Economics of large-scale surface coal mining using simulation modes. Final report, volume 16. User's manual for nonstripping mining function micromodels

Technical Report · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7309699· OSTI ID:7309699

Large-scale surface coal mining will play a key role in meeting the future energy needs of the U.S., especially in affecting the costs of coal conversion and advanced combustion processes being developed by ERDA. Fluor Utah, Inc., with Bonner and Moore Associates, Inc. as subcontractor, was contracted by ERDA to determine and define the problems that future large-scale surface mines would encounter in meeting these energy needs. The project resulted in a series of computer models for use by the industry in mine planning and analysis, and by government in estimating future energy costs. Presented are User's Manuals for computer models which simulate the following surface coal mining operations: overburden or coal drilling and blasting; overburden or coal hauling in trucks; overburden or coal loading with shovels, or front-end loaders, and hauling in trucks; topsoil removal, spoil pile grading, topsoil spreading, general dozing, revegetation, and land management; coal handling and preparation; and administrative functions; premining activities, central facilities, operating staff, and taxes and royalties. These models provide detailed information suitable for mine design and equipment selection. The User's Manuals explain how to formulate problems for model solution, how the models process the problem statements, and the content of all model output. The report also contains User's Manuals for the equipment data files which support the simulation models.

• Research Organization: Fluor Utah, Inc., San Mateo, CA (USA); Bonner and Moore Associates, Inc., Houston, TX (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7309699
• Report Number(s): FE-1520-116
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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