Fine peat dust is not a light-housekeeping problem. In pharmaceutical, chemical, and organic-material processing, it can spread quickly, contaminate work areas, and create a combustible-dust hazard when cleanup is not controlled.
Depureco vacuum systems are built for centralized recovery of fine organic dust, helping teams remove material across multiple production levels while supporting cleaner housekeeping, stronger filtration, and safer discharge.
During activated carbon production and related organic-material processing, peat can break down into a fine, volatile dust that settles across floors, platforms, equipment, and surrounding work zones. The recovery problem is not just volume. It is controlling a material that spreads quickly, contaminates the area around production, and demands a vacuum solution built for continuous-duty dust extraction, not light housekeeping.
This application is built around a custom central vacuum system with 12 suction inlets, fixed piping, and bulk discharge into Big Bags. The layout supports simultaneous recovery on different floors, long-distance transport back to the vacuum unit, and cleaner dust handling at discharge.
It is a stronger answer for facilities where fine peat dust is spread across the building and portable cleanup stops making sense.
Depureco designed a custom vacuum system equipped with 12 suction inlets, aluminum piping, and a pre-filter separator. This system makes it possible to collect and dispose of large quantities of fine and volatile peat dust, and ensures:
Simultaneous suction at multiple points located on different floors of the facility
A wide suction range to cover the entire building
Efficient collection: the vacuumed dust is directed into a Big Bag to simplify disposal
The system was built with steel piping distributed across all levels of the facility. The 12 suction points are strategically positioned according to the operators’ needs:
1 suction point on the ground floor, near the pre-separator
3 suction points on the first floor
3 suction points on the second floor
3 suction points on the third floor
2 suction points on the elevated catwalk at a height of 115 feet
The farthest suction point is located approximately 246 feet from the vacuum unit.
Peat is a carbon-rich, highly combustible organic material. During processing, handling, and transport, it generates fine dust that, if dispersed in the environment, can create potentially explosive atmospheres.
The work environment is therefore considered hazardous due to the presence of combustible dust. The vacuum system must be safe, efficient, and specifically designed to collect combustible dust, while being perfectly adapted to the complexity of the production environment.
Each suction point is equipped with electro-pneumatic valves that:
automatically start the system when the suction point is opened;
automatically stop the system approximately 20 seconds after it is closed.
The system is designed to allow simultaneous use by 2 operators.
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At the center of the system is a CVS 150 designed for combustible dust recovery. The unit is built around a powerful side-channel turbine and a PLC control panel for remote activation.
Dust is pulled into a DV AIR 800 pre-filter separator equipped with four M-Class cartridges and an SP automatic filter-cleaning system, then discharged into large Big Bags for cleaner bulk handling. High suction, rugged steel construction, and plant-ready control are what make this system fit the application instead of fighting it.
Built for stronger recovery over long piping runs and across multiple production levels.
Delivers the airflow needed to keep fine peat dust moving back to the separator instead of letting it settle in the line.
Supports longer recovery cycles with less interruption from fine-dust loading.
Keeps large volumes of collected dust easier to handle at emptying.
The vacuum system is equipped with several safety devices that ensure operational continuity and maintain a safe production environment.
A certified pressure-relief vent is integrated into the system to allow rapid depressurization in the event of a peat dust explosion.
It is there to help protect the structure and the system when handling fine combustible organic dust.
An isolation valve is built into the piping to prevent backflow of vacuumed peat dust and help stop explosion propagation through the system.
In a central vacuum layout handling combustible dust, that protection belongs in the specification from the start.
This solution path fits applications where fine organic dust is spread across multiple process areas and needs centralized recovery instead of one portable unit at a time.
That includes peat dust, activated carbon production, organic compounds, and other fine, dry, combustible particulate that benefit from fixed piping, multi-point pickup, strong filtration, and bulk discharge.
Tell us the material, where the dust is generated, how many pickup points are needed, and whether the application involves combustible fine dust or facility-wide housekeeping.
We’ll help narrow the right solution around the real need: safer recovery, stronger filtration, cleaner discharge, and a system that keeps production moving.
