COAL HANDLING

PROBLEM
To find the optimal route from coalmine to thermal power plant with
minimum material handling cost and ash disposal cost.

SOLUTION
A mathematical model is formulated to find the optimal route from coalmine
to thermal power plant which minimizes total cost of coal handling and ash
disposal.
The mathematical model is coded and solved using LINGO software
OBJECTIVE FUNCTION TO MINIMIZE
MATERIAL HANDLING COST
𝑀𝑖𝑛 𝑍 = 𝑍1 + 𝑍2 + 𝑍3

Fixed Cost of Coal

𝑍1 = σ𝑛𝑖=1 σ𝑚𝑗=1 𝑄𝐼𝑅𝑖𝑗 + 𝑄𝑀𝐺𝑅𝑖𝑗 ∗ 𝐹𝑖

𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒔𝒕
𝑛 𝑚

𝑍2 = ෍ ෍(𝐶𝐼𝑅𝑖𝑗 ∗ 𝑄𝐼𝑅𝑖𝑗 + 𝐶𝑀𝐺𝑅𝑖𝑗 ∗ 𝑄𝑀𝐺𝑅𝑖𝑗 )

𝑖=1 𝑗=1

Ash Disposal Cost

𝑛 𝑚
𝐴𝑖
𝑍3 = ෍ ෍( 𝑄𝐼𝑅𝑖𝑗 + 𝑄𝑀𝐺𝑅𝑖𝑗 ) ∗ ∗ 86
100
𝑖=1 𝑗=1
 Constraints
COAL CONSUMPION OF PLANT MUST BE LESS THAN OR EQUAL
TO BOILER CAPACITY FOR WORST
𝑛

෍ 𝑄𝐼𝑅𝑖𝑗 + 𝑄𝑀𝐺𝑅𝑖𝑗 ≤ 𝐵𝑗 ∗ 𝑃𝐿𝐹𝑗 ∀ 𝑗 = 1,2, … 𝑚

𝑖=1

PLF MUST BE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO PROJECTED PLF

𝑃𝐿𝐹𝑗 ≥ 𝑃𝐿𝐹′𝐽 ∀ 𝑗 = 1,2, … 𝑚

PLF CANNOT BE MORE THAN 1

𝑃𝐿𝐹𝑗 ≤ 1 ∀ 𝑗 = 1,2, … 𝑚
 COAL TRANSPORTED MUST BE MORE THAN OR EQUAL TO
MGR CAPACITY

𝑄𝐼𝑅𝑖𝑗 + 𝑄𝑀𝐺𝑅𝑖𝑗 ≥ 𝐶𝐴𝑃𝑖𝑗𝑀𝐺𝑅 ∀ 𝑖 = 1,2, … 𝑛 − 1, ∀ 𝑗 = 1,2, … 𝑚

QUANTITY TRANSPORTED THROUGH IR MUST BE LESS THAN

OR EQUAL TO CAPACITY OF IR
𝑄𝐼𝑅𝑖𝑗 ≤ 𝐶𝐴𝑃𝑖𝑗𝐼𝑅 ∀ 𝑖 = 1,2, … 𝑛, ∀ 𝑗 = 1,2, … 𝑚

QUANTITY TRANSPORTED THROUGH MGR MUST BE LESS THAN

OR EQUAL TO CAPACITY OF MGR
𝑄𝑀𝐺𝑅𝑖𝑗 ≤ 𝐶𝐴𝑃𝑖𝑗𝑀𝐺𝑅 ∀ 𝑖 = 1,2, … 𝑛, ∀ 𝑗 = 1,2, … 𝑚

QUANTITY TRANSPORTED MUST BE LESS THAN OR EQUAL

TO 90% OF COAL ALLOCATED BY MINE
𝑄
σ𝑚
𝑗=1 𝑄𝐼𝑅𝑖𝑗 + 𝑄𝑀𝐺𝑅𝑖𝑗 ≤ 0.90 ∗ 𝐶𝐴𝑃𝑖 ∀ 𝑖 = 1,2, … 𝑛
QUANTITY OF IMPORT COAL MUST BE LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO
15% OF TOTAL COAL
𝑄𝐼𝑅11𝑗 + 𝑄𝑀𝐺𝑅11𝑗 ≤ 0.15 ∗ σ10
𝑖=1 𝑄𝐼𝑅𝑖𝑗 + 𝑄𝑀𝐺𝑅𝑖𝑗 ∀ 𝑗 = 1,2, … 𝑚

AVERAGE GCV OF PLANT

𝐺𝐶𝑉𝑗𝐴𝑉𝐺 ∗ σ𝑛𝑖=1 𝑄𝐼𝑅𝑖𝑗 + 𝑄𝑀𝐺𝑅𝑖𝑗 = σ𝑛𝑖=1( 𝐺𝐶𝑉𝑖 + 𝐺𝐶𝑉 ′ 𝑖𝑗 ) ∗ 𝑄𝐼𝑅𝑖𝑗 + 𝑄𝑀𝐺𝑅𝑖𝑗
∀ 𝑗 = 1,2, … 𝑚

SPECIFIC COAL CONSUMPTION OF PLANT

𝑆𝐶𝐶𝑗 ∗ 𝐺𝐶𝑉𝑗𝐴𝑉𝐺 = 5000 ∗ 𝑆𝐶𝐶𝑗𝐵𝐸𝑁𝐶𝐻𝑀𝐴𝑅𝐾 ∀𝑗
= 1,2, … 𝑚
AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER OF PLANT
𝑛

𝑃𝑗𝐴𝑉𝐺 ∗ 𝑆𝐶𝐶𝑗 ∗ 8760 = ෍ 𝑄𝐼𝑅𝑖𝑗 + 𝑄𝑀𝐺𝑅𝑖𝑗 ∗ 106 ∀ 𝑗 = 1,2, … 𝑚

𝑖=1

PLANT LOAD FACTOR

𝑃𝐿𝐹𝑗 ∗ 𝐶𝐴𝑃𝐽 = 𝑃𝑗𝐴𝑉𝐺 ∀ 𝑗 = 1,2, … 𝑚
 NON NGEGATIVITY
𝑄𝐼𝑅𝑖𝑗 ≥ 0; 𝑄𝑀𝐺𝑅𝑖𝑗 ≥ 0 ∀ 𝑖 = 1,2, … 𝑛, ∀ 𝑗 = 1,2, … 𝑚