Question

What is pipeline transportation? Write two merits and demerits of the same.

Answer 1

It is the transportation of goods or material through a pipe.
merits :
1. most convenient and efficient.
2. Energy consumption.
demerits :
1. difficult to repair and detection of leakage.
2. limited capacity.

Answer 2

Pipeline transportation is a long distance transportation of a liquid or gas through pipes..

Merits

1.Rules out delay and transportational losses.

2.The pipes can be laid through difficult terrains and also under the sea.

Demerits

1.Cost of laying pipelines is very high and also leakage are not easy to repair.

2.There is limited supply in pipelines.