Pneumatic Transport – State of the Art – Desk research

 

Updated 16th May 2007 – Noel Hodson, Oxford.

 

 

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Pneumatic Transport – State of the Art – Desk research.. 1

OUTLINE OF THE FOODTUBES PROPOSAL. 5

USA - 230 MID-CONTINENT TRANSPORTATION SYMPOSIUM 2000 PROCEEDINGS – HENRY LIU   6

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY –  STATE OF THE ART FINDINGS. 6

1850’s TECHNOLOGY.. 6

NO DIRECTLY COMPARABLE SYSTEM... 6

SMALLER, SIMILAR SYSTEMS. 6

LARGE, HEAVY INDUSTRY, CAPSULE SYSTEMS. 7

FOOD PIPELINES FOR POWDERED FOOD.. 7

LARGE DIAMETER PIPES FOR OIL, GAS AND WATER TRANPORT. 7

CAPSULES. 7

LOGISTICS and NETWORKS. 7

FLUID DYNAMICS. 7

PIGS AND SMART PIGS. 8

The Pneumatic Post of Paris 1866-2006. 8

Part 1. 8

Introduction. 8

The Parisian Network. 9

Today. 10

Pneumatic tube.. 12

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 12

Pneumatic Post 13

Historical uses of pneumatic post 13

Current usage. 15

Present uses. 15

Powdered goods and powdered foods: 16

EG 1 -  FLSmidth-Pneumatic Transport 16

EG 2 – The ENGINEERING TOOL BOX USA.. 16

EG 3 – Research in Germany - Pneumatic transport of coarse grained particles in horizontal pipes 17

EG 4 – COAL DUST 17

Large Pipelines, Building and Routing.. 18

Water -  72inch (6 feet or 1.83 meters) Pipe. 18

Waste Water – 90 inches or 2.28 meters pipe. 18

EUROPE - CONCAWE. 19

Europe: Assessment of Energy Saving in Oil Pipelines (AESOP) 19

Overtrawling of large diameter pipeline trials JIP.. 22

Fishermen have been concerned in recent years about the laying of large diameter pipelines in the North Sea. 22

Very Large Diameter FRP pipe from Future Pipe Industries. 23

Floating Capsules. 25

Dynamic simulation of the motion of capsules in pipelines. 25

10 March 2000 - Loughborough University awarded prestigious Personal Research Chair from the Royal Academy of Engineering and BG Technology. 31

Supplies Uncertain for Eastern Europe.. 31

Prof. Phil Hopkins Director, Centre for Pipeline Engineering. 32

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/marine/staff/profile/phil.hopkins 32

Pipeline Capsule Update.. 33

Russia.. 35

Third International Specialized Fair – Kiev «Pipeline Transport — 2007». 36

Australia. 38

Segments -The major products and services covered in this market research report are: Gas pipelines Oil pipelines 38

Activities - The primary activities of companies in this industry are:  The primary activities of firms in this industry comprise: 38

Netherlands. 38

Pipeline transport studies and comparisons with road, rail and sea.