Challenges in the scaling of energy savings baselines on mine compressed air systems

Author

Marais, JH ; Kleingeld, M. ; Van Rensburg, JF

Author_Institution

North-West Univ., Potchefstroom, South Africa

fYear

2011

fDate

16-17 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

92

Abstract

Several Demand Side Management (DSM) projects have been implemented on mine compressed air systems at South African mines. The Measurement and Verification (M&V) of the achieved energy savings is important in assessing and evaluating the success of the projects. External factors beyond the scope of the DSM projects influence the energy consumption of mine compressed air systems. This complicates the measurement and verification process. A method that involves the deactivation of newly installed energy saving control systems for a short period after implementation is suggested where other scaling methods is not a suitable option.

Keywords

compressed air systems; demand side management; energy measurement; mining; DSM project; South African mines; achieved energy saving M&V; demand side management; energy consumption; energy saving baselines; energy saving control systems; measurement-and-verification process; mine compressed air systems; scaling methods; Electricity; Energy measurement; Gold; Integrated circuits; Manganese;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy (ICUE), 2011 Proceedings of the 8th Conference on the

Conference_Location

Cape Town

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1745-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-9814311-6-1

Type

conf

Filename

6033089