
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dominickdalsanto
July 1, 2013 at 6:21 pm
In answer to your
question, in general a good

range to run your
baghouse is between 3.5″

and 5″ of differential
pressure. Sometimes you
can tweak that a bit, but in

general that is a good CALL 702-848-3990

range.
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Kanchan
June 16, 2015 at 7:09
am
Hi Dominic,
Thank you for this
article. It was
intuitive and I
learnt a lot from
it. However I
could not
understand why
the differential
should be
maintained at 3.5″
to 5″? But
logically shouldn’t
it be that an
equipment is
operating in
perfect condition
when the
differential
pressure is at 0?
Any light on this

would help me,
thank you vey
much again.
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dominickda
June 19,
2015 at
11:09 am
Kanchan,
There CALL 702-848-3990

will
always
need to
be a
difference
in
pressure,
or
resistance
to ow,
otherwise
nothing
will be
captured
on the
lters.
Brand
new lter
bags with
no dust
on them
will by
themselves
add a
resistance
of about
1″ to 2″.
Once you
add dust
to them
they
should
rise up to
about 3″.
3.5″ – 5″
(or 6″) is
the
standard
for bags
that are CALL 702-848-3990

working
properly.
Once
they bags
cannot
be
cleaned
down
past that
they are
old and
blinded
and need
to be
replaced.
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Tyler
August 7, 2014 at 5:53 am
Please email me, I have a
question.
THANKS
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dominickdalsanto
August 18, 2014 at 8:43 am
Please feel free to contact
us at our email with your

questions,
info@baghouse.com. For
reasons of security we
cannot email unknown

addresses. Thanks!
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Mostafa
June 22, 2015 at 8:54 pm
Hi dominick
Thank you for the fruitful article.
I work in a cement plant. I would
like if this de nition of dp is

correct: It is the difference
between the suction pressure
before and after the lter. I
would like to know if this is

correct. For bypass lter the dp
from 6 to 7 and for clinker
coooler lter is always 8
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dominickdalsanto
July 3, 2015 at 10:40 am
Mostafa,
YEs, that is essentially
correct. But a dp of 6-8 is
quite high. That high of dp

usually means your
baghouse lters are
blinded. It should be
running between 3″ – 6″
roughly. Any higher than
6″ and you have a problem.
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mostafa
July 26, 2015 at 6:38 pm
Thanks alot
I would like to know what is the
difference between on cleaning

and post cleaning or in other way
i would like to know what is post CALL 702-848-3990

cleaning.?
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Neel
September 15, 2015 at 10:37 am
Hi there, we have an application
where air is already being forced
out of a vent naturally (no fan). If
we attach a baghouse unit to this
vent, what happens if the forced

air volume exceeds the baghouse
fan volume? i.e. 3,000 cfm of
vent air to a baghouse unit with
1,000 cfm fan
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dominickdalsanto
September 16, 2015 at 11:34
am
Neel,
Thanks for the question.
The amount of CFM a

baghouse is rated for has
to do more with the lter
area within the baghouse
than the fan. The same

baghouse with the same
amount of lters will have
a different air ow
depending on air to cloth

ratio demanded by the
application.
It sounds like you are

going to use the baghouse
like a bin vent (no speci c
baghouse fan). If that is
the case, what is the CFM CALL 702-848-3990

you expect to push into
the baghouse?
If you are planning on
hooking up a baghouse
with a fan rated at 1,000

CFM to an airstream of
3,000 CFM it might cause
some problems. But if you
have an air volume of
3,000 CFM already why

do you need the fan
connected anyways? You
can always use a damper
to block off the fan when

you have the external air
pushing into the system
and then you can open up
to the fan when you need
to use the fan to generate

the air ow.
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Douglas
November 1, 2015 at 7:29 am
We are using a Bag lter house

without Manometer. Now, we
want to install a U-tube
manometer. How to decide
correct sizing(mm) of U-tube

manometer for Bag lter house
and how to t manometer to the
Bag lter house.
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dominickdalsanto
December 3, 2015 at 1:12 pm
Douglas, CALL 702-848-3990

You will be better served
installing a magnehelic
gauge. They are more
commonly used
throughout the industry
and can better withstand
the demands of baghouse
operation.
Your other option is to use
a controller board with an
integrated differential
pressure sensor. Then you
can switch to Clean-On-
Demand, which provides
many bene ts.

http://www.baghouse.com/2015/
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cleaning-settings/
We carry both magnehelic
gauges and clean on
demand controllers. If you
would like a quote please

let me know and we can
help you.
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ATUL
February 29, 2016 at 4:55 am
Hi Dominick,
We are operating a Air Jet Mill to
which 10 kg of compressed air is
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Now to check DP across lter
bags we are facing some issues.
1. What type & Range of DP?
2. There are two different
location for outlet (Vent)air, so

do we require to install two DP
gauges?
Awaiting your valuable
response!
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dominickdalsanto
July 21, 2016 at 12:52 pm
The two gauges are to
make sure you always

have an accurate reading.
You really only need one
gauge, but you tap it on
both sides of the collector.

The range for a normal
pulse jet should be
between 3″ – 6″ +/-
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Jeff
March 4, 2016 at 8:59 am
Hi recently we had a lter
change on a 60,000 cfm DC with
a 250 hp with 1700 lters and
we got sold on a company that

said their bags where more
ef cient but after these new
bags where installed they turned
the collectors off right after pre

coating them and we normally
run them 24hrs strait for a pre

coat not to mention the new CALL 702-848-3990

lters are 5 times thicker cloth
ever since we experience
nothing but high readings and

the cleaning cycle barley can
keep them down Durring
operation and it takes all day to
get the readings down on an
of ine shakedown cycle but the

readings climb fast back up I
looked over the system many
times checking dampers and the
shake system and can’t nd a

issue I’m thinking we need to
return to our old style lter but
just curious if such change can be
thisvmuch of an issue
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dominickdalsanto
March 4, 2016 at 3:05 pm
Sounds like you got sold on
something without testing
it rst! Brand new lters
should only pull 1″ – 1.5″

DP when they are rst
installed. After precoating
they should be in normal
operating range of 3.5″ –

6″ +/-. My question is why
are you still using a shaker
system? If you want to
update your system a
better investment would

be to convert to a newer
pulse jet style collector
rather than on investing in
“fancy” new fabric choices.
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be having problems unless
they sold you the wrong

kind of fabric/treatment.
What kind of process do

you have? what kind of
fabric are you using now
and what were you using
before?
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hari singh
June 17, 2016 at 4:26 pm
in himenviro bag house

any time seen to increased
a dp now we checked
hopper condition or any
leakage in a system . there

fore i requist you to solved
this problem as soon as
possible
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dominickdalsant
July 21, 2016 at
12:39 pm
IF your DP if
rising it means the
lters are not
being cleaned
suf ciently. There
are many causes
for this, not just
hopper levels and

leakage. Check
the cleaning
system or
consider
replacing the CALL 702-848-3990

lters.
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hitesh
July 5, 2016 at 9:19 am
In our plant reverse air bag
house hence how to set Cleaning

cycle in DP rang and also get me
how to operation in constant DP
mode.
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dominickdalsanto
July 21, 2016 at 12:40 pm
You simply set the reverse
air cleaning cycle to
trigger only once the DP
has risen above a certain
point, such as 5″ or 6″. IT

works exactly the same as
a pulse jet. A simple
Photohelic gauge should
do just ne.
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SAJU SIMON
August 24, 2016 at 1:45 pm
Hi, Domanik, Thanks for your
sharing…
I want to know the reason for
very low D.P in Kiln bag house in
cement plant…
In a particular date the CALL 702-848-3990

temperature has reduced 50C
(for 8 hrs) and the SO2 reached
to 580 mg/Nm3 for 2 hrs.And in
the same date the D.P measured

as 15 mm Wc average for 8 hrs.
I couldn’t understand the reason
for this very low D.P .. Can you
explain please…
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dominickdalsanto
Abnormally low DP is
usually caused by one of
two things:
– Faulty readings (broken
gauge, blocked air lines,
operator errors, etc.)
– Leaking lters (displaced
lters, torn lters,

improperly installed
lters, etc.)
If can also happen if the
baghouse is over sized
(unlikely) or if the wrong
fabrics are used and the
bags are over cleaned. If

you over clean the bags
and they are not PTFE
membrane bags you can
see a low DP.
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Atul Agarwal
August 27, 2016 at 6:38 am
Dear Dominick,
We have facing high DP problem CALL 702-848-3990

in our Bag house. We have
replaced the all bags by new one.
We have ve compartment in
our Bag house . We measure DP

across each compartment and
getting 4.5 to 5″ but measure
total Bag house DP it is approx
10″ wg. Could you please help us
to nd out reason.
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dominickdalsanto
I hope you don’t mean you
literally changed each bag
one at a time as this would
cause a different set of
problems. Bags need to be
changed as an entire set or
else only a few at a time if
there are leaks otherwise

you will wear out the bags
around the new ones.
First thing to do when
faced with inconsistent
readings is to check the
instruments to make sure
they are working properly.
Then you can look at
problems with operating
levels, dust loading, poor
bag selection and other

issues that could be
causing the bags to plug
up.
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M. S. samant
Hi Dominick,
Can Old & used lter bags be
wahsed clean, dried & reused if

their pores are open by washing?
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dominickdalsanto
Most bags do not hold up
well when washed.
Baghouse lters are not

designed to be washed
and reused like this so any
attempt to do so usually
results in early bag failure
and increased emissions.
Only certain specialty
fabrics meant for a limited
number of applications
like food processing are

purposefully designed to
be washed and reused. But
even these do not hold up
well to multiple washings.
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ekrem turan
We are operating coal red
power plant (hard coal, 2×600

MW) and utilize baghouse
ltration for dust handling.
For bag cleaning pulse air system

is used. (cleaning pressure 4-5
bar). Each ue gas channel CALL 702-848-3990

includes 6 compartments.
We are a new power plant and
have been operating for 2 years
and our bag lter DP is

increasing. It was 800 Pa at
commissioning and now it
reached up to 1750 Pa after 2
years. Manufacturer set value
for alarm is 2000 Pa.
My question is that how long can
we run baghouse even
manufacturer set the value of
2000 Pa for changing bag lters.
I mean, can we go up to 2500 Pa
with arranging ID fan operation
conditions.
What is disadvantages going up
to 2500 Pa, ıs it possible
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dominickdalsanto
December 1, 2016 at 4:35 pm
Ekrem,
Are you referring to
differential pressure, pulse
cleaning pressure, etc. ?
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paras
Hello dominick , ee are unable to
have sesuction at the end,
though blower is working
properly. Bag lters are new.. we
have blower of 2800 rpm with CALL 702-848-3990

the motor of 12.5 hp. Ducting
size of is 15.5″. Ducting length is
approx 20 foot long inclusive of
bag lters unit..what may be the
cause of loosing suction ..
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dominickdalsanto
You need to check if the
ductwork is full of holes
that could be losing
suction. More likely, the
fan is wired backwards
and thus spinning
backwards. Or else the fan
blades are not oriented

correctly, they are not
sized properly (happens
when people try to repair
fan blades on their own
and they make them too
small) or its the wrong
kind of fan.
Did the fan come from an
OEM that specializes in
dust collector fans? You
cannot just take any fan

and put it on the dust
collector…our fans are
designed to generate lots
of vacuum pressure…many
other fans create lots of
air ow but little to no
suction pressure. Check
also for any repairs done
to the fan…we recently

had a case where the
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homemade repairs to the
fan blades and made them
too small…so the gap
between the fan blades
and the housing was so
large it was only
generating 20% of the
vacuum it originally did…
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Birbal Ram Bishnoi

We having bag lter capacity
50000/60000/100000
cubicmeter ow/hour and motor
rating is 110 kw for 50000
capacity bag lter.
It is suf cient when we run the

motor on 100% damper position
and RPM 725,running load KVA
60 of VFD.
As our motor rating is 110 kw,
full RPM 970.
Can we replace above motor in
lower ratings?
Please suggest what ratings are
appropriate for above capacity

bag lters.
Our bag inlet side of suction is
from bag and discharge side is in
air.
Please best suggestion is guide
us for power saving as well
optimum motor rating
selections.
With best regards.
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bishnoibr@shreecementltd.com
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dominickdalsanto
March 8, 2017 at 12:34 pm
B.R.,
Thanks for posting your
comment. Thats quite a

complicated engineering
problem to answer per a
comment box. IF you
would like more help on
that please send us an
email at
info@baghouse.com with
all the system details and

fan information and we
can recommend a few
options for you.
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srikanth
March 6, 2017 at 2:08 am
How to know if pulse jet DP
80mmwc good condition and
above 110mmwc DP need to
purging.
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dominickdalsanto
March 8, 2017 at 12:40 pm
Srikanth,
Im afraid I do not
understand exactly what
you are asking…if you
want to know when to CALL 702-848-3990

clean the bags, a good
range is between 3″ and 5″
of w.g. for the differential
pressure.
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narpat
April 5, 2017 at 5:26 am
Is it bene cial to increase or
decrease bags
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dominickdalsanto
July 26, 2017 at 2:18 pm
It depends…in most cases
you don’t want to make
any modi cations to the
amount of lters as this
will affect the air to cloth
ratio and thus
performance. However, at
times you can make
adjustments for certain

reasons. For example, you
might take out a handful of
lters right in front of the
inlet to reduce excess
wear in that area. The
most common reason to
change the number of
lters is when converting
to pleated lters. Since

you have more fabric area
per lter you can
sometimes get more with
less total lters. Or you
might want to bump it up CALL 702-848-3990

to increase air ow.
Send us the details of your
system via the contact
form and we can make
some recommendations
for you.
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Sandeep Kumar
June 11, 2017 at 12:27 pm
I need to more about bag house
working procedure .. can u
please guide me .. i m working in
tata steel ltd and i want to know
about bag house working
procedure
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dominickdalsanto
July 26, 2017 at 1:43 pm
Sandeep,
You can learn a lot by
reading the various
articles in our blog. You
can also inquire about our
training courses. Contact
us using the contact form

for more information.
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michal gromadzki
June 20, 2017 at 8:57 am
HI Dominic
We use PTFE lter bags in our CALL 702-848-3990

baghouse with pulse jet cleaning
system. When DP starts to go

above 6.2″ bag purging sequence
starts until PD falls below 5.8″.
Currently, we use 7bar
compressed air to clean lter
bags.
What compressed air pressure
do you recommend to use for
bag cleaning process and what is
maximum pressure PTFE can

withstand?
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dominickdalsanto
July 26, 2017 at 1:43 pm
Hi Michal,
First, it sounds like the DP
range you operate in is too
small…normally we like to
see bags run between 2.5″

– 6″…maybe slightly
tighter depending on the
exact design of the system.
If you pulse it that much
you are probably over
cleaning the unit.
As for pressure, you want
to start at about 60 PSI
and work your way up
from there. You want to
use only as much pressure

as required to clean the
bag…nothing more. So
only go higher if you need
to. Some designs call for
up to 100 PSI. The bags
can take it but obviously CALL 702-848-3990

they will wear out quicker
than if you use 60 PSI.
If you want more tips on
how to improve the

operation besides just
increasing the PSI you can
email us using the contact
form below and we will be
happy to review the
application and make
some recommendations
for you.
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Shazana
September 16, 2017
at 2:24 am
Hi Mr. Dominick,
I work in cement
plant. This DP of
2.5-6 inch is a
must have DP for
bag lter or is it
depending on the
size of bag lter?
Reply
dominickda
September
18, 2017 at
9:58 am
Hi
Shazana,
The DP
doesnt
really
change
with the
size of CALL 702-848-3990

the
lter…
not as
long as
you have
a proper
industrial
dust
collector.
Small
little lab
testing
rigs or
homemade
units
might
give you
other
ranges.
Reply
Roshan vali
Hi this is Roshan,
Recently we have installed lter
bags in our RABH i.e. ber glass
acid resistance bags with PTFE

membrane, now we are cleaning
chambers in DP mode taking
refrence DP across the bag
house, cleaning start at
130mmwc and cleaning stop at
100mmwc, after cleaning it was
observed that DP across tube
sheet is around 20mmwc, above
cleaning set points are OK, and I
want to operate bag house at CALL 702-848-3990

lower DP i.e.cleaning start at
100mmwc and cleaning stop at
70mmwc across the bag house,
pls send your valuable inputs,
Thanks Roshan
Reply
dominickdalsanto
July 11, 2018 at 1:53 pm
Roshan,
Its hard to recommend
cleaning high and low
points without knowing
more about your
application. But running
between 100mm and
70mm is a very tight

range. If you need to run it
that tight it tells me you do
not have that much
capacity to space on the
fan and that could mean
your system is undersized.
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Rob
baghouse pressure is running at

norm (3-7) but Exhaust blower is
pegged out at 100%? With that
being said we just replaced 600
brand new cartridge lters but
still have problems running at a
high rate. Any suggestions?
Reply
dominickdalsanto CALL 702-848-3990

Hi Rob,
between 3″ and 5″/6″ is
the normal operating
range for a baghouse. If
the fan and ductwork
were sized along with the
baghouse properly by a
quali ed baghouse OEM

you should have suf cient
air ow in that range for
your application. If you
have big drop in air ow
when you hit 7″ then it
could be a few different
things:
– The system was sized to
run in a VERY tight range…

normally we build in extra
capacity so that even
though we say run
between 3″-6″ if you end
up at 7″ you don’t see a
huge drop off and you can
still run
– The system has been
modi ed since it was

installed, particularly the
ductwork. If you modify
ductwork without
consulting with a quali ed
dust collector OEM you
often have problems with
restrictions and poor
design that create
additional static pressure

(resistance) in the
ductwork than the fan was
sized to overcome. This CALL 702-848-3990

can be either reworking
the ductwork, adding
additional drops or
blockages, etc.
– DP gauge is wrong and
you have much higher
pressure than you think
(unlikely if you just
changed the lters)
– Fan is not functioning
correctly. This could be
from wiring it backwards
and thus its spinning

backwards. The fan wheel
could also have been
damaged or been repaired
without consulting a fan
OEM or the motor/belts
could be slipping/setup
wrong
If you give us more
information on the system
and the exact problem we
can assist further.
Reply
chris smith
April 10, 2019 at 11:26 pm
hi we have a 60t an hour plant
can you tell me the
recommended main damper
setting I run it at about 50% but
my team mate runs the damper
at around 80% which I think is
excessive and he seems to have
more issues than I do any advice CALL 702-848-3990

cheers chris
Reply
dominickdalsanto
July 4, 2019 at 1:14 pm
Damper settings depend
greatly on the application
setup and the type of
baghouse you have. The
original designer should

have set the percentage in
the manual when it was
installed.
Reply
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OPERATION & OPTIMIZATION, DUST COLLECTOR

Part 1 – Why Important?

the fibers of a bag being harder to remove. When this

happens the bags become blinded or are unable to be

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2. Bags have holes in them

This will create a path of less

3. Bags are not installed properly

Structural and Sealing Issues

Common leak areas include

Common around aps,rotars,

3. Conveying system leaks

Common at connection point to

4. Doors and hatch sealing

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Diagram of how to install a magnehelic

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