Pilot plant test results and demonstration of the Ahlstrom Pyroflow pressurized CFB technology
- Pyropower Corp., San Diego, CA (United States)
Ahlstrom Pyropower initiated development of PCFB technology in 1086 after a detailed analysis of competing advanced coal utilization technologies. A 10 MWth pilot plant was started up in 1989 and has produced very promising test results which are highly competitive with coal gasification. This led to a successful application for demonstration of the technology under round III of the DOE Clean Coal Technology Program. The resulting project is Iowa Power`s DMEC-1 PCFB Repowering Project. The project is currently in the preliminary engineering phase with supporting pilot plant testing being performed in parallel. Successful demonstration of PCFB technology will provide utilities with a cost effective option for repowering older power stations to comply with the requirements of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendment in the near term and a clean and high efficiency new plant option in the longer term. This paper will present recent pilot plant test results and review the major technical features of the DMEC-1 project.
- Research Organization:
- Iowa Power, Inc., Des Moines, IA (United States); Pyropower Corp., San Diego, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC21-91MC27364
- OSTI ID:
- 10103605
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/27364-93/C0078; CONF-9209201-3; ON: DE93002219
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Conference on application of fluidized-bed combustion for power generation,Boston, MA (United States),23-25 Sep 1992; Other Information: PBD: [1992]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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