The Power Systems Development Facility -- Current status

Conference · Wed Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:132642

Pinkston, T E; Maxwell, J D; Leonard, R F; Vimalchand, P

Southern Company Services, Inc. (SCS) has entered into a cooperative agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to build and operate the Power Systems Development Facility (PSDF), currently under construction in Wilsonville, Alabama, 40 miles southeast of Birmingham. The objectives of the PSDF are to develop advanced coal-fired power generation technologies through testing and evaluation of hot gas cleanup systems and other major components at the pilot scale. The performance of components will be assessed and demonstrated in an integrated mode of operation and at a component size readily scaleable to commercial systems. The facility will initially contain five modules: (1) a transport reactor gasifier and combustor, (2) an advanced pressurized fluidized-bed combustion (APFBC) system, (3) a particulate control module, (4) an advanced burner-gas turbine module, and (5) a fuel cell. The five modules will initially be configured into two separate test trains, the transport reactor train (2 tons/hour of coal feed) and the APFBC train (3 tons/hour of coal feed). In addition to a project description, the project design and construction status, preparations for operations, and project test plans are reported in this paper.

• Research Organization: Southern Co. Services, Inc., Wilsonville, AL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FC21-90MC25140
• OSTI ID: 132642
• Report Number(s): DOE/MC/25140--96/C0560; CONF-9510237--1; ON: DE96002127
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
COAL FUEL CELLS
COAL GASIFICATION
DESIGN
FILTERS
FLOWSHEETS
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
GAS GENERATORS
HOT GAS CLEANUP
PARTICULATES
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
PRESSURIZATION
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
TEST FACILITIES
US DOE