@mastersthesis {52780,
	title = {Linkage of annual oil sands mine plan to composite tailings plan},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {86 pages },
	school = {University of Alberta Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering },
	address = {Edmonton, AB },
	abstract = {One of the major issues in the current oil sands waste management techniques is a lack of a direct linkage between the long-term mine plans and the quantity of the tailings produced downstream. This research is focused on developing a linkage between oil sands long-term mine plans and the final composite tailings (CT) produced to assist the oil sands production process to be in compliance with the regulations set by Directive 074. A series of mass-balance relations between the ore tonnage and the final CT tonnage were developed. This was followed by the development of a code to employ the mass-balance relations in reporting the CT production schedule using the long-term mine plan. To capture the uncertainties associated with the CT production process, a stochastic simulation model was developed. Finally, sensitivity analysis was carried out to capture the sensitivity of the CT tonnages produced to the fluctuations of the input variables. },
	keywords = {model, modeling, planning, tailings, UofA},
	url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.27638},
	author = {Kalantari, S.}
}
