Ventilation System Simulation Model at a Mine

INVENTS: A Hybrid Mine Ventilation Planning and Design System

A Reliability Allocation Model and Application in Designing a Mine Ventilation System

Abstract– A mine ventilation system is an important component of an underground mining system. It provides a sufficient quantity of air to maintain a suitable working environment. Therefore, the mine ventilation system should be kept at a highly reliable level and also be maintained at a very reliable level during the whole service time of the coal mine. However, in reality, failures of a mine ...

A Two-Phase Simulation-Based Optimization of Hauling System in Open-Pit Mine

One of the key issues in mining is the hauling system. Truck and shovels are the most widely used transportation equipment in mines. In this paper, a two-phase simulation-based optimization is presented to maximize utilization of hauling system in the largest Iranian open-pit copper mine. In the first phase, The OptQuest for Arena software package was used to solve the optimization problem to p...

Optimizing Flexible Manufacturing System: A Developed Computer Simulation Model

In recent years, flexible manufacturing system as a response to market demands has been proposed to increase product diversity, optimum utilization of machines andperiods of short-term products.The development of computer systems has provided the ability to build machines with high functionality and the necessary flexibility to perform various operations. However, due to the complexity and the ...

A Brief History of Mine Ventilation

Observations of the movements of air in underground passages have a long and fascinating history. Between 4000 and 1200 BC, European miners dug tunnels into chalk deposits searching for flint. Archaeological investigations at Grimes Graves in the south of England have shown that these early flint miners built brushwood fires at the working faces—presumably to weaken the rock. However, those Neo...