DUST FROM COAL TRAINS: REDUCING OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN WORK PLACES NEAR RAILWAY

Abstract

Coal trains have sensitive impact on environmental pollution. Emission from trains causes pollution of working places near the railway, pollution of ballast layer and also results in cargo loses. Intensive emission takes place along the first 300-500 km run of coal train. That is why the problem of coal dust reduction is still of great interest. To solve this problem different methods are used. For example: watering of coal surface, usage of special solutions which cover the coal surface , usage of covers, canvases, formation of special coal pile shape in the wagon etc. Every method has its advantages and its disadvantages but the process of finding convenient and not expensive methods is still going on.