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Operation results of Wakamatsu PFBC plant

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OSTI ID:357899
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  1. Electric Power Development Co., Kitakyushu (Japan). Wakamatsu Coal Utilization Technology Research Center
  2. Electric Power Development Co., Tokyo (Japan). Thermal Power Dept.
Electric Power Development Company, EPDC, has operated 71MWe PFBC demonstration plant at Wakamatsu site to evaluate the system since 1994. Wakamatsu plant is the first PFBC plant in Japan, preceding the commercial plants such as Tomato-Azuma, Osaki and Karita. The plant is the world-wide first plant that is equipped with hot gas filter of 100% capacity. The authors have operated the plant for more than 6,000 hours with some troubles since the first generation in October, 1993. They acquired much information about operation and maintenance, so that they are convinced that PFBC is a promising power generation technology. They plan to operate the plant until the end of 1997, targeting 10,000 hour operation and establishment of the plant reliability.
OSTI ID:
357899
Report Number(s):
CONF-9705116--; ISBN 0-7918-1557-9
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English