Coal Storage &
Transport (Why ‘Coal Storage Shed’ Needed)
Coal is used
as one of the fossil fuel which is combustible black/ brown hard rock usually
found in coal beds. Coal is composed of 65-95% carbon, with quantities of other
elements such as hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur and oxygen. Extracted from the
ground by coal mining, coal is the biggest source of energy for the worldwide
electricity generation. In simple terms, there exist four types of coal - peat,
lignite (brown coal), bituminous, and anthracite (highest quality coal). Coke
is one of the important and useful type of coal carrying less impurities and
high carbon content. Coke (also called petroleum coke) is naturally occurred as
well as man-made.
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Few Facts about coal storage
1. Near about 70% of world steel production done through coal
burning.
2. Coal-fired power stations produce environment-friendly
electricity.
3. About 94% of the fossil fuel energy reserve in United
States employ coal.
Need of Coal storage
sheds
Industrially
coal is stored in large quantities and needs stacking in open areas. ‘Meeting
the customer demands’, ‘Production in mild climatic condition and market it in
winter season’, ‘Feed the thermal power stations continuously' are some of the
key reasons for coal storage.
Main motive of coal storage sheds is to
produce efficient industrial outcome from coal by avoiding problems faced in coal
stacking like oxidation of coal, spontaneous combustion, self-heating of coal,
increase in moisture and many more. These storage sheds are also used for limestone storage, additive storage, clinker storage, gypsum storage, lignite storage or any other bulk storage.
Keeping
various factors into account such as storage area design, dimensions, climate
conditions and required machinery for procurement, some stacking techniques are
employed which are helpful in discharging operations economically and
potentially.
-Coal storage shed Manufacturer in India (Hindustan Alcox Limited)
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