Hydraulic Air Compressor (HAC)

UDMN 935 Ramsey Lake Road Willet Green Miller Centre Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6

CONTACTS:

Damien Duff Theme Lead, UDMN

dduff@cemi.ca

Bora Ugurgel Managing Director, UDMN

bugurgel@cemi.ca

OBJECTIVE:

To scientifically demonstrate the modern day credentials of Hydraulic Air Compressors (HAC) for the contemporary mining industry and consider the use of dry gas produced by HAC’s towards cooling mine ventilation air in deep mines.

CHALLENGES:

At ultra-deep mine depths, without cheaper alternatives to mechanical vapor compression refrigeration plants to cool mine ventilation air, it is uncertain whether ore can be economically produced. Hydraulic air compressors provide this cheaper alternative.

APPROACH:

This project will prove that hydraulic air compressors will be able to supply compressed air to provide unprecedented capacities for mine air cooling in ultra-deep mines, and that it will do so safely, cheaply and reliably, thereby increasing the mine’s ability to improve productivity in both the development and production processes.

BENEFITS:

Successful achievement of this project should realize substantial impact mainly by lowering the cost of compressing gases, but also by reducing associated greenhouse gas emissions.

Successful achievement of this objective should have significant impact by supporting ongoing production from deep, hot mines. By contributing to a more acceptable working environment, the productivity levels of mining processes in these deep mines will increase.

PHONE 705.673.6568

WEB www.miningdeep.ca