The February Issue of Filtration News includes an article authored by Mr. Dick Nixdorf of Industrial Ceramics describing potential advantages of ThermoPore™ nonwoven ceramic filtration. The article suggests raising the temperature to the catalyst reaction temperature only during the cleaning period if necessary for pollutant destruction. (typically as little as 30 minutes of cleaning following 8 hours of filtration.) In this manner ceramic fiber filter media can replace thermal oxidizers in many industrial applications including coal0fired steam plants, volume food cooking and coffee roasting applications and biomass or waste fueled incinerators.