- Tytuł:
- Life cycle assessment to demonstrate how automation improves the environmental performance of an underground mining operation
- Autorzy:
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Moreau, Kyle
Laamanen, Corey A.
Bose, Ron
Shang, Helen
Scott, John A. - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1839027.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2020
- Wydawca:
- Główny Instytut Górnictwa
- Tematy:
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automation
energy reduction
environmental benefits
life cycle assessment
metals
underground mining
automatyzacja
redukcja energii
korzyści środowiskowe
ocena cyklu życia
metale
górnictwo podziemne - Opis:
- The worldwide move to introduce more automation into underground metal ore mining is currently aimed at improving both operational productivity and safety. A comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) was used as a novel approach to determine the beneficial impacts automation can also have on environmental performance, using data collected on mine site productivity and energy consumption. The LCA looked at four impact categories: global warming potential, acidification, eutrophication, and human toxicity. When comparing automated equipment to their traditional manual counterpart, all four impact categories experienced a reduction with automation and a subsequent improvement in sustainability performance. Global warming potential, for example, decreased by 18.3% over the mine life period, or 3.7 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2 eq.) per tonne of ore extracted. Environmental impact reductions were due primarily to lower diesel fuel consumption in the loading and haulage processes as well as a 27% shorter operational mine life leading to less years of mine and mine camp maintenance.
- Źródło:
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Journal of Sustainable Mining; 2020, 19, 3; 182-194
2300-1364
2300-3960 - Pojawia się w:
- Journal of Sustainable Mining
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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