Environmental Validation of Materials and Design Concepts to Enable Operational Flexibility of Existing Coal Power Plants
- Siemens Corp., Washington, DC (United States); Siemens Corporation
Increasingly, coal-fired power plants are required to balance power grids by compensating for the variable electricity supply from renewable energy sources. Fossil-fueled power plants, originally designed to be base loaded, will increasingly need to operate on a load following or cyclic basis. This demanding requirement for operational flexibility will need to be evaluated for resilience to frequent start-ups, meeting major and rapid load changes, and providing frequency control duties. Our research objective was to evaluate and improve flexibility of existing power plants by improving and redesigning components and defining new operational strategies, with acceptable impacts on component life, efficiency and emissions.
- Research Organization:
- Siemens Corp., Washington, DC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)
- Contributing Organization:
- Cranfield University; Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FE0031749
- OSTI ID:
- 2449676
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-Siemens--31749
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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