MASSIVE CONVEYOR SYSTEM SUPPLIES AEP'S GAVIN PLANT

Twenty-five hundred tons of coal per hour feed huge 2.6-million-kilowatt facility near Cheshire, Ohio, from two mines located 10 and 15 miles away, respectively. The 15 mile conveyor system consists of a five-mile unit connecting the company's two new deep mines and a 10-mile stretch to carry washed coal from both mines to the power plant. The inter-mine system comprises a pair of 2 1/2 mile conveyors while the 10-mile system employs two five-mile flights over rolling terrain. Conveyor design, belting and drives, as well as the equipment operation are described.

• Corporate Authors:

  Maclean-Hunter Publishing Company

  300 West Adams Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Authors:
  • Viciana, J J
• Publication Date: 1975-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 34-37
• Serial:
  • Coal Mining and Processing
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Maclean-Hunter Publishing Company

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulk cargo handling; Coal mining; Conveyors; Mine haulage; Technology; Transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Bulk handling; Transportation technology
• Subject Areas: Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00096589
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 1975 12:00AM