A misting apparatus and dust suppression system employing the same

摘要

The loading and unloading of ships with dusting materials creates a significant amount of dust. Depending on the nature of the material, this dust is at least messy and therefore undesirable, and at worst dangerous. Solutions for this problem have been previously proposed, which involved misting the space above the material, however some dust would still become airborne and escape the container. The present disclosure relates to a misting apparatus. In one form, the misting apparatus comprises a fan, a turbine comprising at least one rotor assembly, a fluid emitter issuing a jet of a fluid to drive the rotating assembly via the rotor assembly, the fluid emitter being so positioned with respect to the fan as to issue the jet of fluid into the airflow generated by the fan to form a mist that is carried by the airflow, and with a further means for introducing the fluid to the airflow.