The paper substantiates the construction and location of differential pressure sensors for a coarse and fine gas energy-saving plant. Energy saving is achieved by installing filtering cylindrical elements of fine and coarse purification one inside the other, optimizing their shape and substantiating the location of the differential pressure sensors. The results of the studies show that the total specific heat consumption for heating and ventilation of purification plants from all energy-saving measures for the proposed option is 1.85 times lower than the existing analogue of the non-optimized shape and measuring the pressure drop at the inlet and outlet branch pipes. The article also proved that the static gas pressure in the lower part of filter elements of the coarse and fine purification will always be higher than in their upper part. This results in a proportionally higher amount of inlet gas and therefore more solids settling in the bottom of the filter element. Measurement of the pressure drop in the lower part of the filter element, the most clogged with solid particles, makes it possible to receive a signal at the dispatching console earlier and provides a time reserve for technical personnel to timely remove accumulated blockages from coarse purification elements and prompt replacement of fine purification elements.

Statement of the problem. Currently, there is no methodology for calculating the degree of clogging of a multilayer filter cartridge taking into account the prevention of deposition of mechanical impurities in the gap between the coarse and fine filter cylindrical filter cartridges. In this regard, the development of such a technique is an urgent task. Results. In this paper, we propose a calculation method for determining the average integral degree of clogging of multilayer cylindrical filter cartridges with mechanical impurities and pressure loss on them which take into account the prevention of sedimentation of mechanical impurities in the gap between the coarse and fine filter cartridges.Conclusions. The results obtained make it possible to determine the pressure loss and the average integral degree of clogging of the multilayer filter cartridge depending on the decrease in the living cross-section of all filter meshes in the process of clogging and to prevent the deposition of solids in the gap between the coarse and fine filter cartridges.