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General information |
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| Name |
Northam Platinum’s Booysendal Mine
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| Country installed |
South Africa
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| Address |
Roossenekal
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| Industry sector, NACE code |
B - Mining and quarrying
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| Solar thermal system owner / operator |
Northam Platinum
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| Solar thermal engineering company |
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| Process integration engineering company |
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| Year of operation start |
2012
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Technical parameters |
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| Collector technology |
flat plate collector
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| Collector name |
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| Installed collector area (gross), m² |
192.0
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| Installed collector area (aperture), m² |
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| Installed collector area (absorber), m² |
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| Installed thermal power (estimated), kWth |
134.4
(Default value calculated by multiplying the gross collector area by 0.7 kWth/m²)
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| Solar collector loop heat transfer fluid |
water/glycol
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| Solar energy storage |
short-term water storage
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| Storage volume, m³ |
30
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| Kind of conventional heat source |
other
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| Kind of fuel used |
other
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Process |
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| Solar thermal energy used for |
mining facility, laundry, shower
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| Unit operation |
cleaning
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| Point of Solar Heat Integration |
B1) Heating of process(es) / process vessel(s)
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| --> Integration how and where |
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| --> Temperature range process |
60
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| --> Temperature range solar loop (min/max), C° |
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Economic parameters |
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| Total investment costs (excl. VAT), € |
1.00
(Turnkey costs including solar collectors, piping, support construction, storage, design, commissioning reduced with subsidies)
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| Solar loop (excl. VAT), € |
(Solar collectors, piping, support construction)
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| Solar energy storage (excl. VAT), € |
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| Others (excl. VAT), € |
(Design, commissioning, others)
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| Process integration (excl. VAT), € |
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| Subsidy, € or % of total investment costs |
no information on subsidy
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| Cost for fuel replaced, €/MWhfuel |
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| Calculated solar thermal system life time, a |
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| Annual useful solar heat delivery, MWh/a |
548
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| Specific annual useful solar heat delivery, MWh/am² |
2.85
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| Specific investment costs, €/m² |
0.01
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| Solar fraction, % |
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Lessons learned |
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| Initiative |
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| Integration methodology |
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| Construction / Commissioning |
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| Operation / Performance |
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| Recommendations |
Projects like this are an investment in the future of sustainable mineral processing
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