The use of microalgal sourced biodiesel to help underground mines transition to battery electric vehicles

Laamanen, Corey A.; Moreau, Kyle; Desjardins, Sabrina M.; McLean, Shannon H.; Scott, John A.

doi:10.46873/2300-3960.1327

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The use of microalgal sourced biodiesel to help underground mines transition to battery electric vehicles

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Laamanen Corey A. , Moreau Kyle , Desjardins Sabrina M. , McLean Shannon H. , Scott John A.

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10.46873/2300-3960.1327

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The use of fossil fuel sourced diesel underground has various associated health and environmental hazards, and additional energy demand and costs associated with necessary ventilation. One way to reduce these impacts is by utilizing a biodiesel-blend, which generates lower levels of harmful emissions from underground equipment and can be produced regionally, reducing the impact of transportation. Furthermore, this would help allow use of existing machinery during transition towards more widespread electrification underground. Therefore, the concept of an integrated supply and use chain within the mining industry is examined based on biodiesel from acidophilic photosynthetic microalgae cultivated using CO 2 in smelter off-gas. A life cycle assessment (LCA) was conducted to compare the environmental impacts of production, transportation, and end-use of fossil fuel sourced diesel to biodiesel-blended fuel across four underground metal ore mine sites (Canada, Poland, Zambia, and Australia). The outcomes from assessing four key environmental impact potentials (global warming, eutrophication, acidification and human toxicity) demonstrate the advantages of using biodiesel-blends. The integration of biodiesel resulted in changes of -22.5 to +22.8% (global warming), -6.1 to +27.3% (eutrophication), -18.9 to +26.3% (acidification), and -21.0 to -3.6% (human toxicity). The results showed reduction across all potentials for two mines and reduction in human toxicity potential for all sites.

Słowa kluczowe

environmental benefits microalgae biofuel life cycle assessment metals underground mining

korzyści środowiskowe mikroalgi biopaliwo ocena cyklu życia metale górnictwo podziemne

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Elsevier
Główny Instytut Górnictwa

Czasopismo

Journal of Sustainable Mining

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2022

Tom

Vol. 21, iss. 1

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2--14

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Bibliogr. 70 poz.

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autor

Laamanen Corey A.

Laurentian University, Bharti School of Engineering, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1321-0491

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Moreau Kyle

Laurentian University, Bharti School of Engineering, Canada

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Desjardins Sabrina M.

Laurentian University, Bharti School of Engineering, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3691-7323

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McLean Shannon H.

Laurentian University, Bharti School of Engineering, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9900-640X

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Scott John A.

jascott@laurentian.ca

Laurentian University, Bharti School of Engineering, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2559-0188

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Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).

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