Resin for dust suppression

June 13, 2017

Field testing of PennzSuppress D shows the product to be highly effective for controlling dust from unpaved roads, the company says.

At a test in an Arizona pit field testing determined the long-term, average control efficiency expected through regular use of PennzSuppress D on the road surfaces treated.

[caption id="attachment_84199" align="alignright" width="300"] PennzSuppress D has been field tested by the independent Midwest Research Institute and found to be very effective[/caption]

PennzSuppress D has been field tested by the independent Midwest Research Institute and found to be very effective at reducing PM-2.5 and PM-10 dust emissions from unpaved roadways.

Institute researchers chose an open-pit copper mine and a county road near Tucson Arizona as test sites. The road was prepared for testing by both stabilizing and topically applying the product to test.

Testing was over 120 days with traffic counts ranging from 35 to 200 vehicles per day and with cumulative vehicle traffic totaling up to 7,000 passes and confirmed what many PennzSuppress D users have already experienced: that it is highly effective in reducing dust caused by vehicle traffic on unpaved road surfaces.

This month the company started another trial near Uvalde, Texas on the Uvalde/Kinney county. John Sewell, who manages the Uvalde/Kinney county ranch, engaged PennzSuppress of Grand Prairie to demonstrate to 30 visitors on June 7-8 how to suppress the dust on unpaved roads. The company demonstrated on the main road, from the gate to the house.
The application will last roughly one year.

“The product was suggested to us and we saw that there was a good benefit of employing the dust suppression,” ranch owner Mike Harris said. “We both benefited, as the company was able to use the project as training for international affiliates. It was interesting to see, because there were people present who were skilled in a variety of things.”

PennzSuppress president Chuck Johnson said he wants Sewell to drive on the main road and use a drone to record whatever dust he kicks up every month for a year to see if there are any changes.

By applying the resin, Johnson said the roads will benefit not only the environment, but Sewell's ranch as well. Another positive is that the resin is environmentally friendly, whereas most other products are toxic.

“It's the same type of control but it doesn't hurt the animals or plants,” Johnson said. “It doesn't hurt the environment at all.”

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