Business Challenges n the current [mining] economic climate, minimizing costs...
Discrete-Event Simulation of Payload Variance Effects on Truck Bunching
Discrete-Event Simulation of Payload Variance Effects on Truck Bunching
- September 7, 2022
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Business Challenges
Data collected from payload management systems at some surface mining operations show significant variance. Heavily loaded trucks travel slower up ramps than lightly loaded trucks. Faster trucks are slowed by the presence of slower trucks, resulting in “Bunching” and production losses
Suggested Solution
This project has been completed to develop an algorithm and software for estimating the effect of truck bunching on productivity, fuel consumption, gas emissions, cycle time, and associated cost. In this project, a Discrete-Event Simulation Algorithm was developed to predict truck bunching in large open-pit mines; a user-friendly software was developed based on the completed algorithm; presented real site data set svalidated model and software; bunching software can be used to complete the results of other software such as Talpac, and the completed algorithm can be useful to find the effect of bunching on haul truck fuel consumption, gas emissions, cycle time and associated cost.
Project Info
Start Date
Jun 2013
Duration
24 (Months)
Location
Australia
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