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Energy efficiency assessment of electric shovel operating in opencast mine

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Title Energy efficiency assessment of electric shovel operating in opencast mine
 
Creator Topno, Seema Ashishan
Sahoo, Lalit Kumar
 
Subject Fuel Scinece
 
Description Electric shovels are used for loading in opencast mines. Energy efficiency assessment of electric shovel is important to minimise its electrical energy usage. Specific power consumption (SPC) has been used as performance indicator to assess energy efficiency of shovel. A modelling framework is developed for estimating SPC of electric shovel from operating time and power measured for each process. The model is illustrated with a case study of 42 cu. m. P & H shovel operating in a large opencast mine of India. The SPC of shovel is optimized for actual operating cycle time components (idle time and digging time). Results of field measurements show that digging operation consumes maximum power in comparison to other operations of electric shovel in a cycle. The model has been used to assess the energy saving potential of electric shovel by using the real time operational data. The minimum SPC of electric shovel is 0.12 kWh/cum for zero idle time and the energy saving potential is 13.45%. The optimization of SPC has also been done for different digging conditions. The model developed can help to set a target for energy consumption of electric shovel operating in a mine.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2021-09-01
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Identifier Topno, Seema Ashishan and Sahoo, Lalit Kumar (2021) Energy efficiency assessment of electric shovel operating in opencast mine. Energy, 230. ISSN 0360-5442
 
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