COMPARATIVE COAL TRANSPORTATION COSTS: AN ECONOMIC AND ENGINEERING COST ANALYSIS OF TRUCK, BELT, RAIL, BARGE AND COAL SLURRY AND PNEUMATIC PIPELINES. VOLUME 7--PNEUMATIC TRANSPORT

Based on past and current studies, a theoretical analysis of a coal carrying pneumatic pipeline is presented including friction factors, minimim transport velocity, and pipeline telescoping. A 3.5-mile, 200-tph, pilot facility is designed. Cost analyses are presented. These and the design are extrapolated to a 100-mile line, smaller coal sizes and greater throughput.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Set includes PB-274 379--PB-274 386. Also see RRIS 18 170577, the first volume in RRIS bulletin 7801.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Center for Advanced Computation
  Urbana, IL  United States  61801
• Authors:
  • Rieber, M
  • Soo, S L
• Publication Date: 1977-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 78 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coal; Coal industry; Competition; Cost finding; Economic analysis; Freight traffic; Pipelines; Pneumatic equipment; Transportation modes
• Old TRIS Terms: Pneumatic systems
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Pipelines; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170583
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: JO166163
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1978 12:00AM