PIPELINES FOR SOLIDS

A survey by Mannesmann A.G. shows that there are 15 solids pipelines in the world of 125-400 mm dia, a combined length of 1000 km, and a combined capacity of 47 million tons/yr. Plans have been made for 14 more solids pipelines with a combined length of 6200 km and a total capacity of 43 million tons/yr, including a 1560 km coal pipeline from Utah to the West Coast, having an 8 million ton/yr capacity, and a 1400 km long line having a capacity of 2.3 million tons/yr of sulfur or 2.7 million tons/yr of coal. Bahke (Tech. Hochsch. Karlsruhe) estimates that the transportation costs for pipelining 2000-5000 ton/hr of solids can be as little as one-tenth the cost of shipping by water or rail.

• Corporate Authors:

  Industrieverlag von Hernhaussen KG

  Hamburg,   Germany 
• Publication Date: 1971-3

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 199
• Serial:
  • Erdoel und Kohle, Erdgas, Petrochemie
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Industrieverlag von Hernhaussen KG

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Pipelines; Plans (Drawings); Slurry; Slurry pipelines
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic analysis (Pipelines); Pipeline description and plans; Slurries
• Subject Areas: Economics; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056328
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM