Operating permits require ESMI to comply with strict particulate emissions limits. For many similar operations performing periodic visual opacity monitoring (USEPA method 9) is often the only way to verify baghouse performance. Unfortunately, filter failures are progressive; one tear will result in the erosion of neighboring bags until several failures result in a visible dust plume, when it is usually too late to avoid emergency plant shutdown to locate and repair the damage.
In 1999, ESMI installed an Auburn Triboelectric Bag Leak Detector to assure early indication of fabric filter leakage and to pinpoint fault loca-tions within the dust collector. The original system was recently up-graded to Auburn’s newest genera-tion, TRIBO.dsp U3600 Bag Leak Monitor. To learn more about this acticle, Click Here.
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