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baghouse

baghouse

8.2
A large filter in factories that removes dust from the air using cloth bags
  • noun
  • /ˈbæɡhaʊs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : filtro de bolsas
  • Fabric filters or baghouses use a series of cylindrical bags through which the flue gases are filtered.

Examples

  • The factory installed a new baghouse to improve air quality by filtering out dust and particles.

  • For example, pulse jet baghouses use the higher energy available from a short, directed jet of air to clean the bags more effectively and allow the baghouse, which essentially vacuums the particulates, to operate with two to three times the flow rate per bag surface area of conventional systems.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Bustard and Monroe agreed that more could have been removed, but carbon injection was limited by the capacity of the baghouse.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The conveyance gas is cleaned through a conventional high-pressure baghouse to remove the collected dust.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Gaston has a baghouse to remove remaining particulates from flue gas after it leaves the precipitator.

    Academic text (2002)
  • For example, pulse jet baghouses use the higher energy available from a short, directed jet of air to clean the bags more effectively and allow the baghouse, which essentially vacuums the particulates, to operate with two to three times the flow rate per bag surface area of conventional systems.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Used widely in industrial applications as well as in some utilities overseas, this technology holds promise because it can be retrofitted into an existing electrostatic precipitator at a cost that is much lower than that of enlarging the precipitator or replacing it with a conventional baghouse.

    Academic text (1990)
  • In the industrial plant, the baghouse effectively removed harmful particulates from the exhaust air.

  • After upgrading their baghouse, the company noticed a significant reduction in airborne contaminants.

Synonyms

air cleaner
vsbaghouse
1 3.4

A machine with a filter that removes dust and small particles from the air

uses heavy fabric bag filters for industrial dust removal
dust-collector
vsbaghouse
  • Specialized
4.1

A machine that removes dust from the air in workshops and factories

is an industrial system that filters air through fabric bags
backpack vacuum
vsbaghouse
4.4

A small vacuum cleaner that straps onto your back for cleaning large spaces

is a stationary industrial system that filters dust through fabric bags

How Fine

mesh
  • Specialized
6 7.2
water filter
5 2.2
baghouse
  • Specialized
8.2

Surface Forms

baghouse singular
baghouses plural

Morphology

baghouse = bag + house (semi-transparent) = bag + house

The components 'bag' and 'house' are clear, but the compound denotes a specific industrial filtration unit (an enclosure of filter bags), which is a technical sense not obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Baghouse is a simple combination of bag and house, literally a 'house' for many filter bags that catch dust. That's why a baghouse is an industrial device that cleans air by passing it through many fabric bags.