Selection of coal transportation mode from the open pit mine to the thermic power plant using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process
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2018
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Coal produced in open pit mines should be moved to thermic power plants for production of power. Thermic power plants require very large amounts of coal. In transportation process of this coal, both costs and technical parameters should be considered. Common alternative transportation modes in this process are belt conveyors, truck types, suspension rail conveying systems, pipelines and railways. Selection of one of these modes is influenced by transportation distance, inclination of the haulage road, amount of coal reserve, investment costs, production capacity and unit production cost of the open pit mine. In this study, advantages and disadvantages of alternative transportation modes are analysed using Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (F-AHP). The results revealed, belt conveyors and trucks transportation by are superior to others. © 2016 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) Press.
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Analytic hierarchy process , Belt conveyors , Coal , Coal industry , Coal mines , Coal transportation , Computer programming , Conveyors , Costs , Fossil fuel power plants , Hierarchical systems , Linear programming , Materials handling equipment , Mine power plants , Mine transportation , Mine trucks , Proven reserves , Transportation , Truck transportation , Trucks , Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process , Fuzzy goal programming , Open pit , Thermic power plants , Transportation mode , Open pit mining