Test Series 2. 3 detailed test plan

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5408401

Test Series 2.3 is chronologically the second of the five sub-series of tests which comprise Test Series 2, the second major Test Series as part of the combustion research phase to be carried out at the Grimethorpe Experimental Pressurised Fluidised Bed Combustion Facility. Test Series 2.3 will consist of 700 data gathering hours which is expected to require some 1035 coal burning hours. The tests will be performed using US supplied coal and dolomite. This will be the first major series of tests on the Facility with other than the UK datum coal and dolomite. The document summarises the background to the facility and the experimental program. Described are modifications which have been made to the facility following Test Series 2.1 and a series of Screening Tests. Detailed test objectives are specified as are the test conditions for the experiments which comprise the test series. The test results will provide information on the effects of the bed temperature, excess air level, Ca/S ratio, number of coal feed lines, and combustion efficiency and sulphur retention. A significant aspect of the test series will be part load tests which will investigate the performance of the facility under conditions of turn down which simulate load following concepts specified for two combined cycle concepts, i.e., their CFCC combined cycle and a turbo charged combined cycle. The material test plan is also presented. The principal feature of the materials programme is the planned exposure of a set of static turbine blade specimens in a cascade test loop to the high temperature, high pressure flue gas. A schedule for the programme is presented as are contingency plans.

• Research Organization: NCB (IEA Grimethorpe) Ltd., Grimethorpe, Barnsley, South Yorkshire (UK)
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-76ET10393
• OSTI ID: 5408401
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/10393-1529; ON: DE84003059
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CALCIUM CARBONATES
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CARBONATE MINERALS
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FUELS
MAGNESIUM CARBONATES
MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
MINERALS
MODIFICATIONS
OXIDATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
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THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TUBES