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The Use of Concentrating Solar Energy for Thermal Decomposition in Oxide and Carbonate Minerals

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Advances in Pyrometallurgy (TMS 2023)

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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 pre-treatment 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 as applied to the thermal decomposition reactions are reviewed.

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  1. Senior Engineer, Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Western Australia School of Mines, Kent street, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia

    Lina Hockaday

  2. MINTEK, Pyrometallurgy Division, Mintek, 200 Malibongwe Drive, Strijdom Park, Randburg, South Africa

    Quinn Reynolds

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  1. Eramet Norway, Sauda, Norway

    Camille Fleuriault

  2. Glencore XPS, Sudbury, ON, Canada

    Joalet D. Steenkamp

  3. RHI Magnesita Technology Center, Leoben, Austria

    Dean Gregurek

  4. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

    Jesse F. White

  5. Mintek, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Quinn G. Reynolds

  6. P. J. Mackey Technology Inc., Kirkland, QC, Canada

    Phillip J. Mackey

  7. Curtain University, Perth, WA, Australia

    Susanna A.C. Hockaday

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Hockaday, L., Reynolds, Q. (2023). The Use of Concentrating Solar Energy for Thermal Decomposition in Oxide and Carbonate Minerals. In: Fleuriault, C., et al. Advances in Pyrometallurgy. TMS 2023. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22634-2_18

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