A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO BULK TRANSPORTATION

A systems approach to bulk transportation is needed in the application of slurry pipelines to bulk commodity transportation. Not only are factors in slurry preparation and commodity recovery at either end of the line involved, but factors that can improve processes leading into slurry preparation or out of commodity recovery. Other potential benefits of the systems approach include the potential for achieving economies of scale through pumping more than one product slurry in a given line, and considerations of intermodal transportation schemes that include slurry pipelines. It is becoming increasingly important in Canada that slurry pipeline transportation be given careful consideration.

• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

  906-1117 Ste Catherine Street, West
  Montreal 110, PQ  Canada 
• Authors:
  • Bolger, L F
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Pipeline transportation; Pipelines; Slurry; Transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic analysis (Pipelines); Pipeline economics; Slurry transportation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056113
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: #15 Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM