In a significant stride towards environmental control and operational safety, SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has successfully commissioned an in-house developed Dust Suppression Defog System in the dispatch belt series of Sinter Plant-II (SP-II).
At SP-II, sinter is dispatched to Blast Furnace- 1 and 5 through a series of conveyors. One of the persistent operational challenges had been excessive dust generation at the transfer point between two belts of BF-5. Demonstrating technical ingenuity and teamwork, the departments concerned designed, fabricated, and installed a customized defogging system to combat the issue effectively.
The newly commissioned system employs six strategically positioned nozzles that generate a fine mist by mixing water and compressed air via solenoid-controlled valves. This mist effectively captures airborne dust particles at the source, thereby reducing particulate dispersion in the working environment.
Further enhancing the system’s efficiency, a logic-based automated control mechanism was integrated. This innovative solution has already demonstrated excellent results in dust suppression and stands as a benchmark for similar in-house solutions at other transfer points within the plant.
The successful execution of this project was made possible by a dedicated cross-functional team from the Operations, Mechanical, and Electrical departments, comprising Mr. Verinder Singh, GM (Mechanical), Mr. Shantanu Mohanta, DGM (Operations), Mr. Balram Raut, AGM (Electrical), Mr. Manoj Majhi, Deputy Manager (Mechanical), Mr. P.K. Nath, Deputy Manager (Electrical), Mr. H. Tudu, Assistant Manager (Electrical) and Mr. Debdutta Sahoo, Junior Manager (Mechanical). The initiative was undertaken under the visionary leadership and guidance of Mr. Shekhar Narayan, CGM (Sinter), and Mr. Santosh Kumar Padhi, HoD, Sinter Plant-II.
This achievement not only highlights the technical competence and proactive approach of the SP-II collective but also reaffirms RSP’s commitment to sustainability, workplace safety, and continuous improvement through indigenous innovations.
