Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation: Facility Utilizes Energy Assessments to Identify $930,000 in Potential Annual Savings

Program Document · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2004

OSTI ID:15008050

Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation (KUCC) used targeted energy assessments in the smelter and refinery at its Bingham Canyon Mine, near Salt Lake City, Utah. The assessment focused mainly on the energy-intensive processes of copper smelting and refining. By implementing the projects identified, KUCC could realize annual cost savings of $930,000 and annual energy savings of 452,000 MMBtu. The projects would also reduce maintenance, repair costs, waste, and environmental emissions. One project would use methane gas from an adjacent municipal dump to replace natural gas currently used to heat the refinery electrolyte.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15008050
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102004-1808; TRN: US200425%%82
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1 Jul 2004; Related Information: Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) Mining BestPractices Plant-Wide Assessment Case Study
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

03 NATURAL GAS
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
42 ENGINEERING
COPPER
MAINTENANCE
METHANE
NATURAL GAS
REFINING
REPAIR
SMELTERS
SMELTING
INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY
CASE STUDY
PLANT-WIDE ASSESSMENT
PWA
KENNECOTT
KUCC
SMELTER
REFINERY
SALT LAKE CITY
UTAH
EMISSIONS
ELECTROLYTE
INDUSTRY