Z. Agioutantis, S. Delmadorou, Nikos Steiakakis, C. Steiakakis, Stergios Papaterpos
{"title":"A real-time event-driven database productivity and maintenance planning tool for continuous surface mining operations","authors":"Z. Agioutantis, S. Delmadorou, Nikos Steiakakis, C. Steiakakis, Stergios Papaterpos","doi":"10.1504/ijmme.2019.10026189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmme.2019.10026189","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a data management application driven by real-time events, which has been developed as a productivity and maintenance planning software application to be used in the surface lignite mines in Northern Greece. The mines operate using a continuous mining system comprised of multiple bucket wheel excavators, belt conveyors, spreaders and stackers. There is a control centre for each mine, comprising of aspect servers, OPC servers and a SCADA system which interfaces with PLCs at each equipment unit in the field. The overall data management infrastructure is installed on the main network system and draws data from the OPC servers at each mine. In order to collect the data, the application is developed using event driven functionality as well as data polls. Data can then be modified by the control tower personnel. The application generates reports on a daily basis for production monitoring, productivity, equipment performance and utilisation as well as various maintenance tasks. The system has been in operation at the surface lignite mines in northern Greece since 2011 and has been embraced by mine personnel for decision making and planning.","PeriodicalId":38622,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66731330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Falah, Robert Obenaus-Emler, P. Kinnunen, M. Illikainen
{"title":"Alkali activation of low-alumina mine tailings for more sustainable raw material supply","authors":"M. Falah, Robert Obenaus-Emler, P. Kinnunen, M. Illikainen","doi":"10.1504/ijmme.2019.104450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmme.2019.104450","url":null,"abstract":"Mining industry generates a significant amount of mine tailings (MTs), disposal of MTs has environmental impacts, such as air pollution and releasing of heavy metals to surface and underground waters. This research includes a development of alkali-activated materials (AAMs) from low-alumina MTs. A series of samples with varying compositional ratios was synthesised from a combination of different activators, MT powder and water. Curing temperature of 40°C led to the strengthening of the AAMs. The effects of alkali activator addition on the phase evolution and morphology of the reaction products were investigated by using the XRD and SEM/EDS techniques. The results demonstrate that an increase in the percentage of the activator solution led to an increase in compressive strength and change the morphology structure of the reaction products. It should be noted that the alkali activation of MTs creates a new material with potential environmental protection applications, such as low permeable covers and a sustainable material with using geopolymerisation technology.","PeriodicalId":38622,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/ijmme.2019.104450","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66730971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selection of an optimal electric monorail loading technique in underground mining using analytic hierarchy process and Yager's technique","authors":"Webby Banda, B. Besa, Eugie Kabwe, E. Chanda","doi":"10.1504/ijmme.2019.104457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmme.2019.104457","url":null,"abstract":"The electric monorail transport system has found wide application in decline development. However, the loading mechanism in this haulage system still possesses a great challenge to its overall optimal efficiency. It has been demonstrated that high loading time is the main pitfall to high advance rates in monorail application. In this paper, the analytic hierarchy process and Yager's multiple criteria decision making techniques were used to select the optimal loading mechanism in the electric monorail transport system among three loading alternatives, namely, electric loader, conventional load-haul-dump unit and pneumatic loading system. Results of the two methods show that the electric loading technique is the optimal monorail loading system for efficient decline development in narrow vein deposits. Additionally, sensitivity analyses under the two techniques show that the electric loader system is always selected as the optimal solution to ±40% changes in the weight of criteria. It was also deduced that the solution under both methods is most sensitive to changes in the weight of the loading rate criterion.","PeriodicalId":38622,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/ijmme.2019.104457","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66731084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alireza Dormishi, M. Ataei, R. Khalokakaei, R. Mikaeil
{"title":"Energy consumption prediction of gang saws from rock properties in carbonate rocks cutting process","authors":"Alireza Dormishi, M. Ataei, R. Khalokakaei, R. Mikaeil","doi":"10.1504/IJMME.2018.10017387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMME.2018.10017387","url":null,"abstract":"Performance measurements of gang saws were conducted on 12 different carbonate rocks in marble factories located in Iran. Ampere consumption and rock properties such as uniaxial compressive strength, Young modulus, Mohs hardness and Schimazek's F-abrasiveness factor were evaluated using linear and nonlinear regression analysis. The result of linear regression indicated that there is a strong correlation (R2 = 0.85) between ampere consumption and uniaxial compressive strength compared to other parameters. The developed nonlinear models were verified by statistical tests and the best predicted model was selected. It was concluded that the ampere consumption of carbonate rocks using gang saws can reliably be estimated with a coefficient of correlation above 0.9 using the developed model. It is very useful to evaluate the energy consumption and predict the energy cost for a new rock type by only the mechanical properties testing.","PeriodicalId":38622,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering","volume":"9 1","pages":"216"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42890556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time series estimation of soil erosion under mining subsidence in sandy area based on GIS/RS, inner Mongolia, China","authors":"W. Xiao, Jianfei Xu, Sucui Li, Xinjing Wang","doi":"10.1504/IJMME.2018.10017389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMME.2018.10017389","url":null,"abstract":"The land subsidence caused by underground coal mining can lead to topographic change and cause a series of environmental problems such as soil erosion and vegetation degradation, etc. Research on the effects of soil erosion is of great significance to the ecological restoration and environmental protection of mining areas. This paper selected the Bulianta coal mine in Inner Mongolia as a research area. Based on GIS/RS technology, the change in the spatial patterns of soil erosion in the study area were quantitatively evaluated using the rule of mining subsidence and the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE). The results show that underground coal mining has a significant effect on terrain by changing the slope length and slope steepness (LS), vegetation growth was also affected by a trend of overall reduction. In general, soil erosion in the Bulianta mining area generally showed an increasing trend from pre-mining topography to surface subsidence after mining, both from the perspective of soil erosion area and the perspective of soil erosion quantity.","PeriodicalId":38622,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering","volume":"9 1","pages":"240"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42216471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Storing energy in disused underground mine voids: comparing pumped water- and compressed air-based technologies","authors":"F. Kaiser, F. Winde, E. Erasmus","doi":"10.1504/IJMME.2018.10017384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMME.2018.10017384","url":null,"abstract":"Large scale energy storage is becoming ever more important for balancing loads due to increased intermittent electric energy supply from wind and solar power plants. This paper explores how abandoned mine voids can be utilised for this purpose comparing the technological and economical suitability of two different technologies: underground pumped hydro energy storage (UPHES) and compressed air energy storage (CAES). By integrating these technologies into post-closure development concepts mine voids can be prevented from becoming environmental liabilities thereby averting costs associated with the indefinite pumping and treating of polluted water emanating from flooded mines. Apart from differing in construction costs, profitability, energy storage capabilities and grid-related flexibility each technology also requires different geological conditions that are to be considered when selecting the best suited one for a specific mine.","PeriodicalId":38622,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering","volume":"9 1","pages":"177"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49281383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stability analysis of underground stope pillars using three dimensional numerical modelling techniques","authors":"Sreenivasa Rao Islavath, D. Deb","doi":"10.1504/IJMME.2018.10017386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMME.2018.10017386","url":null,"abstract":"An underground chromite deposit of strike length 290 m, width 20 m and having dip of 10 degrees with horizontal is bounded between the county rock of weathered serpentinite, serpentinite, quartzite and pyroxenite and is planned to be extracted by sub level open stoping method. The portal of the decline and shaft are located in the foot-wall of the orebody. The stope dimensions are to be determined for safe extraction of chromite ore body. For this purpose, three dimensional finite element method is adopted to develop the stope model along with decline and shaft. This study establishes the suitable pillar dimension, length and width of stope and roof bolting based on development of stresses, displacements and yield zone around the excavations.","PeriodicalId":38622,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering","volume":"226 6","pages":"198"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41258837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evolving neural network using genetic algorithm for mining method evaluation in thin coal seam working face","authors":"Wang Chen, Tian Shixiang","doi":"10.1504/IJMME.2018.10017388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMME.2018.10017388","url":null,"abstract":"Mining method selection is one of the non-linear decisions made by mining engineers. The artificial neural network (ANN) is a commonly used method for this decision-making. This paper investigated the effectiveness of ANN for mining method evaluation. The back-propagation (BP) algorithm was selected. The input variables are the geological conditions and face parameters. The output ones are the mining method and the production. Synthesising iterative efficiency and MSE, BP with VSS algorithm by appending MT was the priority to the evaluation. For better results, ANN optimised through genetic algorithm (GA) was also applied and tested. As a result, the mean square errors (MSE) for ANN and GA-based ANN at testing stage are 0.54 and 0.08, respectively. Moreover, the correlation coefficient R2 values are 0.99 and 0.96. The gained results indicated that GA-based ANN was more promising for mining method evaluation.","PeriodicalId":38622,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering","volume":"9 1","pages":"228"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45023660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of the steady-state coal permeability experiments: a numerical simulation study","authors":"J. Zang, Kai Wang","doi":"10.1504/ijmme.2018.10013241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmme.2018.10013241","url":null,"abstract":"By using the numerical simulator developed in our previous work, this paper conducted four simulation cases on the steady-state coal permeability experiments. One case is not backpressure-regulated and the other three are backpressure-regulated with different constant differential pressures between the upstream and the downstream end. The simulation results indicate that the backpressure-regulated steady-state method is superior to the non-backpressure-regulated in terms of the measurement accuracy. The results also indicate that a small differential pressure may be preferable to a higher value for the backpressure-regulated method in order to obtain more accurate permeability measurements. These conclusions may be meaningful for future coal permeability measurements with the steady-state method.","PeriodicalId":38622,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering","volume":"9 1","pages":"140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45637403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new method for correcting characteristic curves for centrifugal compressors","authors":"Haijun Chang, Changchun Wu","doi":"10.1504/IJMME.2018.10013237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMME.2018.10013237","url":null,"abstract":"In gas pipeline industry, a centrifugal compressor's performance is often tested in the factory under specified condition and formulated as performance map before it is offered to its buyer. Concerned performances include head, efficiency and so on. A compressor's original head or efficiency characteristic curve may deviate from its actual one because of various reasons after it runs in field for a period of time. So correction is needed before these characteristic curves are used for simulation, optimisation or other applications. A compressor's actual head and efficiency are extracted from its operating records and used for correction. The correction method is designed according to the idea to move a compressor's characteristic curves to best fit its actual performance. Two different types of compressors operated on Central Asia – China gas pipeline are utilised to test the proposed method and satisfactory results are got.","PeriodicalId":38622,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering","volume":"9 1","pages":"122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44025496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}