Energy Efficiency in the Minerals Industry

Energy Efficiency in the Minerals Industry

Best Practices and Research Directions

Awuah-Offei, Kwame

Springer International Publishing AG

11/2017

333

Dura

Inglês

9783319541983

15 a 20 dias

6328


ebook

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1.Introduction.- 2. Overview of energy input for ground fragmentation.- 3. Effect of hole stemming practices on energy efficiency of comminution.- 4. Effect of detonation wave collision on fragmentation and energy efficiency of mining and comminution.- 5. Energy efficiency of drilling operations.- 6. Estimating the energy efficiency of fragmentation during blasting.- 7. Energy efficient loading and hauling operations.- 8. Energy efficiency in cable shovel operations.- 9. Energy efficiency benefits of autonomous haul trucks.- 10. Benchmarking energy consumption of truck haulage.- 11. Optimizing gear shifting strategies for energy efficient haul truck operation.- 12. The role of operator in dragline energy efficiency.- 13. Energy efficient comminution: Best practices and future research needs.- 14. Energy efficiency of electrowinning.- 15. Plant automation for energy efficient mineral processing.- 16. Energy efficiency trends in smelting.- 17. Hybrid energy systems: State-of-the-art and possible applications in mining.- 18. Solar energy applications in mining: A case study.- 19. Towards energy efficient mine dewatering.- 20. Energy efficient mine ventilation practices.- 21. Energy efficiency and sustainability impacts of mining.
Energy-efficient Mining industry;Mining & metals;Energy-efficient mineral processing;Energy consumption;Mining engineering;sustainability