A smart dust suppression system for use in clamshell or conveyer belt systems of an open mine site or a closed mine site, the smart dust suppression system comprising:
- an atomized water spraying fan adapted to spray a water mist toward dust generated by a movement of raw material or by wind at a point where the dust originates;
- an electric motor drivingly connected to a conveyor belt that transports the raw material for stacking and recovery of the raw material in association with the clamshell or conveyor belt systems;
- at least one movement sensor adapted to calculate a pouring height of the raw material, said at least one movement sensor being cooperative with said atomized water spraying fan such that said atomized water spraying fan moves upwardly and downwardly and moves left to right and vice-versa with a changeable height in order to target a section of the dust;
- an electric motor speed control connected to said electric motor and to said atomized water spraying fan so as to automatically or manually adjust a spraying angle or spraying distance of said atomized water spraying fan relative to the pouring height of the material, said electric motor speed control having at least one of a sensor, a software and a logic control;
- a material sensor adapted to detect whether the raw material is present on the conveyor belt transporting the raw material so as to activate or deactivate said atomized water spraying fan so as to suppress the dust occurring during transfer of raw material from one point to another on the conveyor belt, wherein said atomized water spraying fan is activated due to high electric current driving said electric motor of a drive drum when the raw material is on the conveyor belt with flow circuit automation operating with flow information received from a feed phase of said electric motor and is deactivated due to a low electric current driving said electric motor when there is no raw material on the conveyor belt;
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- a current sensor adapted to sense a current draw by said electric motor when driving a drum of the conveyor belt, said current sensor causing said electric motor to drive the drum when said current sensor senses that the current draw is high and for deactivating the electric motor from driving the drum when said current sensor senses that the current draw is low, the current draw being high when the raw material is on the conveyor belt, the current draw being low when there is no raw material on the conveyor belt, wherein the smart dust suppression system is adapted to prevent environmental pollution, protecting human health and for protecting machinery from a dust effect.