Posyet Commercial Port, part of the transport division of Mechel Group, has put into operation the third and final stage of the specialized dust suppression equipment at its open warehouses.
The third stage consists of 12 sprinklers, and the entire dust suppression system has 23 sprinklers that humidify coal stored at the facility preventing coal dust formation.
The system utilizing ThyssenKrupp-manufactured equipment covers an area of up to 52,000 square meters and uses up to 96 cubic meters of water per hour.
The sprinklers turn on automatically and are operated from the central control point, with an operator monitoring the process and regulating the intensity of humidification and the number of devices to be used taking into account the data received from the on-site sensors.
Mechel has invested into the automatic humidification system some 60 mn rubles ($758 thousand). The environment protection measures are part of a large-scale project aimed at modernization of the port.