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Fuel management enhanced for efficiency and safety in mining
Safe and cost-effective fuel management with load metering skids and inventory management solutions
Fuel management is essential in the mining industry. Fuel is a major cost driver, with mining vehicles, particularly trucks, consuming large volumes. Moreover, the consequences of an interruption in fuel availability can be costly, with remote sites at the greatest risk. Accurate monitoring of silos when filling is also vital to minimize dangers to personnel and the environment. Endress+Hauser fuel management technologies minimize risk and drive production efficiencies in mining operations.
Key facts
350 litres
of diesel fuel are consumed on average by a mining truck per hour.
Insights
Straightforward fuel loading
Fuel loading can be an uncertain process, exacerbated by the low levels of accuracy of mechanical flowmeters, often only 0.5%, and disagreements between fuel suppliers and mine operators are commonplace.
Our expertise in the field
Endress+Hauser offers multiple technologies to overcome ambiguities in fuel loading.
- Integrate the Endress+Hauser Coriolis flowmeter with an accuracy of 0.1%
- Leverage our unique density calibration to detect diluted or impure fuel
- Improve fuel transfer accuracy to 0.25% with the Endress+Hauser loading metering skid
Insights
Enhanced fuel inventory management
Once delivered to site, fuel needs to be stored, monitored and managed. Mine operators need seamless access to high-quality online and real time data in order to make optimal decisions in fuel management.
Our expertise in the field
Endress+Hauser offers cutting edge inventory management solutions for fuel storage facilities.
- Benefit from intelligent system components such as PLCs and gateways
- Deploy cutting edge telemetry systems for remote or inaccessible points
- Rely on an accurate, safe and reliable level and temperature measurements
Insights
Dependable overfill prevention
Overfilling silos is not only hazardous to operators and to the immediate environment, valuable and scarce resources can go to waste.
Our expertise in the field
Endress+Hauser offers a comprehensive range of overfill prevention systems to mitigate these multiple risks.
- Integrate radar instrumentation for fuel quantity monitoring
- Install point level switches to detect when silos are full
- Comply with HSE standards and regulations for greater safety
Benefits
Thanks to our expertise in the mining and the Oil&Gas industry Endress+Hauser can offer dedicated solutions for your fuel management challenges. Plus, our offering consists of both system components and measuring instruments which makes integration easy and reliable.
Key facts
0.25%
measuring accuracy of loading metering skid
Key facts
< 1 min.
of reaction time to potential overfills
Key facts
<5 min
to proof-test 16 fuel tanks
Takeaway
How we can help
Fuel is the lifeblood of a mine, however there is often potential for optimization in its management and control. Endress+Hauser offers technologies with multiple applications for improving fuel management and handling in mining operations.
- Loading metering skids for optimal fuel loading from suppliers
- Inventory management resources to ensure constant fuel supply
- Silo overfill prevention solutions to protect personnel and the environment
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