Hybrid Haul Truck: Sustainable Power Webinar Series
Improve productivity and reduce emissions
Presentation
Diesel engines are the ideal prime mover for mining trucks. They are the benchmark for performance, availability, maintainability, refueling range, costs, and are suitable for extreme environmental conditions. But they also account for about 50% of the GHG emissions of a typical mining operation. Reducing these emissions is a major lever for mining companies to achieve their ambitious decarbonization goals.
Originally presented as a webinar with Engineering and Mining Journal and Coal Age, this presentation considers the typical operating cycle of mines — hauling loads uphill and returning to the loading position usually the same way downhill — and the potential for mining trucks to recuperate a considerable amount of energy downhill and store it in batteries. Depending on the topographic profile of the individual mine, up to 30% diesel fuel savings, respectively GHG reductions, are possible.
Download this presentation to learn:
- Why battery-hybrid powertrains are a key milestone toward fully GHG-neutral mining truck propulsion
- How hybridization helps diminish the drawbacks of potential GHG-neutral fuels including scarcity, costs and/or limited energy storage density
- About mtu solutions for the hybridization of mining trucks with examples of the potential savings