Aspects of energy reduction by autogenous copper production in the copper smelting plant Bor

Ivan Najdenov, Karlo T. Raić and Gordana Kokeza

Energy, 2012, vol. 43, issue 1, 376-384

Abstract: This work presents a comparative analysis of the energy consumption during copper production by the “standard” procedure (roasting in a fluo–solid reactor and smelting in a reverberatory furnace) in the Smelting Plant in Bor with modern autogenous procedures. All forms of expended energy were reduced to primary energy or to the same energy form, i.e., to the energy equivalent of the process (EEP), the raw material and the process materials. In addition, the energy equivalent of the process and waste products (water vapour, thermal energy and similar) were balanced. To complete the consumption of all energy generating products in copper production, they were reduced to conditional fuel (coal equivalent = 29.3 MJ/kg).

Keywords: Autogenous copper production; Energy consumption; Energy equivalent of process (EEP); Conditional fuel; “Standard” procedure MP Bor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.04.007

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