- Title
- Rail conveyor development and testing
- Creator
- Wheeler, C. A.; Chen, B.; Carr, M. J.
- Relation
- 12th International Conference on Bulk Materials Storage, Handling and Transportation (ICBMH 2016). Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Bulk Materials Storage, Handling and Transportation (Darwin, N.T. 11-14 July, 2016) p. 243-252
- Publisher
- Engineers Australia
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- This paper describes a new conveying technology for the continuous transportation of bulk materials. The new technology, aptly named the Rail Conveyor, merges the benefits of both belt conveyor technology and railway to produce a continuous low rolling resistance bulk material transportation system. This step change technology provides a more energy efficient and cost effective method for transporting bulk commodities over long distances and has many advantages over conventional overland belt conveyors, including; capital cost savings, reduced energy consumption, and the ability to transport over longer distances due to reduced cumulative belt tension.
- Subject
- bulk solids; transportation; belt conveyors; greenhouse gases; mechanical engineering; conveying machinery
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1323402
- Identifier
- uon:24801
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781922107886
- Language
- eng
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