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Possible Usage of Crushing Buckets in Oil Shale Mining
2015
Tallinn University of Technology
Department of mining
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Topics
• Oil shale mining in Estonia
• What are Crusing buckets
• Possible usage of Crusing buckets in Oil shale mining
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• Estonia energy independency relies on oil shale
Oil shale is importent in Estonia
Electicity
Cemistry & Oil
Cement
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Many different buckets
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Crusing pucket tests in Estonia
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TUT Pilot unit
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Experimental work in Narva open cast
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Oil shale extraction stages
1. Blasting
2. Loading
3. Transport
4. Crushing
5. Transport
6. Separation
7. Storage
8. Use
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Oil shale extraction stages with crusing buckets
1. Blasting
2. Transport>Crusing>separation>loading
3. Transport
4. Storage
5. Transport
6. Use
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Summary
• Loading, transportation, separation can be done in one stage
• If limestone can be removed in site, transportasion cost can be reduced
• Limestone remaining in the mine can be used for constructing artificial pillars.
• No more huge waste rock heaps on surface
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