Print Email Facebook Twitter Operational decision support for material management in continuous mining systems Title Operational decision support for material management in continuous mining systems: From simulation concept to practical full-scale implementations Author Soleymani Shishvan, M. (TU Delft Resource Engineering) Benndorf, J. (University of Technology Bergakademie Freiberg) Date 2017-07-01 Abstract Material management in opencast mines is concerned with planning, organizing, and control of the flow of materials from their extraction points to destinations. It can be strongly affected by operational decisions that have to be made during the production process. To date, little research has focused on the application of simulation modeling as a powerful supportive tool for decision making in such systems. Practical experiences from implementing a simulation model of a mine for the operational support on an industrial scale are not known to the authors. This paper presents the extension of a developed stochastic simulation model by the authors from a conceptual stage (TRL4) to a new Technology Readiness Level (TRL 6) by implementing it in an industrially relevant environment. A framework for modeling, simulation, and validation of the simulation model applied to two large opencast lignite mines is presented in detail. Operational implementation issues, experiences, and challenges in practical applications are discussed. Furthermore, the strength of applying the simulation modeling as an operational decision support for material management in coal mining is demonstrated. Results of the case studies are used to describe the details of the framework, and to illustrate the strength and limitations of its application. Subject Coal miningMaterial managementOpencast mineOperational decision supportSimulation modelingOA-Fund TU Delft To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a50fed59-d51c-4343-bac2-3c85c2b0d470 DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/min7070116 ISSN 2075-163X Source Minerals - Open Access Mining & Mineral Processing Journal, 7 (7) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 M. Soleymani Shishvan, J. Benndorf Files PDF minerals_07_00116_v4.pdf 10.67 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:a50fed59-d51c-4343-bac2-3c85c2b0d470/datastream/OBJ/view