Essar Steel Algoma installs emission control Bag House at $25mn

• Air emission control system  to reduce overall particulate  emission by 16%
• New Control System part of Essar’s effort to use new technology for emission controls

In an effort to reduce net particulate emissions, Essar Steel Algoma has successfully started a new emission control system (Bag House) at a cost of $25 million.

This is a key component in Essar Steel Algoma’s ongoing air quality program and it will contribute to an overall 16% net reduction in particulate emissions.

This investment is a part of $90 million investment envisaged in a wide range of interim and planned air emission controls with a focus on new technologies

Commenting on the new asset, Essar Steel Algoma’s Chief Operating Officer Armando Plastino said, “This state-of-the-art technology has been designed with excess capacity. Even when production levels improve, air quality will be protected both within the operation and beyond the steelworks.”

The permanent baghouse now installed, replaces three temporary units currently servicing No. 7 blast furnace. The baghouse has a filtering capacity of 940,000 cubic feet per minute and a 99.9% efficiency rate. Powered by two energy-efficient 3500 horsepower fan motors with variable frequency drives, the baghouse consumes considerably less energy than those with conventional fixed speed drives.

Baghouse Technology:
Baghouse’ is a generic name for air pollution control equipment that uses engineered fabric filter tubes, envelopes or cartridges in the dust capturing, separation or filtering process. Used in a wide range of industries, a baghouse system can be custom engineered for almost any dust producing application under almost any set of circumstances. Essar Steel Algoma currently employs baghouse technology in its cokemaking, ironmaking, steelmaking and lime making operations.

Essar Steel Algoma
Essar Steel Algoma Inc, part of Essar Steel, is based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. As   a fully integrated steel producer, the Company derives its revenues primarily from the manufacture and sale of hot and cold rolled steel products including sheet and plate.

About Essar Steel
Essar Steel is a global producer of steel with a footprint covering India, Canada, USA and Asia. It is a fully integrated flat carbon steel manufacturer—from iron ore to ready-to-market products. Essar Steel has a current capacity of 9 million tonnes per annum (MTPA). With its aggressive expansion plans in India as well as Asia and the Americas, its capacity will go up to 20 to 25 MTPA. Its products find wide acceptance in highly discerning consumer sectors, such as automotive, white goods, construction, engineering and shipbuilding