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Bag House Dust
At the time of smelting of Lead Scrap in the furnace and also during
refining of Lead the fine powder and the flue Gases are released and
which are further collected in Bag House Filters as well in Cyclones.
This type of Dust has Lead contents from 65% to more than 70%.
Flue gases from furnaces and air from ventilation systems are vented to
cyclones, scrubbers, bag houses, etc. for particulate removal. Flue dust
must be removed from the separator (air pollution control equipment) and
transported to storage, recycle streams, or to off-plant receivers. Dust
collection systems can be a significant source of lead exposure if not
properly operated, cleaned, and maintained.
Lead dust and fumes may be emitted from agglomeration flue gases
that contain lead.Lead dust may be emitted from disturbed settled particulate
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