Title :
Optimising the refrigeration and cooling system of a platinum mine
Author :
J.L. Buys;M. Kleingeld;C. Cilliers
Author_Institution :
CRCED-Pretoria, North-West University, P.O. Box 11207, Silver Lakes, 0054, South Africa
Abstract :
The platinum mining sector of South Africa (SA) has been hit by the combined impacts of falling Platinum Group Metals (PGM) prices, labour strikes and escalating production costs. Therefore, in order for mines in the platinum sector to remain competitive, they need to reduce the energy consumption of electrical intensive mining equipment.
Keywords :
"Valves","Shafts","Manuals","Springs"
Conference_Titel :
Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy (ICUE), 2015 International Conference on the
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-059X
DOI :
10.1109/ICUE.2015.7280244
