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Title:
METHOD FOR PREVENTING SPONTANEOUS IGNITION IN COAL STORAGE SILO
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2006321646
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a spontaneous ignition preventive method for reliably preventing spontaneous ignition while preventing the heat generation of coal and degradation of the handling property of coal caused by excessive humidification without excessively increasing the equipment cost in a coal storage silo.

Coal is unloaded by an unloader 2 from a plurality of holds 6 of a coal carrier 1, the coal is humidified as necessary by a water sprinkling device 4 on a belt conveyor 3, and immediately charged and stored in a coal storage silo 5. Either or each countermeasures of reduction of the unloading rate and increase of the humidification is performed for the coal in holds 6A, 6C and 6E in which the maximum methane concentration during the navigation (transport) exceeds the predetermined value (for example, 30% LEL).


Inventors:
TAKAHASHI TASUKU
HOSHINO KOICHI
ARAYA WAKAFUMI
MIYAZAKI KENJI
Application Number:
JP2005148518A
Publication Date:
November 30, 2006
Filing Date:
May 20, 2005
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
KOBELCO LOGISTICS LTD
KOBE STEEL LTD
International Classes:
B65G69/20; B65D90/22; B65G3/04; B65G67/60
Domestic Patent References:
JPH11268816A1999-10-05
JPS6288705A1987-04-23
JPS6288706A1987-04-23
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshiyuki Kaji
Makoto Suhara