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TitleLinkage of annual oil sands mine plan to composite tailings plan
Publication TypeThesis
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsKalantari, S.
Pagination86 pages
PublisherUniversity of Alberta Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Place PublishedEdmonton, AB
Publication Languageeng
Keywordsmodel, modeling, planning, tailings, UofA
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.

URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.27638
Locational Keywords

Alberta oil sands

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/828081890

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OSEMB

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