McIntosh Unit 4 PCFB demonstration project

Conference · Mon Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:514852

Dodd, A M ^[1]; Dryden, R J; Provol, S J ^[2]; Morehead, H T ^[3]

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1. Lakeland Electric and Water, FL (United States)
2. Foster Wheeler Development Corp., San Diego, CA (United States)
3. Westinghouse Electric Corp. (United States)

The City of Lakeland, Foster Wheeler Corporation and Westinghouse Electric Corporation have initiated a full scale demonstration of Pressurized Circulating Fluidized Bed (PCFB) Technology at Lakeland`s McIntosh Power Station in Lakeland, Florida. Two technologies will be demonstrated sequentially in the project: (1) the non-topping version of the PCFB where the gas turbine is driven directly by hot flue gases exhausted from the boiler, and (2) the topping version of the PCFB where the hot flue gases from the boiler are fired with syngas to raise the gas turbine inlet temperature. Each of these versions of the technology has its advantages and both will serve different future markets. The total project duration will be approximately eight years and will be structured into three separate phases: two years of design and permitting, followed by an initial period of two years of fabrication and construction and concluding with a four year demonstration (commercial operation) period. It is expected that the project will show that Foster Wheeler`s PCFB technology coupled with Westinghouse`s Hot Gas filter and power generation technologies represents a cost effective, high efficiency, low emissions means of adding greenfield generation capacity and that this same technology is also well suited for repowering applications.

• OSTI ID: 514852
• Report Number(s): CONF-970456--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
COAL
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
EXHAUST GASES
FLORIDA
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
GAS TURBINE POWER PLANTS
HOT GAS CLEANUP
PRESSURIZATION
TOPPING CYCLES