About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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Symposium
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Advances in Pyrometallurgy: Developing Low Carbon Pathways
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Presentation Title |
The Use of Concentrating Solar Energy for Thermal Decomposition in Oxide and Carbonate Minerals |
Author(s) |
Susanna Aletta Carolina Hockaday, Quinn Reynolds |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Quinn Reynolds |
Abstract Scope |
Concentrating solar energy can deliver high temperature process heat to metallurgical processes. An overview of mineral resources in South Africa and Australia and the possibilities of using concentrating solar thermal energy for thermal decomposition as novel low-carbon pretreatment processes are investigated. The paper will consider the thermodynamics of oxide and carbonate minerals and evaluate the potential carbon emission reductions as well as changes in energy demand of such processes.
The state of the art of concentrating solar technologies for materials treatment will be reviewed. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
Keywords |
Pyrometallurgy, Process Technology, Extraction and Processing |