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These notes are included as a reference for the cycle time calculations.

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Cycle Time

Cycle time is defined as the time for a truck to complete one return trip between any two points on the haul.

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TheoreticalTruckCycleTime = SpotAtLoader + TruckLoadTime + LoadedTravelTime + SpotAtDump + DumpTime + UnloadedTravelTime + RechargeTravelTime + RechargeTime + TKPHDelay
TruckCycleTime = TheoreticalTruckCycleTime + Queue

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Note that Michelin provides a temperature coefficient for calculating TKPH at different temperatures. This coefficient can sometimes be negative if the average haul speed is below 5 kilometres per hour. Essentially this means that there are no TKPH delays.

Cycles Per Charge

For trucks with Power Source set to Battery, this is the number of cycles that can be completed on a single charge.
It is roughly calculated by just dividing the battery capacity by the net energy usage per cycle.
In the special case of Battery Capacity = 0, there are infinite cycles per charge.


When Battery Capacity is not the special value of 0, the cycles per charge are more precisely calculated as:
NOTE: NetUsage here is the net energy usage per cycle EXCLUDING the energy used while traveling to the recharge.
That value is calculated after this.

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EffectiveCapacity = Max(0, BatteryCapacity - (RechargeTravelTime * BatteryUsageWhileTravellingToRecharge))
if (NetUsage > EffectiveCapacity) {
    ChargesPerCycle = RoundUp(NetUsage / EffectiveCapacity) 
    CyclesPerCharge = 1 / ChargesPerCycle
} else {
    CyclesPerCharge = RoundDown(EffectiveCapacity / NetUsage)
}

Recharge Travel Energy Usage

The net energy used while traveling to recharge (RechargeTravelTime) per cycle, is then calculated then as:

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BatteryNetUsage.RechargeTravel = (RechargeTravelTime * BatteryUsageWhileTravellingToRecharge) / CyclesPerCharge

Recharge Time and Recharge Travel Time per cycle

Then the Recharge Time and Recharge Travel Time per cycle are calculated using Cycles Per Charge from above as just:

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RechargeTimePerCycle = SingleRechargeTime / CyclesPerCharge
RechargeTravelTimePerCycle = SingleRechargeTravelTime / CyclesPerCharge

See also:

Calculation FAQ