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Development of a Windows-based Simulation Program for Selecting Equipments in Open-pit Shovel-Truck Haulage Systems

노천광산 쇼밸-트럭 운반 시스템의 장비선택을 위한 Windows용 시뮬레이션 프로그램 개발

  • Park, Sebeom (Dept. of Energy Resources Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Lee, Sungjae (Dept. of Energy Resources Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Choi, Yosoon (Dept. of Energy Resources Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Park, Han-Su
  • 박세범 (부경대학교 환경해양대학 에너지 자원공학과) ;
  • 이성재 (부경대학교 환경해양대학 에너지 자원공학과) ;
  • 최요순 (부경대학교 환경해양대학 에너지 자원공학과) ;
  • 박한수 (대성엠디아이(주) 신소재기술연구소)
  • Received : 2014.03.19
  • Accepted : 2014.04.24
  • Published : 2014.04.30
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Abstract

This study developed a Windows-based simulation program for selecting equipments in open-pit shovel-truck haulage systems. Visual Basic.NET 2012 was used to develop the graphic user interface (GUI) and the GPSS/H simulation language was utilized to implement the simulation engine of program. When users establish simulation parameters through the GUI, the program calls the simulation engine to perform the simulations repeatedly. Then, it finds the optimal fleet of equipments required for operating the open-pit shovel-truck haulage systems efficiently. Application of the program to the Ssangyong open-pit limestone mine, Gangwon-do, Korea, showed that the daily average profit of shovel-truck haulage operation can be maximized (i.e. 88,552 USD) under following conditions: (a) 4 trucks are dispatched into each loading point and (b) a crusher with capacity of 1,500tph is utilized.

본 연구에서는 노천광산 쇼밸-트럭 운반 시스템의 장비선택을 위해 활용할 수 있는 Windows용 시뮬레이션 프로그램을 개발하였다. Visual Basic.NET 2012를 이용하여 프로그램의 그래픽 사용자 인터페이스를 개발하였고, GPSS/H 시뮬레이션 언어를 이용하여 시뮬레이션 엔진을 구현하였다. 사용자가 그래픽 사용자 인터페이스를 통해 시뮬레이션 조건을 설정하면, 프로그램은 시뮬레이션을 반복적으로 수행하기 위해 시뮬레이션 엔진을 호출하며 운반 시스템을 가장 효율적으로 운영할 수 있는 장비의 조합을 분석하여 사용자에게 알려준다. 개발된 프로그램을 강원도에 위치한 (주) 쌍용자원개발 동해 석회석 노천광산에 적용한 결과 각각의 적재지점에 대하여 트럭을 4대씩 배차하고 1,500 tph 처리용량을 가진 파쇄기를 사용할 때 쇼밸-트럭 운반 작업의 하루 평균 수익을 88,552 USD로 최대화할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

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