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POWDER PIPELINE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2004-11-01
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Long-Distance Pipelines
- Solid Fossil Fuels
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- coal slurry pipeline
1, record 1, English, coal%20slurry%20pipeline
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- coal slurry line 2, record 1, English, coal%20slurry%20line
correct
- coal pipeline 2, record 1, English, coal%20pipeline
correct
- powder pipeline 3, record 1, English, powder%20pipeline
- powder duct 4, record 1, English, powder%20duct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
On August 14, 1970, an underground river of coal began flowing 273 miles across the state of Arizona, and into a 1,500-Mw. power plant near Davis Dam in Nevada. Equivalent in capacity to two 160-car railroad trains per day, the unseen "river" is the 18-inch-diameter Black Mesa coal slurry pipeline, so far the largest and longest slurry pipeline in the world. 5, record 1, English, - coal%20slurry%20pipeline
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The boiler is ... capable of burning a mixture of coal + 33% water, which is conveyed by powder pipeline. 6, record 1, English, - coal%20slurry%20pipeline
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Canalisations à grande distance
- Combustibles fossiles solides
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- hydrocarboduc
1, record 1, French, hydrocarboduc
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- carboduc 2, record 1, French, carboduc
correct, masculine noun
- pipeline à charbon 3, record 1, French, pipeline%20%C3%A0%20charbon
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] conduite dans laquelle circule une pulpe de fines de charbon en suspension dans l'eau. 4, record 1, French, - hydrocarboduc
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Un hydrocarboduc est un pipe-line dans lequel le charbon pulvérulent, mélangé à de l'eau, est transporté sous forme d'une boue liquide. 5, record 1, French, - hydrocarboduc
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Nouvelles techniques, le carboduc (charbon brûlé en poussière mélangée à de l'eau pour en faire un fluide. 6, record 1, French, - hydrocarboduc
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Utilisé] pour des transports sur de courtes distances (une dizaine de kilomètres). 4, record 1, French, - hydrocarboduc
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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