Potential for pipeline transportation of Kuzbass coal

Abstract

The transition of the world energy sector to a new technological paradigm, combining the growth of energy efficiency of production with the simultaneous search for alternative fuel resources to ensure an improvement in the quality of life of the population and the environmental situation of the host regions, imposes special obligations on the management of coal and energy companies and government bodies associated with the development of resource efficient and energy saving organizational -technical solutions. To solve these problems, not only energy-generating enterprises that are fuel consumers should be transformed, but also their suppliers - mines and open-pit mines, adapting the quality characteristics and sales channels of coal products to the requirements of the time. Within the framework of the research carried out by the team of authors: an analysis of the world practice of using pipeline coal transport was carried out; a proposal was formulated for organizing the transportation of Kuzbass coal in the form of coal-water fuel through pipelines to energy enterprises in Western Siberia and the Eastern Urals, a factor analysis of its implementation was carried out: the advantages of hydro transportation of coal in comparison with its supply by rail were identified, possible risks and disadvantages were assessed.