Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- Slurry pipelines for the transportation of solids
- In
- Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia: Mechanical Engineering
- Imprint
- vol. ME7, no. 3, Sep 1982, pp. 181-189
- Description
Paper M1173
- Abstract
The inland bulk transportation of solids has traditionally been handled by road, rail and other mchanical means. With the expansion of mineral production and the increasing costs of transportation coupled with environemntal and other pressures, alternative modes of transportation must be considered. Slurry pipelines have now become an accepted means of solids transportation and offer potential economic technological and environmental advantages in many cases. A number of long distance slurry pipelines conveying large tonnages of materials such as coal, limestone, copper iron and other mineral ores are presently, in operation. This paper summarises the present state of the art for slurry transportation operations.
