A Case Study of Micro Hydropower Generation in the Mining Industry

2022 International Conference on Energy and Power Engineering (ICEPE) Pub Date : 2022-11-24 DOI:10.1109/ICEPE56629.2022.10044896

Armin Gil Musa, Sharika Manjuma Islam, T. Jamal

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$\mathbf{A}$ micro-hydro power plant in the mining industry is being investigated in this research study to determine its technical and financial viability. In this research, the unutilized water discharge from the mining operation that is directed to the river was used to provide the micro-hydro power plant with the input it required to complement the primary electrical source for meeting demand from the domestic load or the mine site accommodations. This effort gives value to the mining industry in terms of its social and environmental aspects and impacts, offering it the choice to operate in a more sustainable manner, in addition to lowering energy costs. Technical feasibility is evaluated by acquiring required data and estimating the output power drawn on-site. According to the analysis, the design fulfils both technical and economic feasibility requirements for proposing a stable and reliable power plant that can supplement primary supply by approximately 29%, and the payback for the entire project would be accomplished within four years for a mine in the Philippines.

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矿业微水力发电案例研究

这项研究正在调查采矿工业中的微型水力发电厂，以确定其技术和财政可行性。在本研究中，从采矿作业中排放到河流的未利用的水被用来为微型水力发电厂提供所需的输入，以补充主要电源，以满足家庭负荷或矿山场地住宿的需求。这种努力在社会和环境方面以及影响方面为采矿业带来了价值，除了降低能源成本外，还为其提供了以更可持续的方式运营的选择。通过获取所需数据和估算现场输出功率来评估技术可行性。根据分析，该设计满足技术和经济可行性要求，提出了一个稳定可靠的发电厂，可以补充一次供电约29%，整个项目的投资回报将在四年内完成，用于菲律宾的一个矿山。

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