Title :
SPSim: A stockpile simulator for analyzing material quality distribution in mining
Author :
Lu, Tien-Fu ; Xu, Shihong
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Abstract :
A stockpile simulator has been developed for analyzing a class of stockpile operations, including stacking, blending and reclaiming bulk materials in mining. Based on a selected dynamics model - a novel Cellular Automata model shipped together with the software, our simulator provides means to analyse material quality distribution within a stockpile after a sequence of operations, which is essential for operational planning and business process automation.
Keywords :
cellular automata; mineral processing industry; mining industry; production engineering computing; SPSim; analyzing material quality distribution; bulk materials; business process automation; cellular automata model; quality distribution; stockpile operations; stockpile simulator; Computational modeling; Dynamics; Engines; Materials; Minerals; Numerical models; Rendering (computer graphics);
Conference_Titel :
Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xi´an
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5140-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2152-7431
DOI :
10.1109/ICMA.2010.5589050
