Technical and economic feasibility of alternative fuel use in process heaters and small boilers
The technical and economic feasibility of using alternate fuels - fuels other than oil and natural gas - in combustors not regulated by the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA) was evaluated. FUA requires coal or alternate fuel use in most large new boilers and in some existing boilers. Section 747 of FUA authorizes a study of the potential for reduced oil and gas use in combustors not subject to the act: small industrial boilers with capacities less than 100 MMBtu/hr, and process heat applications. Alternative fuel use in combustors not regulated by FUA was examined and the impact of several measures to encourage the substitution of alternative fuels in these combustors was analyzed. The primary processes in which significant fuel savings can be achieved are identified. Since feedstock uses of oil and natural gas are considered raw materials, not fuels, feedstock applications are not examined in this analysis. The combustors evaluated in this study comprise approximately 45% of the fuel demand projected in 1990. These uses would account for more than 3.5 million barrels per day equivalent fuel demand in 1990.
- Research Organization:
- Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc., Arlington, VA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC01-79EI10547
- OSTI ID:
- 5574087
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EIA-10547-01
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
HEATERS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
FUEL CONSUMPTION
COMBUSTORS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DATA COMPILATION
ECONOMICS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
INVENTORIES
PROCESS HEAT
TABLES
DATA
DATA FORMS
ENERGY
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
HEAT
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320301* - Energy Conservation
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