ProductDust Removing Equipment
Coal Mill Air-Pulse Baghouse

Technical Specifications

Overview

The LPMMC dust collection systems are developed based on the standard LPMC coal mill air-shock pulse-jet baghouses, specifically engineered for coal mill dust collection applications. It combines the advantages of compartmentalized reverse-air cleaning and pulse jet cleaning, and incorporates multiple fire and explosion prevention structures and measures, making it particularly suited for dust collection in coal pulverization systems.

The LPMMC series is available in 33 specifications, with filtration areas ranging from 98 to 2,870 m² and airflow handling capacity from 4,100 to 155,000 m³/h. The product applies to blast furnace coal injection systems in steel plants and coal mill systems in cement plants, and has been successfully deployed at Hongta Dianxi Group, Guizhou Zunyi Saide, Henan Mengdian, and other enterprises, achieving excellent dust collection results.

Key Features

a

High-pressure compressed air pulse jet cleaning delivers high cleaning intensity, suitable for high dust concentration applications.

b

Fire and explosion prevention: anti-static membrane-laminated polyester needle-felt filter media is employed; the main body adopts an explosion-proof structure; hopper cone angle exceeds 70° to prevent dust accumulation; self-locking pressure-relief explosion-proof doors are installed on the casing.

c

Automatic control: PLC-based control for cleaning and dust discharge; automatic temperature and pressure monitoring with alarm functions.

d

Fire suppression: nitrogen purging for cleaning, CO detection with alarm, and CO₂ fire suppression system.

 

Structure & Working Principles of Dust Collection Systems

Structure Description

The dust collection systems employ a compartmentalized modular structure, operating as a bag filter that utilizes top-mounted pulse valves to sequentially perform compartment-isolated, damper-closed, plenum pulse jet cleaning (i.e., offline cleaning) on the filter bags in each chamber. The unit consists of the following major components:

1
Housing Assembly

Comprising the clean air chamber and the filter chamber. The clean air chamber houses the poppet valves, tube sheet, and pulse jet pipes. The filter chamber features explosion relief doors on the side panel and is internally fitted with filter bags and filter bag cages (support frames).

2
Hopper and Discharge Valve Assembly

Available in multi-hopper or single-hopper configurations depending on equipment size. The hopper cone angle exceeds 70° to ensure smooth ash flow. Discharge valves are of the rotary airlock (star-wheel) type or flap valve type.

3
Inlet/Outlet Wind Box Assembly

Includes the inlet and outlet ductwork and inclined baffle plates. For single-row configurations, the inlet/outlet wind box is positioned on one side of the housing. For double-row configurations, it is located in the center between the two rows. Smaller units of the Series A have no wind box; instead, the inlet and outlet ducts connect directly to the hoppers and the clean air chamber respectively.

4
Pulse Jet Cleaning System

Comprising pulse valves, compressed air reservoir (air manifold), pneumatic cylinders for poppet valve actuation, and their associated solenoid valves.

5
Compressed Air Piping and Air Service Unit

Filter-Regulator-Lubricator / FRL Assembly.

6
Structural Steelwork

Including support columns, access ladders, and safety handrails.

Working Principles

1
Filtration

Dust-laden gas enters through the inlet port of the inlet/outlet wind box and is redirected by the inclined baffle plates toward the hopper. As the gas velocity decreases, coarse particulate matter settles into the hopper by inertial separation. Fine dust particles are carried upward with the airflow into the filter chamber, where they are deposited on the outer surface of the filter bags by the filtration action of the accumulated dust cake. The cleaned gas passes through the filter bag walls into the upper clean air chamber, converges through the open poppet valves into the outlet wind box, and is finally discharged to atmosphere via the system induced draft fan.

2
Pulse Jet Cleaning

When the control system issues a cleaning initiation signal, the cleaning cycle commences. The poppet valve of the first compartment is closed first, isolating it from the active airflow and taking that compartment offline. The corresponding pulse valve is then triggered, releasing a burst of high-pressure compressed air which, entraining additional air from the clean air chamber, is injected at high velocity into the filter bags. This causes the filter bags to rapidly expand and deform, dislodging the accumulated dust cake from the outer bag surface. The detached dust falls into the hopper below. After a prescribed settling period, the controller reopens the poppet valve, returning the compartment to online filtration service. This sequence is then executed successively across all remaining compartments until the complete cleaning cycle is finished.

3
Cleaning Control

The pulse jet cleaning process is governed by the controller and supports three control modes: differential pressure control, timer-based control, and manual control.

Under the differential pressure control mode, as filtration continues, dust progressively accumulates on the outer surface of the filter bags, causing a gradual rise in system resistance. When the pressure drop across the filter reaches the preset upper threshold, a cleaning initiation signal is triggered. The unit then cyclically executes the "pulse jet cleaning → settling → filtration" sequence compartment by compartment, until the system resistance falls back to the preset lower limit. This control mechanism maintains the operating resistance within a stable range at all times, ensuring the dust collector consistently achieves optimal collection efficiency at minimum energy consumption.

 

Some Selection Guides for You

1. Selection of Filtration Velocity

Filtration velocity is the velocity (m/min) of airflow passing through the filter bag media. It is sometimes referred to as the air-to-cloth ratio, meaning the volume of air passing through a unit area of filter media per unit time, in units of m³/min/m², which simplifies to m/min. The selection of filtration velocity must be determined according to the characteristics of the dust and flue gas, temperature and humidity, dust concentration, cleaning method, and the properties of the filter media selected. Filtration velocity not only determines the size of the dust collector, but also has a significant impact on the resistance across the filter media, dust collection efficiency, cleaning efficiency, and the service life of the filter bags. To ensure the dust collector operates stably and normally, the filtration velocity must be determined based on comprehensive consideration of all these factors.

2. Selection of Filter Media

The filter media and filter bags are the core components of a bag-type dust collector. The quality of the filter bag material directly determines the dust collector's specifications and size, operating resistance, emission concentration, service life, and other performance indicators. To date, the filter media mainly used in dust removal projects at cement kiln heads and kiln tails include glass fiber membrane-coated filter media, P84 filter felt, NOMEX filter felt, Fluormesh (a composite filter material), among others.

Selection principles: For P84, imported NOMEX filter media, and glass fiber membrane-coated filter media, a higher filtration velocity may be selected, typically 0.95–1.1 m/min; for conventional domestic filter media and composite filter media, a lower filtration velocity is preferred, typically 0.8–0.95 m/min. A lower velocity should be selected for high-concentration conditions, while a slightly higher velocity may be selected for low-concentration conditions.

3. Pulse Valves

3" submerged-type pulse valves are used, with a jetting pressure of 0.25–0.35 MPa. The selection is related to the number of filter bags being cleaned and the pulse valve specifications.

4. Filter Bag Cages

Filter bag cages are produced on an automated welding production line, with a Venturi protective tube at the top opening. The number of longitudinal wires is selected according to the filter media used: typically 12 wires for conventional media, 16 wires for Fluormesh filter media, and 20 or more wires (commonly 24) for glass fiber membrane-coated filter media.

5. Cleaning Control Method

The dust collector generally adopts an off-line cleaning method, with the control program operating on a time-sequenced basis; the cleaning cycle is adjusted according to changes in resistance. The operating resistance of the dust collector is generally controlled within the range of 1000–1500 Pa.

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