PROVENCE SOPROLIF 250 MWe CFB: Performances during two years of operation
The largest CFB boiler in the world, the SOPROLIF 250 MWe CFB boiler, has been operated commercially since the end of April 1996. The overall boiler performances and availability recorded since the beginning of this commercial operation are far better than the contractual requirements. This paper gives the performance figures measured during the performance tests of the boiler. Moreover, different performance parameters recorded by an on-line control tool are detailed for the second year of commercial operation. Then, the good flexibility of this CFB unit and its ability to follow the grid requirements are shown. Moreover this paper describes the different ways of operation and maintenance optimizations that are going to be engaged by SOPROLIF in the following years. Finally, the different results enable developments for further scaling up to 400--600 MWe. EDF has already carried out a basic study on a 600 MWe supercritical CFB unit for one year.
- Research Organization:
- Electricite de France, La Defense (FR)
- OSTI ID:
- 20018837
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9806214-; TRN: IM200018%%71
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Power-Gen Europe'98, Milan (IT), 06/09/1998--06/11/1998; Other Information: 1 CD-ROM. Operating Systems: Windows 3.1, '95, '98 and NT; Macintosh; and UNIX; PBD: [1998]; Related Information: In: Power-gen Europe'98, [2400] pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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