Fuel oil utilization 1988 workshop: Proceedings

Conference · Sat Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5950887

Sanders, C F; McDonald, B L

This was the fifth workshop in a series dealing in part or whole with fuel oil utilization. The previous were held in 1983, 1985, 1986, and 1987. The primary objective of the 1988 session was the interchange and dissemination of information related to current fuel oil problems and projects conducted by several utilities, EPRI, EPRI contractors, and others. The Workshop consisted of presentations and free-flowing discussions of problems encountered in utility boiler systems burning residual oils as their primary fuel. Incorporated into the presentations were results of actual utility operating experiences, plant tests and demonstrations, and research studies. The presentation topics included, thermogravimetric analyses and viscosity characteristics in utility residual fuel oils, the effects of heavy fuel oils on power plant life expectancies, an economic evaluation of burning water-in-oil emulsions, an evaluation of compatibility/stability predictive tests, fuel oil tank mixing, a report on particle size and emissions of particulate matter from residual oil fired boilers, potential applications of a two-step carbon burnout model, pulse-jet fabric filters for particulate control with oil-fired boilers, and information on the prevention and control of spills of low API gravity fuel oils. Individual projects are processed separately for the data bases.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Energy Systems Associates, Tustin, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5950887
• Report Number(s): EPRI-GS-6459; CONF-8811241-
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020500* -- Petroleum-- Products & By-Products
023000 -- Petroleum-- Properties & Composition
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
200104 -- Fossil-Fueled Power Plants-- Components
ABSTRACTS
BOILERS
COMBUSTION PROPERTIES
DOCUMENT TYPES
EQUIPMENT
FABRIC FILTERS
FILTERS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
FUEL OILS
FUELS
LEADING ABSTRACT
LIQUID FUELS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
POWER PLANTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SERVICE LIFE
STABILITY
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
VISCOSITY