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 ‘Green Metallurgy’
Modern technology that provides for optimal environmental protection is at the heart of Interpipe Steel. The Electric Steel-smelting complex is a major green investement for Interpipe, as it replaces outdated open-hearth furnaces.
Since Interpipe Steel’s early days, environmental and social management systems have been implemented in its construction projects. These have entailed measures to reduce the environmental and social impacts of construction, which are assessed by a strictly implemented monitoring system. A monthly monitoring of open air and noise volume factors during all construction is also carried out.
FichtnerGmbHKG from Germany conducts regular environmental and social audits of Interpipe Steel’s construction projects and according to their findings, work on the construction plant has no harmful effect on the atmosphere or social surroundings.
High-tension Cable Line
During the construction of Interpipe Steel, the Company has for the first time in Ukraine built a 330 voltage cable transmission line. A. Marzeev’s research for the Institute of Sanitation and Medical Ecology at the Academy of Medical Sciences in the Ukraine confirmed the harmlessness of the cable line to the environment.
Reduction of water consumption in the Interpipe Steel’s technological cycle
In order to reduce overall water consumption and disposal of industrial water into the Dnepr river, technicians at Interpipe Steel implemented a water treatment system which allows:
· A reduction in river water consumption by 4-5 times;
· The implementation of a ‘zero-discharge’ scheme (6 m3/hour of highly mineralized flows facilitates the complex’s slag cooling);
· A complete reduction of any discharge of process water into the Dnepr.
All the implemented schemes of reversible cycles and water treatment facilities corresponds with the environmental legislation of the Ukraine.
Initiatives for water treatment and reversible cycles:
· Minimization of water discharge from the water treatment system of up to 6m3/hour to facilitate slag cooling;
· Establishment of circulation reversible loops to cool the equipment;
· Instrumental control and operation, with the help of a central control panel;
· Equipment for cooling in emergency situations;
· A technological regime of reversible cycles by balancing agents, corrosion inhibitors and biocides;
· High automation level of technological processes of reversible cycles and water treatment.
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