20 May 2014
BAGHOUSE APPLICATIONS
INTRODUCTION
The initial particulate emissions requirements of 0.04 grain/dscf and maximum opacity of 20 percent, although routine now, were very difficult to meet at the seventies. Baghouses became the industry’s most effective answer. Today, after more than 25 years of refinement, baghouses are capable of much better performance than the 0.04 grain/dscf standard. With the Clean Air Act Amendment of 1990 came a shift of emphasis, on the part of the Environmental Protection Agency, from regulation of emissions to regulation of ambient air quality. An area which is out of compliance with ambient air quality standards is known as a non-attainment area. Within a ...
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