Fluidized-bed-fired industrial boilers

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6165395

Leon, A M; McCoy, D E

E. Keeler Company and Dorr-Oliver, Inc. have joined to design, market and manufacture atmospheric fluidized-bed-fired boilers. The first contract, called Shamokin, was a 23,400 lb/hr unit fired with anthracite culm having a heating value of 4000 Btu/lb and 67% ash. The Department of Energy sponsored this plant as a demonstration project. Boiler erection is nearly complete and start-up is scheduled for mid-1981. In conjunction with the Shamokin project, a line of fluidized-bed-fired boilers to 250,000 lb/hr has been developed for conventional solid fuels. The development of fluidized-bed-fired, industrial boilers is in its very early stages. At this point, it is not possible for any manufacturer to claim extensive operating experience with any particular design under the varied applications normal to industrial watertube boilers. Many different designs and approaches will develop over the next few years and until there has been some operating experience, it is not possible to evaluate just what share of the future industrial boiler market will utilize fluidized-bed firing.

• OSTI ID: 6165395
• Report Number(s): CONF-8104107-6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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