Dust Control System

The AED Dust Control System has been developed as a practicable and informative real-time dust management tool. It is based on an all-encompassing approach that is designed to provide as much information as possible to operational staff so that an informed decision can be made in relation to dust management.

The AED Dust Control System addresses a number of key regulatory requirements including:

  • Integration of site-based real time monitoring into daily operations.
  • Forecasting.
  • Demonstration of best-practice.

In proactive mode, the AED Dust Control System is designed to forecast the level of risk of elevated levels of dust at key locations which is updated on an hourly basis using detailed site-based information and if required, outputs a targeted dust management strategy.

In reactive mode, the AED Dust Control System is designed to minimise interruptions to operations by assessing the likelihood that elevated levels of dust, as triggered by the real time monitoring network (for example), are attributable to mining activities and if required, outputs a targeted dust management strategy.

The AED Dust Control System is based on a modular design to ensure flexibility and adaptability with additional modules able to be incorporated into the system at any time.

With our highly experienced team of software developers AED is able to custom build a solution that will compliment and extend your sites’ current dust control capability without duplicating existing functionality.

Importantly, when combined with a well-designed dust monitoring program, the AED Dust Control System can be ‘trained’ to improve its accuracy over time!

Developing Innovative and Practicable Solutions for the Mining Industry

 

 

 

Air Emissions Risk Assessment

Has your facilities’ Air Emissions Environmental Risk Profile been quantitatively assessed?

Is your facilities’ source sampling program in balance with your Environmental Risk Profile?

We have developed an innovate, robust, regulator-accepted risk assessment methodology that when applied to your facility will:

  • Inform internal decision making processes
  • Aid in the (re)designing of your facilities’ source sampling program to one that better reflects your Environmental Risk Profile!

Air Emissions Risk Assessment

For the Informed Client. For the Cost-Conscious Client.

Dust Video Image Processor

AED has developed dust image processing software designed to assess the level of dust on a real-time basis. The Dust Video Image Processor software has been designed to provide a less subjective approach to the visual assessment of dust levels.

Developing Innovative and Practicable Solutions for Industry!

 

Launch of the Blast Fume VIP

The Blast Fume Video Image Processor software developed by Advanced Environmental Dynamics has been designed to process images of blast fume containing oxides of nitrogen (NOx) as per regulatory and industry NOx fume guidance documents.

The advantages of using the Blast Fume Video Image Processing  Software include:

  • Eliminating the potential for misinterpretation of blast fume colour as a result of subjective analysis
  • A consistent interpretation of fume colour
  • The software allows for detailed post-event analysis of the blast fume
  • Produces a report of the event and analysis results for ease of communication with stakeholders

The Blast Fume Video Image Processor software provides an easy-to-use user interface for the purposes of analysing the NOx fume level associated with blasting. The user interface utilises a Windows-based media player and is therefore able to support both images or videos in a wide range of commonly used formats.

Analysis of blast fume events using the Blast Fume Video Image Processor software may be undertaken on your behalf by a trained third party service provider on an as needed basis or copies of the software maybe purchased for in-house use with the training of your staff provided by AED.

In addition to an analysis and reporting tool, the software is also great for the training of site personnel to ensure consistent blast fume rating by staff across the business!

Standardising the Analysis and Reporting of Blast Fume Events

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Verification of the Vertical Distribution of Dust from Mining Activities

Our ACARP Project Partners include:

The primary objective of this study is to give both the mining industry and regulators increased confidence in the results produced by dust dispersion models by validating and improving the methodology applied to open-cut mining operations. This objective will be achieved through the determination the best methodology for calculating dispersion based on the application of the micrometeorology and/or Pasquill-Gifford (PG) stability curve option within the regulatory approved dispersion model CALPUFF .

The ACARP study involves the following key components:

    • A significant field campaign where dust monitoring instrumentation is calibrated against a TEOM for a month, both before and after deployment on the tower. Data from instruments on the tower will be collected over a 12 month period.
    • Data collation and processing where dust and met data monitoring from a 30m tower and more conventional ground based monitoring stations correlated with a highly detailed mining activity information database; then finally processed and analysed.
    • Development of a Site-Based Emissions Inventory where highly detailed mining activity information is used to produce a per shift dust emissions inventory.
    • Dust dispersion modelling where model output using alternative dust dispersion methods is compared with the field data.
    • Reporting where the results of the field study are disseminated to the Project Team, ACARP and regulators on a regular basis. Reporting will include the production of a data summary report, a dispersion modelling report and an overarching ACARP study report.

Current Status of Project

The focus of research activities to date has been on the installation of equipment and lightening protection onto the 30 m tower at BMA’s Caval Ridge Mine which was completed on 16/10/2015.We are pleased that this phase of the work has finally been completed and are looking forward to seeing how the data unfolds over the coming months.

Tower and instrumentation:

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Instrumentation at 30 m:

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Instrumentation at 20 m:

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Instrumentation at 10 m:

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