{"id":10947,"date":"2024-09-07T20:07:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T20:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baghouse.com\/?p=10947"},"modified":"2025-03-25T14:46:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T14:46:51","slug":"the-importance-of-correct-pressure-of-compressed-air-in-a-pulse-jet-industrial-dust-collector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/es\/the-importance-of-correct-pressure-of-compressed-air-in-a-pulse-jet-industrial-dust-collector\/","title":{"rendered":"La importancia de la presi\u00f3n correcta de aire comprimido en un colector de polvo pulse-jet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10947\" class=\"elementor elementor-10947\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cadf75c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4cadf75c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34b2a1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34b2a1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"attachment_20187\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20187\" class=\"wp-image-20187 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/post17-300x156.png\" alt=\"Air Compressor Gauge in a Pulse Jet Dust Collector\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/post17-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/post17-1030x535.png 1030w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/post17-768x399.png 768w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/post17-705x366.png 705w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/post17-450x234.png 450w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/post17.png 1237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pressure supplied by the compressed-air system must be high enough to clean the entire length of the bag during the pulse.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In our previous article <a href=\"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/es\/the-importance-of-dry-and-clean-compressed-air-in-a-pulse-jet-industrial-dust-collector\/\">The Importance of Dry and Clean Compressed Air in a Pulse Jet Industrial Dust Collector<\/a>, we discussed the importance of using dry and clean compressed air. Along with this requirement, it is also very important that the compressed air is set at the correct pressure.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2be6cad elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2be6cad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e54a26d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e54a26d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Optimize Dust Collector Compressed Air Pressure to Balance Filter Life, Efficiency and Airflow\u00a0<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c477278 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c477278\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The pressure supplied by the compressed-air system must be high enough to clean the entire length of the bag during the pulse, but not so high that it damages the upper portion of the bag. Insufficient cleaning of the bag may gradually increase pressure drop and reduce the useful bag life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>If the compressed-air pressure is too low, which is usually more common than excessive pressure, it may be caused by wear of the compressor rings, leakage in connections, or excessive draining of the reserve of the compressors by other equipment tied to a common supply line. Additionally, if the pulse valves, air header tanks or connecting pipes on the unit itself have leaks, then the absolute pressure or the effective pressure at the blowpipe will be lower.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27517 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Compressed-Air-Pressure-In-Baghouse-Pulse-Jet-Cleaning-Systems-1030x665.jpg\" alt=\"Importance of Compressed Air for Pulse Jet Baghouse Operation\" width=\"1030\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Compressed-Air-Pressure-In-Baghouse-Pulse-Jet-Cleaning-Systems-1030x665.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Compressed-Air-Pressure-In-Baghouse-Pulse-Jet-Cleaning-Systems-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Compressed-Air-Pressure-In-Baghouse-Pulse-Jet-Cleaning-Systems-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Compressed-Air-Pressure-In-Baghouse-Pulse-Jet-Cleaning-Systems-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Compressed-Air-Pressure-In-Baghouse-Pulse-Jet-Cleaning-Systems-705x455.jpg 705w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Compressed-Air-Pressure-In-Baghouse-Pulse-Jet-Cleaning-Systems-450x290.jpg 450w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Compressed-Air-Pressure-In-Baghouse-Pulse-Jet-Cleaning-Systems.jpg 1309w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23473\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23473\" class=\"wp-image-23473 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Compressed-Air-300x169.png\" alt=\"Air Compressor\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Compressed-Air-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Compressed-Air-1030x579.png 1030w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Compressed-Air-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Compressed-Air-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Compressed-Air-1500x844.png 1500w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Compressed-Air-705x397.png 705w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Compressed-Air-450x253.png 450w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Compressed-Air.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If the compressed-air pressure is too low, it may cause excesive wear of the compressor components<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For most applications using felted filter media, compressed air at roughly 70 PSI (Per Square Inch) is adequate for proper cleaning of the filter elements. Pressures between 100 and 120 PSI may be recommended for some difficult\u00a0 applications where other options to improve cleaning efficiency are not viable. Operators running their systems at pressures above 100 PSI should first consult a dust collection expert at <a href=\"http:\/\/Baghouse.com\">con Baghouse.com<\/a> for advice and recommendations on how to improve performance.<\/p>\n<p>Compressed air pressures below 70 PSI may be required under special circumstances such as when using cartridges, pleated filter elements or with certain filter medias such as fiberglass. These situations often call for special design and sizing of the dust collector in order to function correctly.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa1b403 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa1b403\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Guidelines for Setting Compressed Air Pressure on a Pulse Jet Baghouse<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35c3a82b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35c3a82b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image --><!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<div id=\"attachment_20189\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20189\" class=\"wp-image-20189 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/post18-300x156.png\" alt=\"Pulse Jet Air Compressor Gauge\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/post18-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/post18-1030x535.png 1030w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/post18-768x399.png 768w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/post18-705x366.png 705w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/post18-450x234.png 450w, https:\/\/baghouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/post18.png 1237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If filters are not cleaning sufficiently, raising the air pressure may be one of several things to try to improve operation.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The following general guidelines can help you to set the the correct pressure of compressed air for your baghouse:\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:list -->\n<ul>\n<li>\u2014 Start at 60 PSI and go up as needed by the application. At no point should it go above 100 PSI unless advised to do so by a reputable dust collection systems engineer.<\/li>\n<li>\u2014 Pleated filter systems and cartridge systems may use much lower PSI for cleaning depending on the design of the unit and the application (airflow, dust load on filters, how hard the dust is to pulse off, moisture problems, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>\u2014 If filters are not cleaning sufficiently, raising the air pressure may be one of several things to try to improve operation. However, it alone will not solve the problem in most cases. Often, fixing other problems such as high can\/interstitial velocity, will improve things so that you can actually lower the PSI and have better cleaning.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03a3fc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03a3fc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>For help optimizing your dust collection system please contact <a href=\"http:\/\/Baghouse.com\">con Baghouse.com<\/a> for more information or to arrange a site visit and\/or training course.<\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4075c4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a4075c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/es\/services\/dust-collection-system-audits\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Book a System Audit<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our previous article The Importance of Dry and Clean Compressed Air in a Pulse Jet Industrial Dust Collector, we discussed the importance of using dry and clean compressed air. Along with this requirement, it is also very important that the compressed air is set at the correct pressure.\u00a0\u00a0 Optimize Dust Collector Compressed Air Pressure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[134,45,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dust-collection-101","category-dust-collection-maintenance-operation-optimization","category-dust-collector-troubleshooting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baghouse.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}