Increased power efficiency in mining by using high-fidelity haul truck simulation
Abstract The current economic and political scenario in Brazil has allowed small, medium and large companies to adopt cost cutdown and productivity increase strategies. Diesel fuel consumption by off-highway haul trucks stands for one of the largest costs at the Sossego Mine operational management d...
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| author | Allysson Sales Giorgio De Tomi Brenda Almeida Nogueira Paulo Henrique de Godoy |
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| description | Abstract The current economic and political scenario in Brazil has allowed small, medium and large companies to adopt cost cutdown and productivity increase strategies. Diesel fuel consumption by off-highway haul trucks stands for one of the largest costs at the Sossego Mine operational management department. Based on this fact, as well as on the 8% increase in the budgeted diesel fuel cost for 2017, the mining unit has decided to implement a project, previously implemented at the Capão Xavier mine site, which makes use of a high-fidelity haul truck simulator for operators' qualification, by working on the major factors impacting fuel consumption. The application of the simulator has been observed to be a potential upturn for the identification and correction of major failures and bad habits impacting fuel consumption. The results suggest a significant diesel fuel consumption cutdown, as well as enhanced haul truck operation ability and performance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6a2547e252b044f2b26ac227751fae712022-12-21T21:28:50ZengFundação GorceixREM: International Engineering Journal2448-167X2019-12-01731939810.1590/0370-44672018730058Increased power efficiency in mining by using high-fidelity haul truck simulationAllysson Saleshttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5885-0137Giorgio De Tomihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7836-1389Brenda Almeida Nogueirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3542-8587Paulo Henrique de Godoyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7951-6226Abstract The current economic and political scenario in Brazil has allowed small, medium and large companies to adopt cost cutdown and productivity increase strategies. Diesel fuel consumption by off-highway haul trucks stands for one of the largest costs at the Sossego Mine operational management department. Based on this fact, as well as on the 8% increase in the budgeted diesel fuel cost for 2017, the mining unit has decided to implement a project, previously implemented at the Capão Xavier mine site, which makes use of a high-fidelity haul truck simulator for operators' qualification, by working on the major factors impacting fuel consumption. The application of the simulator has been observed to be a potential upturn for the identification and correction of major failures and bad habits impacting fuel consumption. The results suggest a significant diesel fuel consumption cutdown, as well as enhanced haul truck operation ability and performance.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2448-167X2020000100093&tlng=endiesel fuelconsumptioncostsimulatorhaul trucks |
| spellingShingle | Allysson Sales Giorgio De Tomi Brenda Almeida Nogueira Paulo Henrique de Godoy Increased power efficiency in mining by using high-fidelity haul truck simulation REM: International Engineering Journal diesel fuel consumption cost simulator haul trucks |
| title | Increased power efficiency in mining by using high-fidelity haul truck simulation |
| title_full | Increased power efficiency in mining by using high-fidelity haul truck simulation |
| title_fullStr | Increased power efficiency in mining by using high-fidelity haul truck simulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increased power efficiency in mining by using high-fidelity haul truck simulation |
| title_short | Increased power efficiency in mining by using high-fidelity haul truck simulation |
| title_sort | increased power efficiency in mining by using high fidelity haul truck simulation |
| topic | diesel fuel consumption cost simulator haul trucks |
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