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Title: Coal log pipeline research at University of Missouri. Fourth quarterly report for 1995, October 1, 1995--December 30, 1995

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/219181· OSTI ID:219181

The purpose of this project is to design and develop fast and efficient machines for manufacturing high quality coal logs. During the last three months, efforts were focused on the revision and improvement of the design of the 300-ton hydraulic press machine for coal log production. The conceptual design of the machine has been sent to Automated Resources, Inc. for review. Experiments were conducted on threshold binder (orimulsion) concentration. It showed that for binder concentrations below 1%, the initial weight loss of coal logs (due to chipping of corner) is unaffected by the binder concentration unless the binder concentration is 1% or more. For binder levels above 0.25%, more binder causes less coal log wear after long time or or large number of cycles of circulation through pipe. After 250 cycles in the pipe, binderless coal logs suffer approximately twice the wear of the logs with 1% binder.

Research Organization:
Missouri Univ., Columbia, MO (United States). Capsule Pipeline Research Center
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FC22-93PC92578
OSTI ID:
219181
Report Number(s):
DOE/PC/92578-T11; ON: DE96009262
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: [1995]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English