@inproceedings{8f765b6d79b34ea0b7be45a26dc7f93e,
title = "Life cycle inventory assessment of smelting process of platinum group metals at the anglo American platinum ltd, South Africa",
abstract = "Platinum group metals arc acknowledged for their contribution to the reduction of environmental damage thanks to technological innovations. A growing demand on PGM is expected to contribute to the supply of clean and renewable energy using systems such as hydrogen fuel cell technology. The credits to PGM are of no doubt, yet some environmental concerns in PGM recovery process are reported with a massive harmful SO2 emissions into the atmosphere. Life cycle analysis of smelter section was developed and equivalent carbon dioxide emissions were quantified. For one metric ton of ore milled, a total amount of equivalent carbon dioxide of about 2,084.72kg C02-cq was associated with the smelting process. S02 was revealed not to be the most important emission. In an annual initiative, smelter can process up to 36,547 million metric tons of ore milled accounting for 76,163,948,000 kg C02-eq. The section of the smelter showed emissions to water and emissions to soil mainly. Significant air emissions are identified as Sulphur dioxide (SO:) efflux in the plant.",
keywords = "Equivalent dioxide carbon emissions, Life cycle inventory assessment, Platinum group metals, Smelting process, Sulphur dioxide",
author = "Mabiza, {M. J.} and C. Mbohwa",
year = "2015",
language = "English",
series = "Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science",
publisher = "Newswood Limited",
pages = "904--907",
editor = "Ao, {S. I.} and Len Gelman and Len Gelman and Hukins, {David W.L.} and Andrew Hunter and Korsunsky, {Alexander M.} and Ao, {S. I.} and Ao, {S. I.}",
booktitle = "WCE 2015 - World Congress on Engineering 2015",
note = "2015 World Congress on Engineering, WCE 2015 ; Conference date: 01-07-2015 Through 03-07-2015",
}
