If You Frack, then Filter
August 20, 2015
RoboVent Mobile Dust Collectors deployed in the oil fields of Alberta, Canada.
Recently, RoboVent’s mobile dust collectors were featured in POWERSOURCE, a publication of John Deere Power Systems. John Deere-built motors power the blowers and air compressors on the RoboVent systems. Reliability is key for both the engine and the collector; especially in the fields of Canada, where temperatures can reach minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
From the article:
“According to Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources, a single fracked well can require 10,000 tons of industrial silica sand. Moving large volumes of sand produces a lot of dust as truckload after truckload of sand is loaded into sand movers…”