As part of the project for the development of the Syradasai coal deposit, together with the Research and Design Institute of Chemical Engineering (JSC Niihimmash) and the Siberian Federal University (SibFU), de-icing devices are being developed and tested. They help prevent the formation of ice, which is necessary for mooring ships to the pier in the cold season. In the future, these devices will be installed at the cargo berth of the Yenisei terminal of the Dixon seaport on the Taimyr Peninsula.
Together with experts from scientific organizations, several stages of testing of existing de-icing devices on the market in the extreme conditions of the Russian Arctic were carried out, analytical materials were collected for further work. Based on the data obtained, the specialists of JSC Niihimmash are working on creating their own prototypes of devices.
Alexander Pavlov, Deputy General Director of Severnaya Zvezda LLC: "Several copies are already ready, and they are undergoing preliminary testing at pilot stands in Moscow. We plan to continue testing the system next spring, which includes not only the devices themselves, but also control units, power supplies, installation frames and other equipment. We approached the task comprehensively, therefore, in addition to experimental developments, together with colleagues from the Siberian Federal University, we plan to start developing a mathematical model of the de-icing system in the near future, which will allow us to simulate device parameters when input data changes."
Recall that the Severnaya Zvezda company (part of the Russian Energy Group of Companies) implements a project for the development of the Syradasayskoye field 110 km south-east of the village of Dixon in the Taimyr Dolgan-Nenets district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The project is included in the KIP "Yenisei Siberia". The resources of the field are estimated at more than 5 billion tons. The project includes the creation of a coal mine, an offshore coal terminal, a highway, a shift camp, a power plant, an airfield and other facilities.
To date, within the framework of the project, a shift settlement with a living area of more than 5.5 thousand square meters has been built, the first technological stage of the construction of a 56-kilometer highway from the seaport to the coal mine, where overburden and coal mining are being carried out, has been completed. New mining and transportation equipment is being purchased. The construction of a cargo berth with a length of 129.4 meters has been completed at the Yenisei terminal, work is underway on the assembly and installation of a ship loading machine, which will further ensure the loading of coal onto ships.