Numerical Modelling of Oil Sands Deposits for Mine Plan Engineering

自然资源是所有加拿大人都希望以可持续和负责任的方式加以保护和开发的天赋。对加拿大特别重要的是麦克默里组的油砂，对艾伯塔省的当地利益也是如此。油砂的地质特征是由地质学家确定的。开发战略和流程设计属于工程学和其他学科的广泛领域。这项研究处于地学表征和工程设计之间的交叉学科领域：资源的量化及其相关的不确定性。这项建议的重点是计算适用于油砂作业的长期、中期和短期采矿规划的数值模型。本课程将讨论特定地点的特征，包括沉积环境、影响工艺性能的油砂的多种岩石和流体性质以及油砂所采用的开采方法。

Natural resources are an endowment that all Canadians wish to preserve and develop in a sustainable and responsible manner. Of particular importance to Canada and local interest to Alberta are the oil sands of the McMurray Formation. The geologic characteristics of the oil sands are established by geoscientists. The development strategies and process design is within the realm of a wide cross section of engineering and other disciplines. This research lies in the interdisciplinary region between geoscientific characterization and engineering design: the quantification of resources and the associated uncertainty. The focus of this proposal is the calculation of numerical models that are suitable for long, medium and short term mine planning of oil sands operations. Site specific characteristics will be addressed including the depositional environment, the multiple rock and fluid properties of the oil sands that affect process performance and the mining methods employed in the oil sands.