U.S. DOE, Federal Energy Technology Center-Morgantown, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880

A -- DEVELOPMENT OF A CANDLE FILTER FAILURE SAFEGUARD DEVICE SOL DE-RP26-99FT40199 POC Kaye Bloniarz-Cook, Contract Specialist, (304) 285-4827; Denise Riggi, Contracting Officer, (304) 285-4241 Pilot-scale filter based systems have been shown to remove particulate matter down to less than one part per million when in good operating condition. However, in the event of a filter element failure, the filter system outlet dust loading will increase and thereby potentially damage gas turbine blades, contaminate other downstream processes, and limit the availability of the power system. A filter failure safeguard device would serve to minimize the potential damage to downstream equipment and allow the power plant to continue operation until a convenient or scheduled outage. The objective of this award is to develop and test a candle filter failure safeguard device capable of eliminating or minimizing dust emissions from a failed candle filter element. Base program tasks include conceptual design, detailed test plan, design of prototype filter failure safeguard device, fabrication of a candle filter failure safeguard device for bench-scale testing, and bench-scale testing of a candle filter failuresafeguard device. Optional tasks will be included for additional bench-scale testing and pilot-scale testing of the candle filter failure safe guard device. DOE plans to post the solicitation on FETC's Homepage on or around April 1, 1999. Offerors and other interested parties are encouraged to download the solicitation once it becomes available, as paper copies will not be distributed. Any amendments to the solicitation will be posted on the FETC Homepage. It is the government's intent to make the FETC High-Temperature Gas-Stream Cleanup Test Facility available for bench-scale testing. A description of the facility will be included in the solicitation and a preproposal conference will be scheduled to tour the facility. Requests for information should be addressed to Kaye Bloniarz-Cook, MS I07, Morgantown, WV 26505-0880. Posted 03/02/99 (W-SN303666). (0061)

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