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Anlagen nach Bundesimmissionsschutzgesetz in Brandenburg - View-Service (WMS-LFU-BIMSCHG)

Der View Service stellt Anlagen nach Bundesimmissionsschutzgesetz (BImSchG) im Land Brandenburg dar. Datenquelle ist das Anlageninformationssystem LIS-A. Die Anlagen werden zum einen gruppiert nach Anlagenarten 1. Ordnung (ohne Anlagenteile), zum anderen nach Tierhaltungs- und Aufzuchtanlagen, nach Blockheizkraftwerken und nach großen Feuerungsanlagen. Die BImSchG-Anlagen 1. Ordnung werden unterschieden nach: - Wärmeerzeugung, Bergbau und Energie (Nr. 1) - Steine und Erden, Glas, Keramik, Baustoffe (Nr. 2) - Stahl, Eisen und sonstige Metalle einschließlich Verarbeitung (Nr. 3) - Chemische Erzeugnisse, Arzneimittel, Mineralölraffination und Weiterverarbeitung (Nr. 4) - Oberflächenbehandlung mit organischen Stoffen, Herstellung von bahnenförmigen Materialien aus - Kunststoffen, sonstige Verarbeitung von Harzen und Kunststoffen (Nr. 5) - Holz, Zellstoff (Nr. 6) - Nahrungs-, Genuss- und Futtermittel, landwirtschaftliche Erzeugnisse (Nr. 7) - Verwertung und Beseitigung von Abfällen und sonstigen Stoffen (Nr. 8) - Lagerung, Be- und Entladen von Stoffen und Gemischen (Nr. 9) - Sonstige Anlagen (Nr. 10) Die Tierhaltungs- und Aufzuchtanlagen werden gemäß 4. BImSchV unterteilt in: - Geflügel (Nr. 7.1.1 bis 7.1.4) - Rinder und Kälber (Nr. 7.1.5 und 7.1.6) - Schweine (Nr. 7.1.7 bis 7.1.9) - gemischte Bestände (Nr. 7.1.11) Die großen Feuerungsanlagen werden gemäß 4. BImSchV unterteilt in: - Wärmeerzeugung, Energie (Nr. 1.1, 1.4.1.1, 1.4.2.1) - Zementherstellung (Nr. 2.3.1) - Raffinerien (Nr. 4.1.12, 4.4.1) - Abfallverbrennung (Nr. 8.1.1.1, 8.1.1.3). Es werden nur Anlagen gemäß 13. und 17. BImSchV berücksichtigt. Die Blockheizkraftwerke werden hinsichtlich ihrer elektrischen Leistung unterschieden. Windkraftanlagen werden nicht dargestellt! Maßstab: 1:500000; Bodenauflösung: nullm; Scanauflösung (DPI): null

Anlagen nach Bundesimmissionsschutzgesetz in Brandenburg - Download-Service (WFS-LFU-BIMSCHG)

Der Download Service ermöglicht das Herunterladen von Geodaten zu Anlagen nach Bundesimmissionsschutzgesetz (BImSchG) im Land Brandenburg. Datenquelle ist das Anlageninformationssystem LIS-A. Die Anlagen werden zum einen gruppiert nach Anlagenarten 1. Ordnung (ohne Anlagenteile), zum anderen nach Tierhaltungs- und Aufzuchtanlagen, nach Blockheizkraftwerken und nach großen Feuerungsanlagen. Die BImSchG-Anlagen 1. Ordnung werden unterschieden nach: - Wärmeerzeugung, Bergbau und Energie (Nr. 1) - Steine und Erden, Glas, Keramik, Baustoffe (Nr. 2) - Stahl, Eisen und sonstige Metalle einschließlich Verarbeitung (Nr. 3) - Chemische Erzeugnisse, Arzneimittel, Mineralölraffination und Weiterverarbeitung (Nr. 4) - Oberflächenbehandlung mit organischen Stoffen, Herstellung von bahnenförmigen Materialien aus - Kunststoffen, sonstige Verarbeitung von Harzen und Kunststoffen (Nr. 5) - Holz, Zellstoff (Nr. 6) - Nahrungs-, Genuss- und Futtermittel, landwirtschaftliche Erzeugnisse (Nr. 7) - Verwertung und Beseitigung von Abfällen und sonstigen Stoffen (Nr. 8) - Lagerung, Be- und Entladen von Stoffen und Gemischen (Nr. 9) - Sonstige Anlagen (Nr. 10) Die Tierhaltungs- und Aufzuchtanlagen werden gemäß 4. BImSchV unterteilt in: - Geflügel (Nr. 7.1.1 bis 7.1.4) - Rinder und Kälber (Nr. 7.1.5 und 7.1.6) - Schweine (Nr. 7.1.7 bis 7.1.9) - gemischte Bestände (Nr. 7.1.11) Die großen Feuerungsanlagen werden gemäß 4. BImSchV unterteilt in: - Wärmeerzeugung, Energie (Nr. 1.1, 1.4.1.1, 1.4.2.1) - Zementherstellung (Nr. 2.3.1) - Raffinerien (Nr. 4.1.12, 4.4.1) - Abfallverbrennung (Nr. 8.1.1.1, 8.1.1.3) Es werden nur Anlagen gemäß 13. und 17. BImSchV berücksichtigt. Die Blockheizkraftwerke werden hinsichtlich ihrer elektrischen Leistung unterschieden.

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technologyComment of gold mine operation and refining (SE): OPEN PIT MINING: The ore is mined in four steps: drilling, blasting, loading and hauling. In the case of a surface mine, a pattern of holes is drilled in the pit and filled with explosives. The explosives are detonated in order to break up the ground so large shovels or front-end loaders can load it into haul trucks. ORE AND WASTE HAULAGE: The haul trucks transport the ore to various areas for processing. The grade and type of ore determine the processing method used. Higher-grade ores are taken to a mill. Lower grade ores are taken to leach pads. Some ores may be stockpiled for later processing. HEAP LEACHING: The ore is crushed or placed directly on lined leach pads where a dilute cyanide solution is applied to the surface of the heap. The solution percolates down through the ore, where it leaches the gold and flows to a central collection location. The solution is recovered in this closed system. The pregnant leach solution is fed to electrowinning cells and undergoes the same steps as described below from Electro-winning. ORE PROCESSING: Milling: The ore is fed into a series of grinding mills where steel balls grind the ore to a fine slurry or powder. Oxidization and leaching: Some types of ore require further processing before gold is recovered. In this case, the slurry is pressure-oxidized in an autoclave before going to the leaching tanks or a dry powder is fed through a roaster in which it is oxidized using heat before being sent to the leaching tanks as a slurry. The slurry is thickened and runs through a series of leaching tanks. The gold in the slurry adheres to carbon in the tanks. Stripping: The carbon is then moved into a stripping vessel where the gold is removed from the carbon by pumping a hot caustic solution through the carbon. The carbon is later recycled. Electro-winning: The gold-bearing solution is pumped through electro-winning cells or through a zinc precipitation circuit where the gold is recovered from the solution. Smelting: The gold is then melted in a furnace at about 1’064°C and poured into moulds, creating doré bars. Doré bars are unrefined gold bullion bars containing between 60% and 95% gold. References: Newmont (2004) How gold is mined. Newmont. Retrieved from http://www.newmont.com/en/gold/howmined/index.asp technologyComment of gold production (US): OPEN PIT MINING: The ore is mined in four steps: drilling, blasting, loading and hauling. In the case of a surface mine, a pattern of holes is drilled in the pit and filled with explosives. The explosives are detonated in order to break up the ground so large shovels or front-end loaders can load it into haul trucks. UNDERGROUND MINING: Some ore bodies are more economically mined underground. In this case, a tunnel called an adit or a shaft is dug into the earth. Sort tunnels leading from the adit or shaft, called stopes, are dug to access the ore. The surface containing the ore, called a face, is drilled and loaded with explosives. Following blasting, the broken ore is loaded onto electric trucks and taken to the surface. Once mining is completed in a particular stope, it is backfilled with a cement compound. BENEFICIATION: Bald Mountain Mines: The ore treatment method is based on conventional heap leaching technology followed by carbon absorption. The loaded carbon is stripped and refined in the newly commissioned refinery on site. Water is supplied by wells located on the mine property. Grid power was brought to Bald Mountain Mine in 1996. For this purpose, one 27-kilometre 69 KVA power line was constructed from the Alligator Ridge Mine substation to the grid. Golden Sunlight Mines: The ore treatment plant is based on conventional carbon-in-pulp technology, with the addition of a Sand Tailings Retreatment (STR) gold recovery plant to recover gold that would otherwise be lost to tailings. The STR circuit removes the heavier gold bearing pyrite from the sand portion of the tailings by gravity separation. The gold is refined into doré at the mine. Tailing from the mill is discharged to an impoundment area where the solids are allowed to settle so the water can be reused. A cyanide recovery/destruction process was commissioned in 1998. It eliminates the hazard posed to wildlife at the tailings impoundment by lowering cyanide concentrations below 20 mg/l. Fresh water for ore processing, dust suppression, and fire control is supplied from the Jefferson Slough, which is an old natural channel of the Jefferson River. Ore processing also uses water pumped from the tailings impoundment. Pit water is treated in a facility located in the mill complex prior to disposal or for use in dust control. Drinking water is made available by filtering fresh water through an on-site treatment plant. Electric power is provided from a substation at the south property boundary. North-Western Energy supplies electricity the substation. Small diesel generators are used for emergency lighting. A natural gas pipeline supplies gas for heating buildings, a crusher, air scrubber, boiler, carbon reactivation kiln, and refining furnaces. Cortez Mine: Three different metallurgical processes are employed for the recovery of gold. The process used for a particular ore is determined based on grade and metallurgical character of that ore. Lower grade oxide ore is heap leached, while higher-grade non-refractory ore is treated in a conventional mill using cyanidation and a carbon-in-leach (“CIL”) process. When carbonaceous ore is processed by Barrick, it is first dry ground, and then oxidized in a circulating fluid bed roaster, followed by CIL recovery. In 2002 a new leach pad and process plant was commissioned; this plant is capable of processing 164 million tonnes of heap leach ore over the life of the asset. Heap leach ore production is hauled directly to heap leach pads for gold recovery. Water for process use is supplied from the open pit dewatering system. Approximately 90 litres per second of the pit dewatering volume is diverted for plant use. Electric power is supplied by Sierra Pacific Power Company (“SPPC”) through a 73 kilometre, 120 kV transmission line. A long-term agreement is in place with SPPC to provide power through the regulated power system. The average power requirement of the mine is about 160 GWh/year. REFINING: Wohlwill electrolysis. It is assumed that the gold doré-bars from both mines undergo the treatment of Wohlwill electrolysis. This process uses an electrolyte containing 2.5 mol/l of HCl and 2 mol/l of HAuCl4 acid. Electrolysis is carried out with agitation at 65 – 75 °C. The raw gold is intro-duced as cast anode plates. The cathodes, on which the pure gold is deposited, were for many years made of fine gold of 0.25 mm thickness. These have now largely been replaced by sheet titanium or tantalum cathodes, from which the thick layer of fine gold can be peeled off. In a typical electrolysis cell, gold anodes weighing 12 kg and having dimensions 280×230×12 mm (0.138 m2 surface) are used. Opposite to them are conductively connected cathode plates, arranged by two or three on a support rail. One cell normally contains five or six cathode units and four or five anodes. The maximum cell voltage [V] is 1.5 V and the maximum anodic current density [A] 1500 A/m2. The South African Rand refinery gives a specific gold production rate of 0.2 kg per hour Wohlwill electrolysis. Assuming a current efficiency of 95% the energy consumption is [V] x [A] / 0.2 [kg/h] = 1.63 kWh per kg gold refined. No emissions are assumed because of the purity and the high value of the material processed. The resulting sludge contains the PGM present in the electric scrap and is sold for further processing. OTHER MINES: Information about the technology used in the remaining mines is described in the References. WATER EMISSIONS: Water effluents are discharged into rivers. References: Auerswald D. A. and Radcliffe P. H. (2005) Process technology development at Rand Refinery. In: Minerals Engineering, 18(8), pp. 748-753, Online-Version under: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2005.03.011. Newmont (2004) How gold is mined. Newmont. Retrieved from http://www.newmont.com/en/gold/howmined/index.asp Renner H., Schlamp G., Hollmann D., Lüschow H. M., Rothaut J., Knödler A., Hecht C., Schlott M., Drieselmann R., Peter C. and Schiele R. (2002) Gold, Gold Alloys, and Gold Compounds. In: Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Online version, posting date: September 15, 2000 Edition. Wiley-Interscience, Online-Version under: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14356007.a12_ 499. Barrick (2006b) Environment: Performance Tables from http://www.barrick. com/Default.aspx?SectionID=8906c4bd-4ee4-4f15-bf1b-565e357c01e1& LanguageId=1 Newmont (2005b) Now & Beyond: Sustainability Reports. Newmont Mining Corporation. Retrieved from http://www.newmont.com/en/social/reporting/ index.asp technologyComment of gold production (CA): OPEN PIT MINING: The ore is mined in four steps: drilling, blasting, loading and hauling. In the case of a surface mine, a pattern of holes is drilled in the pit and filled with explosives. The explosives are detonated in order to break up the ground so large shovels or front-end loaders can load it into haul trucks. UNDERGROUND MINING: Some ore bodies are more economically mined underground. In this case, a tunnel called an adit or a shaft is dug into the earth. Sort tunnels leading from the adit or shaft, called stopes, are dug to access the ore. The surface containing the ore, called a face, is drilled and loaded with explosives. Following blasting, the broken ore is loaded onto electric trucks and taken to the surface. Once mining is completed in a particular stope, it is backfilled with a cement compound. ORE AND WASTE HAULAGE: The haul trucks transport the ore to various areas for processing. The grade and type of ore determine the processing method used. Higher-grade ores are taken to a mill. Lower grade ores are taken to leach pads. Some ores may be stockpiled for later processing. BENEFICIATION: In the Porcupine Mines, gold is recovered using a combination of gravity concentration, milling and cyanidation techniques. The milling process consists of primary crushing, secondary crushing, rod/ball mill grinding, gravity concentration, cyanide leaching, carbon-in-pulp gold recovery, stripping, electrowinning and refining. In the Campbell Mine, the ore from the mine, after crushing and grinding, is processed by gravity separation, flotation, pressure oxidation, cyanidation and carbon-in-pulp process followed by electro-winning and gold refining to doré on site. The Musselwhite Mine uses gravity separation, carbon in pulp, electro¬winning and gold refining to doré on site. REFINING: Wohlwill electrolysis. It is assumed that the gold doré-bars from both mines undergo the treatment of Wohlwill electrolysis. This process uses an electrolyte containing 2.5 mol/l of HCl and 2 mol/l of HAuCl4 acid. Electrolysis is carried out with agitation at 65 – 75 °C. The raw gold is intro-duced as cast anode plates. The cathodes, on which the pure gold is deposited, were for many years made of fine gold of 0.25 mm thickness. These have now largely been replaced by sheet titanium or tantalum cathodes, from which the thick layer of fine gold can be peeled off. In a typical electrolysis cell, gold anodes weighing 12 kg and having dimensions 280×230×12 mm (0.138 m2 surface) are used. Opposite to them are conductively connected cathode plates, arranged by two or three on a support rail. One cell normally contains five or six cathode units and four or five anodes. The maximum cell voltage [V] is 1.5 V and the maximum anodic current density [A] 1500 A/m2. The South African Rand refinery gives a specific gold production rate of 0.2 kg per hour Wohlwill electrolysis. Assuming a current efficiency of 95% the energy consumption is [V] x [A] / 0.2 [kg/h] = 1.63 kWh per kg gold refined. No emissions are assumed because of the purity and the high value of the material processed. The resulting sludge contains the PGM present in the electric scrap and is sold for further processing. WATER EMISSIONS: Effluents are discharged into the ocean. REFERENCES: Newmont (2004) How gold is mined. Newmont. Retrieved from http://www.newmont.com/en/gold/howmined/index.asp Renner H., Schlamp G., Hollmann D., Lüschow H. M., Rothaut J., Knödler A., Hecht C., Schlott M., Drieselmann R., Peter C. and Schiele R. (2002) Gold, Gold Alloys, and Gold Compounds. In: Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Online version, posting date: September 15, 2000 Edition. Wiley-Interscience, Online-Version under: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14356007.a12_ 499. Auerswald D. A. and Radcliffe P. H. (2005) Process technology development at Rand Refinery. In: Minerals Engineering, 18(8), pp. 748-753, Online-Version under: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2005.03.011. technologyComment of gold production (AU): OPEN PIT MINING: The ore is mined in four steps: drilling, blasting, loading and hauling. In the case of a surface mine, a pattern of holes is drilled in the pit and filled with explosives. The explosives are detonated in order to break up the ground so large shovels or front-end loaders can load it into haul trucks. UNDERGROUND MINING: Some ore bodies are more economically mined underground. In this case, a tunnel called an adit or a shaft is dug into the earth. Sort tunnels leading from the adit or shaft, called stopes, are dug to access the ore. The surface containing the ore, called a face, is drilled and loaded with explosives. Following blasting, the broken ore is loaded onto electric trucks and taken to the surface. Once mining is completed in a particular stope, it is backfilled with a cement compound. ORE AND WASTE HAULAGE: The haul trucks transport the ore to various areas for processing. The grade and type of ore determine the processing method used. Higher-grade ores are taken to a mill. Lower grade ores are taken to leach pads. Some ores may be stockpiled for later processing. LEACHING: The ore is crushed or placed directly on lined leach pads where a dilute cyanide solution is applied to the surface of the heap. The solution percolates down through the ore, where it leaches the gold and flows to a central collection location. The solution is recovered in this closed system. The pregnant leach solution is fed to electrowinning cells and undergoes the same steps as described below from Electro-winning. ORE PROCESSING: Milling: The ore is fed into a series of grinding mills where steel balls grind the ore to a fine slurry or powder. Oxidization and leaching: Some types of ore require further processing before gold is recovered. In this case, the slurry is pressure-oxidized in an autoclave before going to the leaching tanks or a dry powder is fed through a roaster in which it is oxidized using heat before being sent to the leaching tanks as a slurry. The slurry is thickened and runs through a series of leaching tanks. The gold in the slurry adheres to carbon in the tanks. Stripping: The carbon is then moved into a stripping vessel where the gold is removed from the carbon by pumping a hot caustic solution through the carbon. The carbon is later recycled. Electro-winning: The gold-bearing solution is pumped through electro-winning cells or through a zinc precipitation circuit where the gold is recovered from the solution. Smelting: The gold is then melted in a furnace at about 1’064°C and poured into moulds, creating doré bars. Doré bars are unrefined gold bullion bars containing between 60% and 95% gold. REFINING: Wohlwill electrolysis. It is assumed that the gold doré-bars from both mines undergo the treatment of Wohlwill electrolysis. This process uses an electrolyte containing 2.5 mol/l of HCl and 2 mol/l of HAuCl4 acid. Electrolysis is carried out with agitation at 65 – 75 °C. The raw gold is intro-duced as cast anode plates. The cathodes, on which the pure gold is deposited, were for many years made of fine gold of 0.25 mm thickness. These have now largely been replaced by sheet titanium or tantalum cathodes, from which the thick layer of fine gold can be peeled off. In a typical electrolysis cell, gold anodes weighing 12 kg and having dimensions 280×230×12 mm (0.138 m2 surface) are used. Opposite to them are conductively connected cathode plates, arranged by two or three on a support rail. One cell normally contains five or six cathode units and four or five anodes. The maximum cell voltage [V] is 1.5 V and the maximum anodic current density [A] 1500 A/m2. The South African Rand refinery gives a specific gold production rate of 0.2 kg per hour Wohlwill electrolysis. Assuming a current efficiency of 95% the energy consumption is [V] x [A] / 0.2 [kg/h] = 1.63 kWh per kg gold refined. No emissions are assumed because of the purity and the high value of the material processed. The resulting sludge contains the PGM present in the electric scrap and is sold for further processing. WATER EMISSIONS: Water effluents are discharged into rivers. REFERENCES: Newmont (2004) How gold is mined. Newmont. Retrieved from http://www.newmont.com/en/gold/howmined/index.asp Renner H., Schlamp G., Hollmann D., Lüschow H. M., Rothaut J., Knödler A., Hecht C., Schlott M., Drieselmann R., Peter C. and Schiele R. (2002) Gold, Gold Alloys, and Gold Compounds. In: Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Online version, posting date: September 15, 2000 Edition. Wiley-Interscience, Online-Version under: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14356007.a12_ 499. Auerswald D. A. and Radcliffe P. H. (2005) Process technology development at Rand Refinery. In: Minerals Engineering, 18(8), pp. 748-753, Online-Version under: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2005.03.011. technologyComment of gold production (TZ): The mining of ore from open pit and underground mines is considered. technologyComment of gold refinery operation (ZA): REFINING: The refinery, which provides a same day refining service, employs the widely used Miller Chlorination Process to upgrade the gold bullion it receives from mines to at least 99.50% fine gold, the minimum standard required for gold sold on the world bullion markets. It also employs the world’s leading silver refining technology. To further refine gold and silver to 99.99% the cost-effective once-through Wohlwill electrolytic refining process is used. MILLER CHLORINATION PROCESS: This is a pyrometallurgical process whereby gold dore is heated in furnace crucibles. The process is able to separate gold from impurities by using chlorine gas which is added to the crucibles once the gold is molten. Chlorine gas does not react with gold but will combine with silver and base metals to form chlorides. Once the chlorides have formed they float to the surface as slag or escape as volatile gases. The surface melt and the fumes containing the impurities are collected and further refined to extract the gold and silver. This process can take up to 90 minutes produces gold which is at least 99.5% pure with silver being the main remaining component. This gold can be cast into bars as 99.5% gold purity meets the minimum London Good Delivery. However some customers such as jewellers and other industrial end users require gold that is almost 100% pure, so further refining is necessary. In this case, gold using the Miller process is cast into anodes which are then sent to an electrolytic plant. The final product is 99.99% pure gold sponge that can then be melted to produce various end products suited to the needs of the customer. WOHLWILL PROCESS - The electrolytic method of gold refining was first developed by Dr. Emil Wohlwill of Norddeutsche Affinerie in Hamburg in 1874. Dr. Wohlwill’s process is based on the solubility of gold but the insolubility of silver in an electrolyte solution of gold chloride (AuCl3) in hydrochloric acid. Figure below provide the overview of the refining process (source Rand Refinery Brochure) imageUrlTagReplace7f46a8e2-2df0-4cf4-99a8-2878640be562 Emissions includes also HCl to air: 7.48e-03 Calculated from rand refinery scrubber and baghouse emmission values Metal concentrators, Emmision report 2016 http://www.environmentalconsultants.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Appendix-D1.pdf technologyComment of gold refinery operation (RoW): REFINING: The refinery, which provides a same day refining service, employs the widely used Miller Chlorination Process to upgrade the gold bullion it receives from mines to at least 99.50% fine gold, the minimum standard required for gold sold on the world bullion markets. It also employs the world’s leading silver refining technology. To further refine gold and silver to 99.99% the cost-effective once-through Wohlwill electrolytic refining process is used. MILLER CHLORINATION PROCESS: This is a pyrometallurgical process whereby gold dore is heated in furnace crucibles. The process is able to separate gold from impurities by using chlorine gas which is added to the crucibles once the gold is molten. Chlorine gas does not react with gold but will combine with silver and base metals to form chlorides. Once the chlorides have formed they float to the surface as slag or escape as volatile gases. The surface melt and the fumes containing the impurities are collected and further refined to extract the gold and silver. This process can take up to 90 minutes produces gold which is at least 99.5% pure with silver being the main remaining component. This gold can be cast into bars as 99.5% gold purity meets the minimum London Good Delivery. However some customers such as jewellers and other industrial end users require gold that is almost 100% pure, so further refining is necessary. In this case, gold using the Miller process is cast into anodes which are then sent to an electrolytic plant. The final product is 99.99% pure gold sponge that can then be melted to produce various end products suited to the needs of the customer. WOHLWILL PROCESS - The electrolytic method of gold refining was first developed by Dr. Emil Wohlwill of Norddeutsche Affinerie in Hamburg in 1874. Dr. Wohlwill’s process is based on the solubility of gold but the insolubility of silver in an electrolyte solution of gold chloride (AuCl3) in hydrochloric acid. Figure below provide the overview of the refining process (source Rand Refinery Brochure) imageUrlTagReplace7f46a8e2-2df0-4cf4-99a8-2878640be562 Emissions includes also HCl to air: 7.48e-03 Calculated from rand refinery scrubber and baghouse emmission values Metal concentrators, Emmision report 2016 http://www.environmentalconsultants.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Appendix-D1.pdf technologyComment of gold-silver mine operation with refinery (PG): OPEN PIT MINING: The ore is mined in four steps: drilling, blasting, loading and hauling. In the case of a surface mine, a pattern of holes is drilled in the pit and filled with explosives. The explosives are detonated in order to break up the ground so large shovels or front-end loaders can load it into haul trucks. ORE AND WASTE HAULAGE: The haul trucks transport the ore to various areas for processing. The grade and type of ore determine the processing method used. Higher-grade ores are taken to a mill. Lower grade ores are taken to leach pads. Some ores may be stockpiled for later processing. HEAP LEACHING: The recovery processes of the Misima Mine are cyanide leach and carbon in pulp (CIP). The ore is crushed or placed directly on lined leach pads where a dilute cyanide solution is applied to the surface of the heap. The solution percolates down through the ore, where it leaches the gold and flows to a central collection location. The solution is recovered in this closed system. The pregnant leach solution is fed to electrowinning cells and undergoes the same steps as described below from Electro-winning. ORE PROCESSING: Milling: The ore is fed into a series of grinding mills where steel balls grind the ore to a fine slurry or powder. Oxidization and leaching: The recovery process in the Porgera Mine is pressure oxidation and cyanide leach. The slurry is pressure-oxidized in an autoclave before going to the leaching tanks or a dry powder is fed through a roaster in which it is oxidized using heat before being sent to the leaching tanks as a slurry. The slurry is thickened and runs through a series of leaching tanks. The gold in the slurry adheres to carbon in the tanks. Stripping: The carbon is then moved into a stripping vessel where the gold is removed from the carbon by pumping a hot caustic solution through the carbon. The carbon is later recycled. Electro-winning: The gold-bearing solution is pumped through electro-winning cells or through a zinc precipitation circuit where the gold is recovered from the solution. Smelting: The gold is then melted in a furnace at about 1’064°C and poured into moulds, creating doré bars. Doré bars are unrefined gold bullion bars containing between 60% and 95% gold. WATER SUPPLY: For Misima Mine, process water is supplied from pit dewatering bores and in-pit water. Potable water is sourced from boreholes in the coastal limestone. For Porgera Mine, the main water supply of the mine is the Waile Creek Dam, located approximately 7 kilometres from the mine. The reservoir has a capacity of approximately 717, 000 m3 of water. Water for the grinding circuit is also extracted from Kogai Creek, which is located adjacent to the grinding circuit. The mine operates four water treatment plants for potable water and five sewage treatment plants. ENERGY SUPPLY: For Misima Mine, electricity is produced by the mine on site or with own power generators, from diesel and heavy fuel oil. For Porgera Mine, electricity is produced by the mine on site. Assumed with Mobius / Wohlwill electrolysis. Porgera's principal source of power is supplied by a 73-kilometre transmission line from the gas fired and PJV-owned Hides Power Station. The station has a total output of 62 megawatts (“MW”). A back up diesel power station is located at the mine and has an output of 13MW. The average power requirement of the mine is about 60 MW. For both Misima and Porgera Mines, an 18 MW diesel fired power station supplies electrical power. Diesel was used in the station due to the unavailability of previously supplied heavy fuel oil. technologyComment of gold-silver mine operation with refinery (CA-QC): One of the modelled mine is an open-pit mine and the two others are underground. technologyComment of gold-silver mine operation with refinery (RoW): The mining of ore from open pit mines is considered. technologyComment of platinum group metal, extraction and refinery operations (ZA): The ores from the different ore bodies are processed in concentrators where a PGM concentrate is produced with a tailing by product. The PGM base metal concentrate product from the different concentrators processing the different ores are blended during the smelting phase to balance the sulphur content in the final matte product. Smelter operators also carry out toll smelting from third part concentrators. The smelter product is send to the Base metal refinery where the PGMs are separated from the Base Metals. Precious metal refinery is carried out on PGM concentrate from the Base metal refinery to split the PGMs into individual metal products. Water analyses measurements for Anglo Platinum obtained from literature (Slatter et.al, 2009). Mudd, G., 2010. Platinum group metals: a unique case study in the sustainability of mineral resources, in: The 4th International Platinum Conference, Platinum in Transition “Boom or Bust.” Water share between MC and EC from Mudd (2010). Mudd, G., 2010. Platinum group metals: a unique case study in the sustainability of mineral resources, in: The 4th International Platinum Conference, Platinum in Transition “Boom or Bust.” technologyComment of primary zinc production from concentrate (RoW): The technological representativeness of this dataset is considered to be high as smelting methods for zinc are consistent in all regions. Refined zinc produced pyro-metallurgically represents less than 5% of global zinc production and less than 2% of this dataset. Electrometallurgical Smelting The main unit processes for electrometallurgical zinc smelting are roasting, leaching, purification, electrolysis, and melting. In both electrometallurgical and pyro-metallurgical zinc production routes, the first step is to remove the sulfur from the concentrate. Roasting or sintering achieves this. The concentrate is heated in a furnace with operating temperature above 900 °C (exothermic, autogenous process) to convert the zinc sulfide to calcine (zinc oxide). Simultaneously, sulfur reacts with oxygen to produce sulfur dioxide, which is subsequently converted to sulfuric acid in acid plants, usually located with zinc-smelting facilities. During the leaching process, the calcine is dissolved in dilute sulfuric acid solution (re-circulated back from the electrolysis cells) to produce aqueous zinc sulfate solution. The iron impurities dissolve as well and are precipitated out as jarosite or goethite in the presence of calcine and possibly ammonia. Jarosite and goethite are usually disposed of in tailing ponds. Adding zinc dust to the zinc sulfate solution facilitates purification. The purification of leachate leads to precipitation of cadmium, copper, and cobalt as metals. In electrolysis, the purified solution is electrolyzed between lead alloy anodes and aluminum cathodes. The high-purity zinc deposited on aluminum cathodes is stripped off, dried, melted, and cast into SHG zinc ingots (99.99 % zinc). Pyro-metallurgical Smelting The pyro-metallurgical smelting process is based on the reduction of zinc and lead oxides into metal with carbon in an imperial smelting furnace. The sinter, along with pre-heated coke, is charged from the top of the furnace and injected from below with pre-heated air. This ensures that temperature in the center of the furnace remains in the range of 1000-1500 °C. The coke is converted to carbon monoxide, and zinc and lead oxides are reduced to metallic zinc and lead. The liquid lead bullion is collected at the bottom of the furnace along with other metal impurities (copper, silver, and gold). Zinc in vapor form is collected from the top of the furnace along with other gases. Zinc vapor is then condensed into liquid zinc. The lead and cadmium impurities in zinc bullion are removed through a distillation process. The imperial smelting process is an energy-intensive process and produces zinc of lower purity than the electrometallurgical process. technologyComment of processing of anode slime from electrorefining of copper, anode (GLO): Based on typical current technology. Anode slime treatment by pressure leaching and top blown rotary converter. Production of Silver by Möbius Electrolysis, Gold by Wohlwill electrolysis, copper telluride cement and crude selenium to further processing. technologyComment of silver-gold mine operation with refinery (CL): OPEN PIT MINING: The ore is mined in four steps: drilling, blasting, loading and hauling. In the case of a surface mine, a pattern of holes is drilled in the pit and filled with explosives. The explosives are detonated in order to break up the ground so large shovels or front-end loaders can load it into haul trucks. BENEFICIATION: The processing plant consists of primary crushing, a pre-crushing circuit, (semi autogenous ball mill crushing) grinding, leaching, filtering and washing, Merrill-Crowe plant and doré refinery. The Merrill-Crowe metal recovery circuit is better than a carbon-in-pulp system for the high-grade silver material. Tailings are filtered to recover excess water as well as residual cyanide and metals. A dry tailings disposal system was preferred to a conventional wet tailings impoundment because of site-specific environmental considerations. technologyComment of silver-gold mine operation with refinery (RoW): Refinement is estimated with electrolysis-data. technologyComment of treatment of precious metal from electronics scrap, in anode slime, precious metal extraction (SE, RoW): Anode slime treatment by pressure leaching and top blown rotary converter. Production of Silver by Möbius Electrolysis, Gold by Wohlwill electrolysis, Palladium to further processing

Japan fährt drittes Atomkraftwerk wieder hoch

Am 29. Januar 2016 fuhr Japan sein drittes Atomkraftwerk wieder hoch. Fünf Jahre nach der Atomkatastrophe in Fukushima schaltete der Betreiberkonzern Kansai Electric Power den Reaktor Nummer 3 im Atomkraftwerk Takahama in der westlichen Provinz Fukui wieder ein. Es ist das zweite AKW, das die neu eingeführten Sicherheitsvorschriften erfüllt und wieder in Betrieb geht. 2015 waren bereits zwei Reaktoren im Atomkraftwerk Sendai in der südwestlichen Provinz Kagoshima wieder ans Netz gegangen.

Japan fährt erstes Atomkraftwerk seit der Fukushima-Katastrophe wieder hoch

On 11. August 2015, Japan restarted its first nuclear reactor since the Fukushima disaster in March, 2011. Kyushu Electric Power had reactivated No. 1 reactor at its Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, on the southern island of Kyushu.

Gericht in Japan ordnet Abschaltung zweier Atomreaktoren an

Nach Medienberichten ordnete ein japanisches Bezirksgericht in der Präfektur Shiga am 9. März 2016 die Abschaltung der Atomreaktoren 3 und 4 des Kernkraftwerks Takahama an, da die vom Betreiber Kansai Electric Power vorgelegten Notfall- und Evakuierungsmassnahmen ungenügend seien. Anwohner der Präfektur Shiga hatten gegen den Betrieb geklagt. Das AKW Takahama befindet sich in der Präfektur Fukui, doch die benachbarte Präfektur Shiga liegt teilweise im 30-Kilometer-Radius, in dem entsprechende Evakuierungspläne für den Notfall ausgearbeitet werden müssen. Kansai Electric Power nahm die Reaktoren erst im Januar und Februar 2016 nach bestandenen strengeren Sicherheitsprüfungen nach Fukushima wieder in Betrieb. Reaktor 4 musste jedoch nach einer Panne bereits wieder abgeschaltet werden und wird nach dem Urteil nicht wieder hochgefahren. Die Abschaltung von Reaktor 3 wurde eingeleitet. Der Betreiber kündigte jedoch an gegen das Urteil in Berufung zu gehen.

Europas größtes Batteriespeicherprojekt geht in Großbritannien in Betrieb

Die britische Ministerin für Energie und Klimawandel, Amber Rudd, eröffnete am 15. Dezember 2014 Europas größtes Batteriespeicher-Projekt in Leighton Buzzard (Bedfordshire), Großbritannien, eröffnet. S&C Electric Europe, Samsung SDI und Younicos haben das voll automatisierte 6 MW/10 MWh-Speichersystem gemeinsam an einem Umspannwerk von UK Power Networks errichtet. Das Smarter Network Storage (SNS)-Projekt soll untersuchen, inwieweit Batterien zur Senkung der CO2-Emmissionen im Rahmen des „UK Carbon Plan“ der britischen Regierung beitragen können. Das Projekt spart zudem mehr als 6 Millionen Pfund an sonst notwendigen, konventionellen Netzverstärkungsmaßnahmen ein.

E-Räder – eine (kleine) Mobilitätsrevolution

Schneller als das Fahrrad und umweltfreundlicher als das Auto Das Umweltbundesamt (UBA) hat Städte und Gemeinden ermutigt, den Umstieg vom Auto auf Elektro-Räder zu erleichtern. „E-Räder, also von Elektromotoren unterstützte Fahrräder, brauchen im Vergleich zum Auto nicht nur weniger Platz, sie sind auch deutlich preisgünstiger. Zudem profitieren Gesundheit und Umwelt von den neuen Rädern.“, sagte Maria Krautzberger, Präsidentin des UBA. „E-Räder sind ein wichtiger Baustein für die nachhaltige Mobilität von heute. Viele Kommunen müssen sich aber noch besser einstellen auf den neuen Trend zum Zweirad. So sind die Radwege noch nicht überall an die höhere Geschwindigkeit von E-Rädern angepasst.“ In einem neuen Hintergrundpapier hat das UBA alle wichtigen Infos zu E-Rädern zusammengestellt. Die Vorteile von E-Rädern, zu denen Pedelecs und E-Bikes zählen, liegen auf der Hand: E-Räder sind leise und verursachen deutlich weniger ⁠ CO2 ⁠-Emissionen, Feinstaub (⁠ PM10 ⁠) und Stickstoffoxide (NOX) als Pkw. Mit einem zunehmenden Anteil von erneuerbarer Energie im deutschen Stromnetz werden selbst diese niedrigen Emissionen weiter sinken. E-Räder bereichern auch die Alltags- und Freizeitmobilität, indem sie die Reichweite des Fahrrades von durchschnittlich 5 km auf 10 km erweitern. Dreiviertel aller zurückgelegten Wege liegen im Entfernungsbereich von bis zu 10 km. Für eine Strecke von 10 km benötigt ein E-Rad nur etwa so viel Energie, wie man verbrauchen würde, um 0,7 Liter Wasser bei Raumtemperatur zum Kochen zu bringen. Anders als mit dem normalen Drahtesel kommt man mit dem E-Rad deutlich entspannter zum Ziel. E-Räder erweitern so die Einsatzmöglichkeiten des Fahrrades. Sie erleichtern den Lastentransport und helfen, Höhen und Entfernungen einfacher zu überwinden. Manchen Menschen wird ein E-Rad auch den Einstieg ins Fahrradfahren erleichtern und für Pendler sind E-Räder eine gesunde und stressarme Alternative im städtischen Pkw-Berufsverkehr. Und wer im Anzug von Termin zu Termin muss, der kommt mit dem E-Rad nicht ins Schwitzen. Bei Herstellung und Entsorgung der bei E-Rädern am häufigsten verwendeten Lithium-Ionen-Akkus fallen zwar Treibhausgasemissionen an, vergleicht man diese jedoch mit eingesparten Pkw-Kilometern, sind bereits nach 100 E-Rad-Kilometern die CO2-Emissionen des Akkus ausgeglichen. Wegen der vielen Vorteile rät das ⁠ UBA ⁠ den Kommunen vor allem dazu, Radwege an die teils höheren Geschwindigkeiten von E-Rädern anzupassen. Länder und Kommunen sollten ihre Rad- und Fußverkehrsinfrastruktur zudem so geschickt planen, verbessern und erweitern, damit sich die Sicherheit für den momentan oft noch parallel geführten Rad- und Fußverkehr erhöht. Übrigens: Auch Wohnungsvermieter, Ladenbetreiber und Arbeitgeber können durch ebenerdige und gut gesicherte Abstellanlagen einen Beitrag dazu leisten, dass mehr Bürgerinnen und Bürger sich vermehrt in den E-Rad-Sattel schwingen, als ins Auto zu steigen. Weitere Informationen: Häufig werden die Begriffe Pedelec, E-Rad und E-Bike synonym oder unterschiedlich in ihrer Bedeutung verwendet. Hier eine kurze Erläuterung nach UBA-Verständnis: E-Räder (= Abkürzung von Elektroräder) ist der Oberbegriff für elektrounterstützte Fahrräder, also Pedelecs und E-Bikes. Pedelecs sind Elektrofahrräder. Sie werden mit Muskelkraft angetrieben und bis zu einer Geschwindigkeit von 25 km/h durch einen elektrischen Motor mit maximal 250 Watt Leistung unterstützt. Die Handhabung der Pedelecs unterscheidet sich von der der konventionellen Fahrräder kaum. E-Bikes sind Fahrräder mit Elektromotor, welche auch ohne Tretbewegungen, also rein elektrisch fahren können.

Energieeffizienz bei Elektromotoren

Mindestanforderungen für Umweltentlastungen und Stromeinsparungen beschlossen Ab dem 16. Juni 2011 dürfen nur noch hocheffiziente Asynchron-Drehstrommotoren des Leistungsbereichs 0,75 Kilowatt (kW) bis 375 kW in Verkehr gebracht werden. Das beschloss der Ökodesign-Regelungsausschuss für Elektromotoren für die EU-Mitgliedstaaten und veröffentlichte die Mindestanforderungen für Energieeffizienz von Asynchron-Drehstrommotoren im Amtsblatt der EU (640/2009). Diese Motorenart kommt vorwiegend in Industrie und Gewerbe zum Einsatz und verursachte im Jahr 2005 fast 90 Prozent des Stromverbrauchs der Elektromotoren in den 27 EU-Mitgliedstaaten. Mit effizienteren Elektromotoren ließen sich EU-weit bis zum Jahr 2020 voraussichtlich 135 Milliarden kWh und 63 Millionen Tonnen Kohlendioxid (CO2) einsparen. „Das rechnet sich auch für Deutschland”, sagt der UBA-Vizepräsident Dr. Thomas Holzmann, „denn allein in Deutschland können so bis zum Jahr 2020 circa 27 Milliarden Kilowattstunden Strom weniger verbraucht und damit rund 16 Millionen Tonnen CO2-Emissionen vermieden werden. Zum Vergleich: Wir könnten auf den Bau von acht Großkraftwerken mit einer elektrischen Leistung von je 700 Megawatt verzichten.” Effizienzklassen ermöglichen, elektrische Antriebe nach ihrem Stromverbrauch und ihrem Wirkungsgrad zu klassifizieren. Die bisherigen europäischen Effizienzklassen (EFF) werden nach einer Übergangsfrist künftig durch die weltweit gültigen Effizienzklassen IE1 (entspricht EFF2), IE2 (entspricht EFF1) sowie IE3 und später IE4 ersetzt und ergänzt. Der Einsatz der IE2- und der noch effizienteren IE3-Motoren sowie der Drehzahlregelung ist in den meisten Fällen sehr wirtschaftlich. Eine Drehzahlregelung ermöglicht eine höhere Stromeinsparung als die alleinige Steigerung des Wirkungsgrads der Motoren. Bereits nach wenigen Jahren erbringen die neuen Effizienzvorgaben finanzielle Entlastungen für die Unternehmen. Zudem stärken sie die Konkurrenzfähigkeit der europäischen Motorenhersteller und sichern Arbeitsplätze. Auch nach 2020 ermöglicht der zunehmende Einsatz hocheffizienter Elektromotoren mit höherer Lebensdauer enorme Einsparpotentiale bei Energie. Ohne die Einführung verpflichtender Mindeststandards ließe sich diese Stromeinsparung nicht erreichen. In Europa ist der Verkaufsanteil der Hocheffizienzmotoren - trotz ihrer hohen Wirtschaftlichkeit - in zehn Jahren von zwei Prozent auf rund neun Prozent gestiegen. In den nächsten Jahren wird sich dieser Anteil erhöhen. Laut EU dürfen ab 2011 Motoren der bisherigen Effizienzklasse EFF2 nicht mehr verkauft werden. Außerdem können in Europa nur noch asynchrone Drehstrommotoren des Leistungsbereichs von 0,75 kW bis 375 kW in Verkehr gebracht werden, falls sie den künftigen Effizienzstandard IE2 erfüllen. Ein weiterer Schritt, den Wirkungsgrad der Elektromotoren zu erhöhen folgt ab Januar 2015: Dann dürfen in der Effizienzklasse IE2 im Leistungsbereich 7,5 kW bis 375 kW nur noch Elektromotoren mit Drehzahlregelung in Verkehr gebracht werden. Andernfalls müssen sie die höhere Effizienzklasse IE3 erfüllen. Ab Januar 2017 gilt dies auch für Elektromotoren des Leistungsbereichs 0,75 kW bis 7,5 kW. In den USA gelten seit Jahren Mindesteffizienzstandards. Dort erreichen die Hocheffizienzmotoren (IE2) bereits einen Anteil von 54 Prozent und die noch effizienteren IE3-Motoren derzeit schon 16 Prozent. In Deutschland und Europa liegt der Anteil der IE3-Motoren noch bei unter einem Prozent.

Kataster Biogas des Landes Brandenburg

Standortdaten von Biogasanlagen mit Straße und Hausnummer, Ort und Ortsteil sowie Koordinaten, technische Daten wie elektrische und thermische Leistung.

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