To transport a solid-liquid mixture without depositing solid particles in the liquid by providing a partitioning member which finely divides, in the cross direction, a liquid level ranging over up and down sides of the liquid level of a container which houses the mixture so as to maintain a state that the swing of the liquid level hardly occurs during transportation.
In a box type tank 2 which houses a solid-liquid mixture 1 having solid particles being suspended in the liquid, for example, CWM(coal- water mixture), a pump for sending the solid-liquid mixture or extracting it is provided. In the tank 2, a partitioning member 3 for finely dividing a space near a liquid level in the cross direction is provided in a manner liftable by a liquid pressure device 4 arranged on a ceiling of a hold so as to respond to fluctuation of a housing quantity of the solid-liquid mixture. For the partitioning member 3, a honeycomb structure which can partition the space effectively with a minimum material is preferable. Thus, it is prevented that a loose network formed by effect of an additive among coal particles being dispersed and suspended in water is broken by the swing of the liquid level so as to easily sediment.
NAKAMURA HIDEKAZU
OMURA TAKASHIGE
USUI HIROKI
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