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Pamparana, G.; Kracht Gajardo, Willy; Haas, J.; Díaz Ferran, Gustavo; Palma Behnke, Rodrigo; Román Latorre, Roberto (Elsevier, 2017)The mining sector in Chile is facing a steady increase of energy consumption, which is mainly explained by the lower grades, the increase in rock hardness, and deeper mines. Although much of the mining activity in Chile ...
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Pamparana, G.; Kracht, W.; Haas, J.; Ortiz, J. M.; Nowak, W.; Palma-Behnke, R. (Elsevier Ltd, 2019)Grinding is one of the most energy-demanding processes of copper mines. Declining ore grades and harder rocks will further intensify this demand. Periods of stressed copper prices, high energy costs and climate change ...
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Pamparana, G.; Kracht, W.; Haas, J.; Ortiz, J. M.; Nowak, W.; Palma-Behnke, R. (Elsevier Ltd, 2019)In the first part of this work, a solar photovoltaic system with battery storage (PV-BESS) and grid backup system to supply a SAG mill was modeled. There, the overall framework, the optimization model, and the model for ...