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Tracking
Lower TCO
Chris Polizzi, W.L. Gore & Associates Inc.,
details the pursuit of a lower total cost of
ownership at a large kiln baghouse.
Introduction
A newly innovated low drag filter media from
W.L. Gore was demonstrated at a US cement plant
over a period of 1.5 years. Its performance was
evaluated and compared with the existing filter
media and newly-installed standard membrane
filters from two suppliers. The project aimed not
only to increase the overall performance of the
main kiln baghouse, while ensuring environmental
requirements were met, but also to demonstrate
the potential for the new filter bags to significantly
decrease the baghouse total cost of ownership (TCO).
This article outlines the demonstration plan and
performance data, which proves that the GORE
®
LOW
DRAG™ filter bags exceeded initial performance
expectations.