This work investigates the integration of a solar furnace (SF) into the smelting processes of copper in a flash furnace under Chilean solar irradiation conditions. A computer model of a 1 MWth solar furnace, inspired by the French solar furnace in Odeillo, with a total heliostat specular area of 2,835 m² was developed and the annual energy contribution of the SF for copper smelting in a flash furnace was simulated. Economic benefits through fossil fuel savings in three different flash furnaces were compared with the investment costs for a SF for a lifetime of 50 years. Furthermore, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions (CO2-eq-emissions) through fuel saving were calculated. The results show that, depending on the fuel type used in the flash furnace, up to 24% in CO2-eq-emissions and up to 10% of lifetime costs can be saved.
%0 Conference Paper
%1 noauthororeditor2017solar
%A Chudinzow, Dimitrij
%A Switon, Dirk
%A Eltrop, Ludger
%D 2017
%K myown
%R https://doi.org/10.18086/swc.2017.26.03
%T A solar furnace for copper smelting in Chile - Assessment of economic benefits and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
%U http://proceedings.ises.org/paper/swc2017/swc2017-0156-Chudinzow.pdf
%X This work investigates the integration of a solar furnace (SF) into the smelting processes of copper in a flash furnace under Chilean solar irradiation conditions. A computer model of a 1 MWth solar furnace, inspired by the French solar furnace in Odeillo, with a total heliostat specular area of 2,835 m² was developed and the annual energy contribution of the SF for copper smelting in a flash furnace was simulated. Economic benefits through fossil fuel savings in three different flash furnaces were compared with the investment costs for a SF for a lifetime of 50 years. Furthermore, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions (CO2-eq-emissions) through fuel saving were calculated. The results show that, depending on the fuel type used in the flash furnace, up to 24% in CO2-eq-emissions and up to 10% of lifetime costs can be saved.
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abstract = {This work investigates the integration of a solar furnace (SF) into the smelting processes of copper in a flash furnace under Chilean solar irradiation conditions. A computer model of a 1 MWth solar furnace, inspired by the French solar furnace in Odeillo, with a total heliostat specular area of 2,835 m² was developed and the annual energy contribution of the SF for copper smelting in a flash furnace was simulated. Economic benefits through fossil fuel savings in three different flash furnaces were compared with the investment costs for a SF for a lifetime of 50 years. Furthermore, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions (CO2-eq-emissions) through fuel saving were calculated. The results show that, depending on the fuel type used in the flash furnace, up to 24% in CO2-eq-emissions and up to 10% of lifetime costs can be saved. },
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author = {Chudinzow, Dimitrij and Switon, Dirk and Eltrop, Ludger},
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title = {A solar furnace for copper smelting in Chile - Assessment of economic benefits and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions},
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