Hot-gas filtration for pressurized fluidized-bed combustion

This topical report discusses the status of the work, conducted under EPRI contract 1336-4, on the evaluation and development of ceramic filter hot gas cleanup technology for pressurized fluidized bed combustion. This topical report represents the status of the work through September 1983. The goal of the effort is to achieve 6000 h of operation on a 13-filter durability test rig. The work includes two parallel tasks. The first is construction of a durability test facility, operation of the facility with an initial candidate filter media installed, and assessment of results. The second task includes a literature survey to identify state-of-the-art ceramic fibers suitable for high-temperature gas filtration applications and filter testing in a single-filter test facility to assess the performance of promising new filter media. The best candidate will be chosen for further evaluation in the durability facility.