Transportation is essential for delivering coal from mines to energy plants. There are various transportation methods used depending on factors like cost, efficiency, and terrain. The main types of transport systems are continuous systems like conveyor belts, and non-continuous systems using trucks, trains, barges, ships, and slurry pipelines. Each method has advantages and drawbacks around costs, environmental impacts, and flexibility to access different locations. Safety is a primary concern in transporting coal.

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2. COAL
TRANSPORTATION
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3. INTRODUCTION
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Cutting of coal small coal
cars/conveyor belts
Large chunks of coal
Crushed coal
Sent by trucks
ship, railroad, barge and by pipeline
Transportation is how coal gets delivered to the energy plants. Transport of mineral,
materials and men is a major cost in mining operations.

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Coal Power plant

5. NEED FOR PROPER
TRANSPORTATION METHOD
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• Safety
• Without production delays no transport restrictions.
• Quick response to very different demands.
• Minimize degradation and dust problems.
• Optimum economy in labor requirement.
• Compatible with other systems.

6. MAIN TYPES OF TRANSPORT
SYSTEM IN COAL MINES
• CONTINUOUS TRANSPORT SYSTEM
• NON-CONTINUOUS TRANSPORT SYSTEM
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7. TRANSPORTATION BY RAIL
Rail Reliability
Weather and other natural
phenomena, such as
earthquakes, fires, and
floods, have the potential
to cause localized line
outages that can, in turn,
adversely affect an entire
rail network.
Faster than free steered vehicles.
One operator can transport bigger loads.
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9. TRANSPOTATION BY TRUCKS
Trucks are the most versatile of all transportation modes for coal
hauling because they can operate over the widest areas where
roads are available.
DRAWBACKS
•Highest unit energy consumption requirements.
• Highest net operating costs.
• Greatest external damage to highways
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11. WATERBORNE COAL TRANSPORTATION
BARGES
It is often cheaper to transport coal on river barges, but barges
are unable to take coal everywhere it's needed.
CARGO SHIPS
Coal transported by cargo ship represents a significant share of
shipping on the inland waterways, accounting for approximately
20 percent of total cargo.
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These deliver the coal to the power plant that are located
overseas.
• by Barges
• by Cargo ships

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13. Where mining is taking place in steep seams by hydraulic
transport using high pressure water jets.. Crushed coal can be
mixed with oil or water and sent by pipeline to an industrial user.
HYDRAULIC TRANSPORTATION
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15. UNDERGROUND MINE
TRANSPORTATION METHODS
• By shaft winding
• By conveyor system
• By trolley
• Hand tramming
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SHAFT HOISTING

17. LIMITING FACTORS
• Location inflexibility, making a truck haul still necessary.
• Maximum angle of inclination is normally 25 degrees.
• The maximum lump size is to be less than about half the width of
the belt.
The conveyors enable the continuous transport of overburden or
coal and use for coal transport in hilly terrain where roads are
relatively inaccessible, typically being used to move coal over 5-mile
to I5-mile distances.
CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
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ADVANTAGE
The advantage of being relatively maintenance free

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19. A donkey carrying sacks of
coal walks through the
narrow tunnels of a coal
mine. The donkeys can make
around 20 trips per day
carrying sacks weighing about
20 kg each. The work is
dangerous with the constant
risk of cave-ins.
TRANSPORTATION BY
DONKEY
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• Truck and rail, affects communities through which the coal
passes.
• Trucks hauling damage roads and cause deaths or injuries in
accidents.
• Coal trains temporarily block those roads, and temporarily
cutting off some residents from emergency services.
• During the transportation the coal may set to fire and it causes
adverse situations and accidents.
SOME DRAWBACKS

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