Short Course II – Air Cleaning and Dust Separation

Programme

8.30 h Welcome Coffee

Introduction

9.00 h Particulate Matter (PMx); Dust Separation; Air Cleaning; Overview of the course.

Evaluation of Dust Collection Equipment

9.15 h Particle size characterisation, concentration measurement, overall and fractional collection efficiency.

Centrifugal Collectors (Cyclones)

10.00 h Mode of operation, basic designs, application, collection efficiency, pressure drop.

10.45 h Coffee Break

Fibrous Filters (Deep-Bed Filters)

11.00 h Mode of operation, basic designs, application, collection efficiency, pressure drop.

Fabric Filters (Surface Filters)

11.45 h Mode of operation, basic designs, application, operating characteristics, design calculations.

Questions and answers

12.30 h An open-floor question and answer session.

13.00 h Lunch

Wet Scrubbers

14.00 h Mode of operation, basic designs, design calculations, application, droplet separation.

Electrical Precipitators

14.45 h Mode of operation, basic designs, design calculations, application, operating characteristics.

15.30 h Coffee Break

Selection of Dust Collection Equipment

15.45 h Comparison of the different techniques, strength and weaknesses, fields of application, selection procedure.

Raw Gas Conditioning

16.30 h Additional techniques for enhancing dust separation equipment (Electrical and acoustic enhancement, additive dosing, precoating,…).

Discussion

17.15 h An open-floor question and answer session.

Registration opens in Winter 2025