Integrated carbonizer/CPFBC pilot plant

Conference · Sun Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:257040

Robertson, A; Van Hook, J ^[1]

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1. Foster Wheeler Development Corp., Livingston, NJ (United States)

The key components of second-generation or advanced pressurized fluidized bed combustion (APFBC) plants have been successfully tested separately at the pilot plant scale. The tests involved a 254-mm (10-inch)-diameter bubbling bed carbonizer, a 203-mm (8-inch)-diameter circulating bed carbonizer, and a 203-mm (8-inch)-diameter circulating pressurized fluidized bed combustor (CPFBC) operating at 1.42-Mpa (14-atm) pressure. In these tests, particle-capturing ceramic barrier filters were incorporated to investigate gas compatibility issues. The next step in the development of APFBC plant technology is to integrate a carbonizer and a CPFBC with their ceramic barrier filters, then operate the subsystem to investigate integration characteristics. These tests will involve load following and transfer of he char from the reducing atmosphere of the carbonizer to the oxidizing atmosphere of the CPFBC at steady and controlled rates. This paper describes the integrated carbonizer/CPFBC pilot plant being constructed to perform these tests at the John Blizard Research Center of Foster Wheeler Development Corporation (FWDC) in Livingston, New Jersey. Construction and commissioning progress are presented with an overview of the technological development program.

• DOE Contract Number: AC21-86MC21023
• OSTI ID: 257040
• Report Number(s): CONF-950952--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
BITUMINOUS COAL
CHARS
COAL TAR
COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANTS
CONSTRUCTION
CRACKING
DESIGN
FLOWSHEETS
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
FUEL GAS
HOT GAS CLEANUP
PRESSURIZATION
PRODUCTION
PYROLYSIS
SORBENT INJECTION PROCESSES
TEST FACILITIES
TOPPING CYCLES