loading of Coal-Water Slurry (CWS) have been examined in . this study. The coal samples with six particle size ranges; i.e. < 38 μm, 38-63 μm, 63-75 μm, 7. 5-90 μm, 90-180 μm and 180-250 . μm, were used and three different packing characteristics were . chosen for the experiments, i.e. monomodal, bimodal, and . multimodal.