EUROPEAN STEEL TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION DAYS 2017 - ESTAD 2017

In the past decades, the requirements in respect of environmental protection and the regulations by the environmental protection authorities, respectively have become ever stricter worldwide. And the possibilities to prove and measure harmful substances have been improved significantly. Moreover, the harmful effects on health of many substances have been evaluated and detected only in the past decades. Consequently, ever stricter limit values for suspect substances or substances whose harmful effect was proven are set. In all areas where high temperatures are used, there is the increased possibility that substances are released which are still bonded or remain bonded in the lower temperature range. Therefore, the ever increasing environmental regulations require technical solutions especially in the high-temperature range to be able to meet the limit values at all. MAPEKO, therefore, developed a direct thermal combustion process and had it patented to collect and burn hazardous gases forming during the dry process. Thanks to this technology, the applicable requirements in respect of environmental protection can be met and a better working environment can be created. We will show the results after installation of a post-combustion system based on emission measurement results and protocols of two independent measuring institutes (“Dekra” and the “Federal Agency for Control of Environmental Pollution and Healthcare” in Russia) As a result it is ascertained that the use of a “direct post-combustion system” is suitable to meet the required limit values of the environmental protection authorities and to minimize the risks for staff and environment.