US news sources continue to report large declines in coal-fired power generation. Year to date, coal power has produced about 14% less than 2018. Retirements of plants has been quite stable at around 57 plants per year. Yet, there are over 300 operating plants as the year closes.
Many of these plants cover a swath of territory between Iowa in the Midwest and New Jersey and are affected by brutal weather in the winter. It’s a challenge to keep coal moving to the plant in these conditions. Typically, material is delivered from barges on the waterways or by rail cars. The conveying of coal includes several transfer points where escaping coal dust needs to be captured to meet stringent environmental goals.
At transfer locations on the route to the plant, the Pneumafil RAF dust collector has stood as a rugged, reliable leader in coal dust filtration for decades. Its enduring quality has outperformed other methods due to its simple design, energy efficiency and above all, safety.
There is probably more risk getting to and climbing up the RAF for routine maintenance than many other tasks. With slip and fall claims for Workers Compensation exceeding $47,000 on average, it makes sense to protect maintenance workers from having to perform in-person dust collector checks in extreme weather.
One good way to make workers safer is to complement the outstanding RAF technology with a remote monitoring package from Nederman MikroPul, avoiding the travel to and climb up the job site.
Powered by the market-leading Nederman Insight cloud-based monitoring dashboard, MikroPul-Assist for RAF provides a powerful 1-2-3 combination. First the right collector in the RAF II, next the Insight dashboard and finally the direct support of MikroPul technicians to diagnose and solve all problems.
