Renewable energy and decarbonization in the Canadian mining industry: Opportunities and challenges

M Issa, A Ilinca, DR Rousse, L Boulon, P Groleau - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mining in Canada stands as one of the most energy-intensive sectors, playing a pivotal role
as a significant provider of copper, nickel, and cobalt to the international market. Anticipated …

Exergoeconomic analysis of a novel trigeneration system based on organic quadrilateral cycle integrated with cascade absorption-compression system for waste heat …

M Zoghi, H Habibi, A Chitsaz, K Javaherdeh… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The present research proposes a novel trigeneration system for cooling, heating, and power
generation which is consisted of organic quadrilateral cycle (QLC) and cascade absorption …

An investigation into the effect of water injection parameters on synergetic mining of geothermal energy in mines

Y Xu, Z Li, M Tao, S Jalilinasrabady, J Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cooling energy demands are high and increase with the mining depths in conventional
mine cooling systems, which account for the most of the total energy consumption. The …

[HTML][HTML] Promoting a Circular Economy in Mining Practices

S Antony Jose, J Calhoun, OB Renteria, P Mercado… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Integrating circular economy (CE) principles into mining practices offers a promising path
toward reducing environmental harm while promoting sustainable resource management …

Multi-criteria assessment and optimization of waste heat recovery for large marine diesel engines

T Ouyang, G Huang, Y Lu, B Liu, X Hu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The energy crisis combined with increasingly severe environment pollution have highlighted
the significance of the energy conservation and emission reduction in shipping industry. To …

Performance analysis of compact thermoelectric generation device for harvesting waste heat

P Ni, R Hua, Z Lv, X Wang, X Zhang, X Li - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to save energy and to effectively utilize the waste heat from diesel engines, a
compact thermoelectric power generation (TEG) device with two heat collectors and three …

Computational and experimental investigation on effective utilization of waste heat from diesel engine exhaust using a fin protracted heat exchanger

R Ravi, S Pachamuthu, P Kasinathan - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The present research investigates the energy recovery capability of exhaust gases in
Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs) in order to reap low grade waste heat energy. In order …

Design and optimisation of an advanced waste heat cascade utilisation system for a large marine diesel engine

T Ouyang, G Huang, Z Su, J Xu, F Zhou… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Growing energy shortages severely restricting the sustainable development of human
beings, improving energy efficiency has become an urgent issue. To improve energy …

[HTML][HTML] Diesel generator exhaust heat recovery fully-coupled with intake air heating for off-grid mining operations: An experimental, numerical, and analytical …

D Baidya, MAR de Brito, AP Sasmito… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The customarily discarded exhaust from the fossil fuel-based power plants of the off-grid
mines holds the thermal potential to fulfill the heating requirement of the underground …

Numerical investigation of rock-pile based waste heat storage for remote communities in cold climates

L Amiri, MAR de Brito, D Baidya, AF Kuyuk… - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Remote communities in arctic climates are solely dependent on diesel generators for
continuous power supply due to their detached loci from national power gridlines or natural …