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This is supposed to prevent water from percolating through the ground and coal fines from
polluting underground water.
Surface drainage will me made using a circular open drain around the storage area.
We previously looked at a concrete foundation but we fear settlement and maintenance problems
due to the nature of the natural ground.
Please could you tell me if you have an opinion on this or any feed back from your own
experience ?
Thanks
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John Gateley
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The Conveyorwright
I reviewed a powergen design in Taiwan which intended to spread out burning coal & quench it.
Who did the work & how much they got paid was never answered.
There was a rapid take out conveyor to a spreading area where the burning coal was drenched. To
be honest I never gave it much attention; it was not in my scope & I was too bewildered by the
suggestion to be able to speak. I still am. The Contractor was the English arm of a major French
parent EPC, with whom you are no doubt familiar. Neither party are renowned for acheivement,
technical nor commercial. Better to rely on the proper fire fighting system, which you are installing
anyway, rather than throw funds at some intermediate airy fairy scheme. The burning coal is
hardly likely to lie down in front of your hydrants is it?
Fire wire stuff---can't comment.
Only the depth of the gravel bed is relevant. Compacted coal is coal for all that & cannot make a
contribution to reducing groundwater contamination. Quite the reverse, since the rain will percolate
through large flat areas of coal when stocks are low. Tighten up on the reclaimer accuracy &
reduce the depth of the coal bed as much as possible.
Here we go again..if your ground conditions do not favour a concrete hardstanding then you can
look forward to some fun & games when you run a fairly concentrated load of a 400tonne reclaimer
up & down the tracks next door.
Drains should be large enough to accommodate the predators which might drown during
downpours while asleep; after eating the rodents which will surely nest in the drains.
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Leon Zaharis
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if any of the corners of the triangle are removed a fire will die!
The design of a dome will allow you to flood it with carbon dioxide and or a soda stream to control
a fire and or smoldering without human intervention.
Your turn John- if I missed anything my sincerest apologies.
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John Gateley
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Its all there! A dome would be ideal. We used one for Ho Ping in Taiwan (here's hoping its still
there)(sometimes you can't resist) where that famous builder, who we can't name, had turned the
dome inside out so that coal dust could not settle on the (otherwise) internal framework. A tidy bit
of American know how there. Perhaps they could make it even safer with plenty of explosion relief
flaps & without inerfering too mush with the strength. They, whoever they are, know best anyway!
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AndraudGuest
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Thank you for all your answers. For information, the bed rock is located between 20 and 50 meters
below ground surface. The coal we intend to use is classified low volatile bituminous coal.
It will be impossible for us to re-design our coal stockyard because it already exist. But I take into
consideration your advises for water collection and fire fighting on coal conveyors.
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Leon Zaharis
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Andraud regarding your problem,
You have the opportunity to solve your storage problem once and for all by putting a smaller dome
on half the stock yard when it is half empty and installing a second dome when the other half of
the stock yard is empty and solve all your current and potential pollution problems as the coal will
not get wet in the dome at
all as I mentioned before regarding all the benefits for same.
and any coal sludge will be almost eliminated.
A single drawdown belt underground gallery common to your "potential domes" can be done easily
as it will not be in the way and will be there for the second dome when the second dome goes up.
with bedrock as close as it is in spots you are going to have pollutionn problems period.
John and I and other members of the board are and were stymied because you have not provided
a diagram of your facility
and did not tell us everything.