«Zaporizhstal» PJSC has initiated the final stage of the Project for modernizing the Sinter Plant, which involves extensive investment aimed at reducing emissions significantly.
On the 5th of November, 2015, the Works stopped Sinter machine No. 3 to connect the main gas cleaning equipment. The subsequent steps will involve the shutoff and connection of gas cleaning equipment to Sinter machines Nos. 4, 5, and 6. As a result, all six Sinter machines will be equipped with modern gas cleaning systems, thereby reducing emissions from the plant by up to 45%. The overall investment in the ecological modernization of the Sinter Plant will exceed UAH 845 million.
Connection and adjustment of each gas cleaning system requires about 2 months, involving a complete shutoff of the Sinter machine currently in the connection process. «Zaporizhstal» PJSC began construction and installation of the gas cleaning equipment at the Sinter machines in mid-2015. During this time, extensive construction works have been carried out, and the main gas cleaning equipment for Sinter machines Nos. 3 and 4, including bag filters, adsorbers, dust removing conveyors, and a system of process gas ducts, has been set up. Currently, approximately 90% of the metal structures for gas cleaning at machines No. 3 and 4 are already in place.
Looking back, in 2013, the Works completed the revamping and put into operation Sinter machine No. 1, which is equipped with high-efficiency gas cleaning facilities. In 2014, gas-cleaning facilities for Sinter machine No. 2 were erected and commissioned. The largest Ukrainian producer of gas-cleaning equipment, «Progress» Berdychev Machine-Building Plant, is responsible for supplying the equipment, while the general contractor for construction and erection works is the Zaporozhye Construction and Erection Department (ZCED).
Permission No. IY 114151740127, dated June 23, 2015, for the construction of gas-cleaning systems at Sinter machines Nos. 3-6 was issued by the State Architectural and Construction Inspectorate of Ukraine.