REVERSE-FLOW CLEANING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

摘要

A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A FILTER ELEMENT (40). THE DEVICE INCLUDING A VALVE (52) INTERCONNECTED TO A BLOWPIPE (50). A NOZZLE (54) IS POSITIONED AT AN END OF THE BLOWPIPE AND TO DIRECT A PULSE OF COMPRESSED GAS INTO THE FILTER ELEMENT. THE NOZZLE INCLUDES A BODY (158) AND A DIFFUSER ARRANGEMENT (160) CONFIGURED TO DIRECT MULTIPLE JETS OF THE COMPRESSED GAS INTO THE FILTER ELEMENT. THE VALVE IS ARRANGED TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO EACH OF THE VALVE COMPONENTS FROM ONE SIDE OF A COMPRESSED AIR MANIFOLD (56).