[Stoves] Water in coal

[AJH]

On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 07:41:20 -0500, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott wrote:

>Anticipating that, I asked and it is transported by mass, not volume.  Some
>mines send it by rail car and they are full from a mass point of view.
>Checking the cars I found the sides would need to he higher to hold much
>more (I don't expect the coal to shrink when dried).  Discussing it with the
>railways network consultant it seems higher sides are not going to appear
>soon unless volumes are huge.

This is just about the same as we find with road transport of woodchip
in UK, dry it and you can no longer fit 29tonnes into a typical 100m^3
walking floor trailer. Lorry operator's costs are not much affected by
the tonnage, it's the trip that they charge for.

AJH