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Glossary

Listview for the terms

P&I diagram
Pipe and instrumentation diagram
Panel filter
Filter mats
Panel filter
Flat, rectangular filter element
Particle filter
see dust filter
Particle filter class
see filter class
Particle size distribution
cf. grain size distribution
Parts in contact with gas
Components in the gas stream
Peak cleaning
Additional cleaning at raw gas side with horizontal filter elements above the filter element.
Pendulum flap
Discharge flap
Permissible for food
Materials and items that are determined to get in touch with food.
Pharma filter
Umbrella term for filter plants especially designed for pharmaceutical productionharmazeutische Produktion designte Filteranlagen
Pilot filter
Pilot filter for process testing
Plan filter
Predominantly flat depth-loading filter
Pleated filter element
Pleated, flat filter element
Pocket filter
Flexible filter medium that is formed to a flat pocket (sewn or welded)
Pocket filter plant
Filter plant with pocket filter elements
Point filter
Filter system that is positioned direct above a conveyor system or machine.lb einer Förderanlage oder Maschine positionierte Filteranlage
Pollutants
colloquial: harmful substances and mixtures in the environment.
Polyester
Universal filter medium
Pore
Very small opening
Pore density
Amount of pores per surface unit
post cleaning
Cleaning after switch off of a filter
Powder
Dry, very fine milled solid.
Pre-separator
Additional pre-separating stage with integrated or upstream filter.
Precoating
Prefilter
Filter stage with low separating capacity for protection of a second filter stage.
Pressure compensating filter
Dust filter without fan for reduction of inner pressures in devices of all kinds.
Pressure loss
see differential pressure
Pressure relief
see discharge valve
Pressure resistance
Constructive resistance of a filter plant.
Pressure shock resistance
Constructive resistance of a filter plant.
Pressure tank
Closed vessels, whose internal pressure is above the ambient pressure.
Preventive explosion protection
Measurements that prevent ignition of dangerous explosive atmosphere by eliminating of at least one explosion conditions
Principle of partial load
Special explosion protection principle considering the ratio between raw and clean gas volume of a filter plant Besonderes Explosionsschutzprinzip unter Berücksichtigung des Verhältnisses zwischen Roh- und Reingasvolumen einer Filteranlage
Process dedusting
cf. dedusting plant
Process filter
Filter systems that are completely integrated in a production process.
Product recovery
Return of the separated dust to a procuction process.
Product separating filter
Filter with product recovery
Product-wetted components
Components with contact to dust
Proximity switch
Initiator for reporting operating conditions
PTFE
Polytetrafluorethylene
Pulse duration
Opening time of the cleaning valve

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