Development of the integrated environmental control model: Performance and cost models for fabric filters. Quarterly progress report, January--March 1994

Baghouse system design based on economic optimization

“…However, due to the very different and subjective manners in which this cost may be accounted for, it will be not be considered here any further. Nevertheless, a general expression may be assumed as: (18)…”

“…Such a solution, representing the best compromise from an economic point of view, can be enhanced to fit site-specific technical constraints, design parameter values suggested by empirical formulations Ce., permeation velocity [21), and experimental knowledge about specific dust-fabric interactions concerning dust collection efficiency and effectiveness of bag cleaning [3, 4, 8,9,101. Starting from this economic design stage, further refinements involving fluid dynamics, cleaning mechanics, and compartment management, may be carried out using detailed simulation models [2, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 151. Analytical correlations for capital and operating costs have been developed in this paper on the basis of literature and manufacturers data [7,16,17,18,19,20,211. Reference has been made to pulse-jet type fabric filters, which show advantages in compactness, cost, and operating flexibility in most applications [l, 22, 23, 24, 251.…”