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Respiratory Illness

QATAR Ready-mix Dust? Gone with the fog!

Opportunity
Cost: 7.5 kCHF
Timeline: 6 months
Suppression of fugitive
dust continuously
released during raw
material loading/ Results
• Dust reduction: Misted
unloading, which posed 12 L/min for effective
environmental and health suppression, using
risks. 98% less water than
traditional tankers
Solution • Health impact: Lowered
A fog cannon was airborne dust, reducing
installed at the materials risks of respiratory issues
Jon Brooks bay, equipped with • Efficiency: Reused
General Manager automated misting wastewater from lab
technology to suppress processes, reducing
dust emissions at the environmental footprint
source. • Scalability: Multiple
The system was mounted units now planned for
on a movable slider for other sites due to pilot
broader coverage and success
designed to operate
using recycled water from
Sadique Anwar the lab's curing tanks,
Head of HSE maximizing resource
efficiency.

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