1990 Fuel oil utilization workshop

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5765986

McDonald, B L; Lange, H B; Miller, M N ^[1]

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1. Carnot, Tustin, CA (United States)

Following a 1983 EPRI-sponsored workshop on utility boiler problems (EPRI report AP-3753), the Institute has responded to the need for better information on fuel utilization by sponsoring annual utility-focused workshops. This workshop is the sixth in a series of annual events designed to address this need. The objective was to provide utility personnel with an opportunity to exchange information on residual oil use in fossil steam plants. Participants at the 1990 workshop, held in Arlington, Virginia, October 31-November 1, 1990, included 37 representatives from 19 electric utilities, including representatives from Mexico, Canada, and Spain, as well as the Institute de Investigaciones Electricas in Mexico. The workshop comprised formal presentations followed by question-and-answer sessions and three 2-hour discussion group sessions. Topics included a water/oil emulsion test summary, a NO{sub x} reduction program, particulate and unburned carbon emissions reductions from oil-fired boilers using combustion promoters, a utility perspective on oil spills, and size distribution and opacity of particulate matter emissions from combustion of residual fuel oils. In addition, participants discussed the development of a coke formation index, instability and compatibility of residual fuel oils, the clean combustion of heavy liquid fuels, toxic air emissions from the combustion of residual fuel oils, H{sub 2}S release from residual fuel oils, and increased reliability of superheater and reheater tubes and headers by optimization of steam-side and gas-side temperatures.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); Carnot, Tustin, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: EPRI; Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5765986
• Report Number(s): EPRI-TR-100309; CONF-9010457-
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1990 fuel oil utilization workshop, Arlington, VA (United States), 31 Oct - 1 Nov 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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