MATERIALS HANDLING SYSTEM TAMES DIFFICULT PRODUCT

Fluid petroleum coke is handled, stored and loaded on ships at an unusual facility in Benicia, Calif. Kaiser Engineers designed the system for Humble Oil Refining Co. The Benicia Port Terminal Co. operates it. Among its more troublesome aspects are dustiness-high dust emission when dry, abrasiveness-high wear on liners and moving parts, fluidity-difficult to contain, and stickiness-packs when wet. Over-all, the system, a blend of pneumatic and conventional equipment, has proved to be the most effective approach. Use of conventional underground car hoppers, feeder, belt conveyors, and bucket elevators, would have resulted in high maintenance costs because of the greater number of moving parts.

• Corporate Authors:

  Technical Publishing Company

  308 East James Street
  Barrington, IL  United States  60010
• Authors:
  • Yount, W
• Publication Date: 1970-5-28

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 57-59
• Serial:
  • Plant Engineering
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Technical Publishing Company

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulk cargo handling; Bulk cargo terminals; Cargo handling equipment; Marine terminals; Materials management; Pneumatic equipment
• Old TRIS Terms: Pneumatic systems
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00015187
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 13 1971 12:00AM