Cofiring Wood and Coal to Stoker Boilers in Pittsburgh
The prime objective of the University of Pittsburgh's overall wood/coal cofiring program is the successful introduction of commercial cofiring of urban wood wastes into the stoker boilers of western Pennsylvania. Central to this objective is the demonstration test at the Pittsburgh Brewing Company. In this test the project team is working to show that two commercially-available clean wood wastes - tub-ground pallet waste and chipped clearance wood - can be included in the fuel fed daily to an industrial stoker boiler. Irrespective of its economic outcome, the technical success of the demonstration at the brewery will allow the local air quality regulation agency to permit a parametric test at the Bellefield Boiler Plant. The objective of this test is to obtain comprehensive data on all key parameters of this operational boiler while firing wood with coal. The data would then be used for thorough generic technical and economic analyses. The technical analysis would be added to the open literature for the general planning and operational guidance for boiler owners and operators. The economic analysis would gage the potential for providing this stoker fuel commercially in an urban setting and for purchasing it regularly for combustion in an urban stoker boiler.
- Research Organization:
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 16506
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/PC/01386--98/C0944; CONF-970772--; ON: DE98051736
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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