In order to cut down the transportation cost which had taken a great rate of coal price, a long distance pipeline transportation of coal slurry was accomplished in U.S.A.
The coal slurry consists of ?8mesh fine coal and its density is Coal: Water=60: 40 by weight.This slurry is prepared at mine and pumped a distance of 174km by three pump stations through 10 inehes O.D.steel pipeline. Aunnal capacity of the pipeline is about 1, 500, 000 tons and the cost of the transportation reduced about 2/3 of freight charge.
The slurry also proved to be pumped into barges, shipped about 1, 000 km and stored in the oil tanks.
Slurry reached at power station is dewatered, dried and burned in the usual boiler.More effective methods of slurry utilization have been developped in U.S.A., for example, direct firing of slurry at cyclon furnace was experienced.
The success of the coal pipelining has been attracted world attention, and some countries, including Japan, set forth long pipeline projects.
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