Model for the selection of the optimal location of a thermal power unit according to the external coal conveyance criterion

• Main Authors: Miodrag Grujić, Ivica Ristović, Miloš Grujić
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Technical University of Kosice 2010-02-01
• Series: Acta Montanistica Slovaca
• Subjects: model; coal conveyance; criterion
• Online Access: http://actamont.tuke.sk/pdf/2010/s1/6grujic.pdf

Aggravated working conditions in Serbian underground coal mines, and increasingly worse natural conditions (increased depthsof deposits, expressed tectonics, large inflows of underground waters etc.) resulted in higher exploitation costs which areat the threshold of profitability. This inevitably leads to the conclusion that it is necessary to link mines to thermal power plantsand facilities. The Soko and Lubnica mines can operate cost-effectively if they ground their production on the needs of a thermal powerheatingplant (TETO) which would supply the towns of Bor and Zaječar with the power. This paper deals with finding an optimallocation of a TETO using model for the optimal external coal conveyance from a mine to a thermal power unit.