Pipe Conveyor System
Pipe Conveyor System
Pipe Conveyor System
The pipe conveyor is a belt conveyor wrapped into a tube shape and
this allows the pipe conveyor to negotiate vertical and horizontal
curves without the need for transfer towers, the conveyor also protects
the material and the environment from spillage since the dirty side of
the belt is always facing inside.
Pipe conveyors are also useful in moving dusty and free flowing
materials where dust control is a concern.
General:-
This system is meant for transportation of coal from North Chennai
Thermal Power Station coal yard directly to ETPS for both the existing
450 MW station and the proposed 1x600 MW, replacing the present
system of transportation by Rail wagons. The approximate length of
the proposed pipe conveyor is 4.5 Kms. This system is the first of its
kind in TNEB.
Description:-
The pipe conveyor as the name indicates, will be of either rubber cord /
steel cord belt conveyor in the flat form while taking up the material
and as it gradually moves in between the rollers arranged in a
hexagonal position, wounds itself into a form of closed pipe and then at
the discharge end it again gradually opens out to take a flat form and
after discharging the material again it folds into the pipe form and
returns back to the receiving end for continuous carrying of material.
Advantages:-
Pipe conveyor can successfully be used for Dry Ash Transportation for
power plants from ash silo to dump pond. Unfortunately most of ash
handling plant suppliers are not dealing with belt conveyors .in my
opinion pipe conveyor can replace dense phase system as power
consumption will be much less and dry transportation will be feasible.
In case of pipe conveyor cost will be much less than other conventional
pumping or dense phase system and there will be no restriction of
length of transportation
More over wet slurry dumping causes underground water pollution
same is not applicable for dry ash dumping. This needs lot of
discussions as this will be a new area for pipe conveyors