Design considerations for a 250 MWe CFB

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

OSTI ID:287929

Voyles, R ^[1]; Gagliardi, C; Wolfson, D ^[2]

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1. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp., Clinton, NJ (United States)
2. Air Products, Allentown, PA (United States)

York County Energy Partners (YCEP), an independent power producer, will be the owner/operator of a 250 MWe bituminous fired Circulating Fluid Bed cogeneration facility providing up to 400,000 lb/hr of steam to a local paper company. The single boiler will produce 2,100,000 lb/hr (953 MT/hr) of main steam at 2,550 psig (17.58 Mp) at 1,005 F (5,410 C) with reheat and will be the largest CFB in the world when completed. Current schedule to begin engineering late this year and for the unit to be placed into commercial operation by early 1998. This will be a DOE advanced Clean Coal Demonstration project generating power for local homes, schools, and businesses at a lesser cost to consumers than if Met-Ed built its own facility. The host user will be able to decommission an existing coal fired unit presently onsite thereby reducing site emissions considerably. Issues that will be presented within the paper will be project siting issues, permitting, DOE demonstration testing program, project execution strategy and scheduling. The design considerations of the Foster Wheeler CFB will be covered such as: scale up to 250 MWe; full division wall--absorption, expansion, circulation, and erosion resistance; integrated recycle heat exchange; solids mixing for proper fuel/limestone utilization and heat flux balance within a large unit; cyclone orientation; non-mechanical air cooled solids removal; and parallel pass damper head recovery area.

• OSTI ID: 287929
• Report Number(s): CONF-950522--; ISBN 0-7918-1305-3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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