PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE SERIES PROBES/105/2007 Assessment of requirement of Bag filter vis a vis Electrostatic Precipitator in Thermal Power Plants CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD (Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India) Parivesh Bhawan, East Arjun Nager Delhi – 110 032 e-mail :
[email protected] Website : www.cpcb.nic.in CPCB, 200 Copies, 2007 ______________________________________________________________________ Published By : Dr. B. Sengupta, Member Secretary, Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi – 32 Printing Supervision & Layout : P.K. Mahendru and Satish Kumar Composing, Laser Typesetting & Cover Page Design : Suresh Chander Sharma Web Version : U.A. Ansari and Shashi Goel Printed at : DSIDC, New Dellhi. FOREWORD The Central Pollution Control Board has published several documents under Programme Objective Series ( PROBES), envisaging the environmental issues and preventive measures. The present study on “Assessment of requirement of Bag filter vis a vis Electrostatic Precipitator in Thermal Power Plants ” is in continuation of the series on PROBES. The study was taken by the Central Pollution Control Board through Environment Engineers Consortium, Kolkata in which an assessment of requirement Bag filter vis a vis Electrostatic Precipitator in coal fired thermal power plants in Indian conditions was conducted. This report provides detailed information on the fundamentals of coal-fired boilers and accessories like fuel system, mills, firing system, burners and flue gas system, technical design and basic operating parameters of