ABSTRACT
Coal may be delivered to the generating plant sites by railroad, ship, barge, occasionally by truck, and by pipe slurry. The first four methods are rather common and need no further explanation.
In the pipe slurry method of transportation, coal is processed at or near the mine site where it is ground into almost a powder. It is then placed into a pipeline with a great amount of water so that the mixture-called “slurry”—can be handled essentially as a fluid capable of being aided in its journey by pumps. These are strategically placed to keep the slurry moving to its destination. There the water is drained from the slurry and the coal dried for storage or immediate utilization.
