Author: A. ERHAN TERCAN

Source: Energy Sources, Volume 26, Number 12, October 2004 , pp. 1177-1185(9)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

Abstract:

A central problem in mining practice is estimation of global recoverable reserves, i.e., recovered tonnage and mean quality varying with cut-off value over the whole deposit. This article describes the application of covariance matching constrained kriging to the estimation of the global recoverable reserves in a lignite deposit in Turkey. Thickness and calorific value are the variables used in this study. The deposit is divided into 180 panels with 200 m × 200 m size and the mean calorific value of the panels is estimated by covariance matching constrained kriging. Quality tonnage curve is constructed based on the estimated mean values. For comparison, quality tonnage curve from ordinary kriging is also provided.

Keywords: calorific value; geostatistics; grade tonnage curve; variogram

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00908310490441557

Affiliations: 1: Department of Mining Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Publication date: 2004-10-01

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