Burning coal: combined-cycle options

Journal Article · Mon May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978 · Electr. World; (United States)

OSTI ID:6269604

Curtiss-Wright Power Systems is currently engaged in a 5-year multiphase R and D program for the US Dept. of Energy, which is directed toward the combustion of high-sulfur coal in a pressurized-fluidized-bed combustor in a combined-cycle power plant. The program requires the design of a modular 500-MW combined-cycle power-generation plant using a coal-fired PFB during the first phase of the contract. Ensuing phases include the design, construction, and operation of a 13-MW gas-turbine pilot plant. The company is also engaged in a second multiphase program for DOE that involves the development of high-temperature turbine technology for use in gas turbines burning coal derived from low-Btu gas or coal liquid in a combined-cycle power-generation system.

• OSTI ID: 6269604
• Journal Information: Electr. World; (United States), Journal Name: Electr. World; (United States) Vol. 189:9; ISSN ELWOA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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014000 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Combustion
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ADSORPTION
AIR
BURNERS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANTS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTORS
COMMERCIALIZATION
COMPRESSED AIR
CONVERSION
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTS
ENERGY CONVERSION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GAS TURBINES
GASES
LOW BTU GAS
NONMETALS
OPERATION
OXIDATION
POWER PLANTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SORPTION
STEAM SYSTEMS
SULFUR
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY