Semi-coke powder filtration experiments using a dual layer granular bed filter

Abstract

The separation of semi-coke powders from tars and gases during coal pyrolysis is of crucial importance to the coal chemical industry. This work describes an experimental study on semi-coke powder filtration using an experimental dual layer granular bed filter with an inner diameter of 100 mm. With an initial filtration velocity of 0.2 m/s, the dual layer granular bed filter had a filtration efficiency of 99.943% and a pressure drop across the filter of only 1456 Pa. When the initial filtration velocity was increased to 0.25 m/s, the filtration efficiency was 99.937% and the pressure drop was 1834 Pa. Our results indicated that the dual layer granular bed filter we developed and tested showed significant promise as a high-temperature dust collector in low-temperature coal pyrolysis.