Mining Institute, Perm Federal Research Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Perm, Russia:

D. G. Zakirov, Chief Executive Officer of the Association of the Western Ural Power Engineers, Chief Researcher, Professor, Doctor of Engineering Sciences, awup.perm@mail.ru
M. A. Mukhamedshin, Leading Engineer

Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Perm, Russia:
R. A. Faizrakhmanov, Head of Chair, Professor, Doctor of Economic Sciences
A. V. Nikolaev, Associate Professor, Candidate of Engineering Sciences

The Western Ural territory (Perm Krai wholly and the eastern regions of the Republics of Komi and Bashkortostan) accommodates many mines producing potash salts, nonferrous metal ore, coal, oil and building materials. An urgent problem is to enhance energy and ecological efficiency of these mines. The Mining Institute of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Perm) carries out research aimed to find potential to reduce energy intensity and environmental impact of mining. It is recommended to develop low-waste production based on the multiple use of associate mineral and energy reserves in mines by creating eco-technological processes connected with the production of a basic mineral and add-on products – power, heat and building materials. The prime energy reserve lies in the secondary energy sources of low-grade heat: return ventilation air, pumped out mine water, furnace gas, methane, etc. Technologies and equipment for using these sources to supply mines with heat and to reduce toxic emissions are developed. Measured toward intensifi cation of energy saving and stimulation of greening of mining are proposed. Mines in this region possess high potential of saving basic energy reserves: power – up to 7–15%, heat energy – to 10–19%, boiler and furnace fuel – to 15–18%, motor fuel – 1.5–5%. The use of the systemic innovative approach as the methodological framework suggests the stagewise analysis of objects as hierarchical structure elements with their material and stable links. Under the systemic approach, any production object integrating a set of separate interacting elements is considered as a system. The same object, depending on a specific goal, can be presented as an element (subsystem) of a higher level system.

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