How safe is your fuel?
- Arkwright Mutual Insurance Co., San Mateo, CA (United States)
This paper focuses on the incidents that can cause premature ignition of fuels used in industrial boilers, especially fuels that are the byproducts of the main activity of the industry. The sections refer to solid fuels, liquid fuels and gaseous fuels, and accidents that have caused serious damage not only to the equipment, but have led to severe damage to major portions of the installation. The solid fuels include the traditional coals, the more recent expansion of subbituminous coals into common industrial use, wood byproducts and trash-to-energy fuels. Included are methods to safeguard the preparation, conveyance and ignition of the fuels. Liquid fuels are the various grades of fuel oil as well as solids dispersed in a liquid medium. Gaseous fuels are natural gas, butane, and propane. This paper is focused on the amount of energy that has been released in fuel processing, delivery, and abnormal firing conditions.
- OSTI ID:
- 250754
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-951010-; ISBN 0-7918-1489-0; TRN: IM9629%%66
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International joint power generation conference and exposition, Minneapolis, MN (United States), 8-12 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 1995 international joint power generation conference: Volume 4 -- Power. PWR-Volume 29; Kennedy, D.A. [ed.]; PB: 162 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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