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Operations modeling and analysis of an underground coal mine

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Kanna Miwa,

Soemon TakakuwaAuthors Info & Claims

WSC '11: Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference

Pages 1685 - 1695

Published: 11 December 2011 Publication History

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In general, it is quite difficult to describe and model operations and conveyance systems precisely in underground coal mines because of geological components, poor visibility, unreliable installed facilities, and difficult work conditions. In this study, a simulation model of an operations and materials handling system for an underground coal mine was built to investigate the relationship between the coal output and materials handling systems, which includes specifications for the facilities and the buffer space for the storage bin underground. It was found that it is possible to find the bottleneck of a conveyance system to determine more efficient mining and conveyance methods by performing a simulation.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2693848.2694081
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Operations modeling and analysis of an underground coal mine
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Modeling and simulation
    1. Model development and analysis
      1. Model verification and validation

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Fioroni Mdos Santos LFranzese LSantana ITelles GSeixas JPenna Bde Alkmim GBuckley SMiller J(2014)Logistic evaluation of an underground mine using simulationProceedings of the 2014 Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/2693848.2694081(1855-1865)Online publication date: 7-Dec-2014
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