Staged cascading fluidized-bed combustor. Volume I. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5690908

Porter, J H; Cannon, J; DeLucia, D; Eronini, I; Faraj, S; Mohr, C M; Park, D; Sarofim, A; Sharma, P K

This report presents a technical and economic evaluation of an advanced concept in fluidized bed combustion, the Staged Cascade Fluidized Bed Combustor (SCFBC). A detailed technical analysis of the performance of the boiler is presented with respect to its thermal efficiency, combustion efficiency, sulfur capture efficiency, sorbent utilization and NO/sub x/, CO and hydrocarbon emissions. The impact of meeting targeted goals in each of the above performance parameters on the design of the SCFBC is discussed. Capital costs of the boiler and the balance of plant are estimated for SCFBC boilers ranging in steam output from 50 to 400 kpph and producing 50 to 400 psia saturated steam. Annualized costs of the boiler are also developed burning a Pittsburgh seam coal and using Greer limestone and Tymochtee dolomite as sulfur capture sorbents. The capital costs estimates of the SCFBC are compared to both vendor quotes of AFBC and in-house capital costs estimates of conventional AFBC boilers. The estimates show a 19% capital cost savings when compared to in-house cost estimates using identical estimating procedures for both; estimates are used to project the market penetration of the SCFBC boiler. A program is presented to carry the concept from bench scale testing through commercialization. A detailed cost estimate for the design, construction, and testing at the bench scale level is included in the presentation. The usefulness of having a centralized government owned process development facility to test advanced concepts in fluidized bed combustion is also presented in this report and the economic advantages of a centralized facility are discussed.

• Research Organization: Energy and Environmental Engineering, Inc., Cambridge, MA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC21-82MC19327
• OSTI ID: 5690908
• Report Number(s): DOE/MC/19327-1407-Vol.1; ON: DE83010938
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
421000* -- Engineering-- Combustion Systems
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
CALCIUM CARBONATES
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CAPITALIZED COST
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CARBONATE MINERALS
CARBONATE ROCKS
CARBONATES
COAL
COMBUSTORS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COST
DESIGN
DOLOMITE
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
LIMESTONE
MAGNESIUM CARBONATES
MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS
MARKETING RESEARCH
MATERIALS
MINERALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
PERFORMANCE
PROCESS DEVELOPMENT UNITS
ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
TEST FACILITIES