Coal-fired boiler costs for industrial applications

Technical Report · Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5279589· OSTI ID:5279589

Kurzius, S. C.; Barnes, R. W.

Several of the current sources of information provide data on coal-fired steam boiler costs. As published, these data give widely varying and possibly inconsistent conclusions. This study was undertaken to determine the extent to which the differences in the various sets of published data bases could be resolved and, if possible, to arrive at more reliable cost correlations to be used in Oak Ridge Energy Demand Models. Our principal finding is that it is indeed possible to restate the costs within each data base on a more consistent basis. When this is done, reasonable engineering correlations of all the cost data versus steam plant capacity can be made over the 10,000 to 5000,000 lb/hr range.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 5279589
• Report Number(s): ORNL/CON-67; ON: DE82013252
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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