Comparative coal transportation costs: an economic and engineering analysis of truck, belt, rail, barge and coal slurry and pneumatic pipelines. Volume 7. Pneumatic transport. Final report
Pneumatic transport is not a novel concept and commercial experience with pneumatic pipelines for short haul distances is plentiful. The list of applications is long and includes transporting ores, chemicals and pharmaceutical products, agricultural products, and domestic and industrial wastes. The most recent economic evaluation of pneumatic transportation of coal concluded that there are immediate advantages for short-distance transport (less than 100 miles) and that it is both technologically and economically feasible. That study also concludes that pneumatic transport has a higher potential and more promising profitability in long-distance applications than rail if new track and roadbed must be built. Some of the advantages of long and short distance pneumatic pipeline transport of coal compared to rail and slurry transport are given.
- Research Organization:
- Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA). Center for Advanced Computation
- OSTI ID:
- 6073477
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/TIC-10053(Vol.7)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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