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REVERSE AIR BAG HOUSE

Unit on a Carbon Black Reactor in Thailand
Custom Engineered Fabric Filter Systems
Cleaning the air for better returns
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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
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.
Inlet Plenum
Thermax and Fabric Filter Systems Pneumatic Cylinder
Poppet Dampers
Ever since its inception in 1980, Thermax-Enviro has been engaged in
the development of Fabric Filter Systems with different configurations to The poppet outlet and reverse air dampers Bearing Support
suit different applications, achieving a number of significant operate vertically, thus ensuring optimum
breakthroughs and industrial operation related milestones on the way. R.A. Duct Top Plate
sealing. These are sized appropriately for the
application, in order to keep inlet, outlet &
On the Reverse Air Bag House (RABH) front, these include the first Damper Shaft
reverse air velocities low. This reduces both
installations for carbon black, cement kiln and sponge iron dedusting
wear and pressure drop.
applications built in India. Thermax RABH systems, designed to clean
emissions from various industrial processes in the field today, handle a R.A. Duct Bottom Plate
wide range of gas volumes from 60,000 m3/hr to more than 10,80,000
m3/hr. Damper Flap
The Thermax Reverse Air Bag House - Construction
Inlet Damper
The Reverse Air Bag House (RABH) is a custom-built filter designed for
Each module is provided with inlet manual damper to
cleaning gases with typically high flow rates and high temperatures.
suit the inlet nozzle of the hopper. These are with out-
board bearings to avoid abrasion and erosion as they
The typical Thermax RABH is in modular construction with four or more
independent modules. The extra space created between the hoppers are not exposed to dust laden gases.
provides a large passageway between rows down the middle of the
system. This passageway is divided into three sections horizontally to
FF
make the inlet plenum, outlet plenum, and the reverse-air plenum. This
construction not only offers control on the velocity profiles, but also Spherical body
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
PTFE Expansion Bearing Support
custom built and voluminous, are despatched knocked down to PTFE covered steel plate
structures and panels. Bearing support separates hot & cold zones
of the equipment. Thermal expansions of
the equipment are taken care by these
Steel support
bearings without developing stresses in
structures. Stainless steel plate
Reverse Air Plenum
Tensioning Tool Gas Flow Options
Outlet Plenum
Supplied as a standard + Pull-through: A suction or pull-through bag house is
accessory, this ensures normally proposed to minimize erosion and leakages
bag fitment in minutes in the system and to ensure longer life of the induced
and extends bag life by draft fans.
applying appropriate
tension accurately and + Push-through: However, for certain process
consistently. 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 - Normal Gas Flow
normally the standard option. 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.
+ J-Hook with pin arrangement - Virtually all the gas-borne dust particles are separated, to meet the outlet emission levels required, as the gas passes
typically preferred option for through the bags. Clean gas enters the outlet plenum through the open outlet damper.
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
Different assembly arrangements on tube sheets Reverse Gas Flow
Each module is periodically and automatically shut-down for a brief reverse-air cleaning cycle, as per the system
1) 3W-3 2) 3W-6W-3 3) 4W-4
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
Upper Walkway
Upper Walkway Upper Walkway discharged to the hoppers.

Cleaned gas

Bag Support Ring

Different Bag lengths & diameters

Bag Diameter (mm) 125 203 292
Bag Length (mm) 4200 7000 10370

Different Bag types

+ Woven

Thimble Reverse Air Fan

Tube Sheet To I. D. Fan
The Thermax
Reverse Air Bag House
M
The design shown is representative
of various custom designs
available.

D H
A. Inlet Damper
E C
B. Outlet Damper
C. Reverse Air Damper
D. Access Doors
K
(at 3 levels)
E. Upper Access Walkway B
F. Lower Access Walkway D
G. Tube Sheet with
Thimbles J
H. Bag Hanging
Arrangement
I. Plate Type Bearing
Support
J. Staircase
K. Filter Bags
L. Rotary Airlock Valve
A

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L
D
G