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Examining relationships between coal characteristics and the performance of TVA power plants. Interim report, November 1980

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6296117
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In March 1979, Battelle began a study for TVA to examine relationships between coal characteristics and the performance of TVA power plants. The following measures of power plant performance were deemed to be of interest: boiler capacity, boiler availability, efficiency, operating costs and maintenance costs. The initial effort emphasized the acquisition of data on the physical and chemical properties of coal used at all TVA plants in 1977, and on plant design and performance. Some of the plant performance parameters that have been the subject of analysis to date include heat rate, boiler efficiency, unit capacity, boiler availability, slagging outages, and maintnenace costs. A few initial results for each of these areas are summarized. (LCL)
Research Organization:
Battelle Columbus Labs., OH (USA); Hoffman-Muntner Corp., Silver Spring, MD (USA)
OSTI ID:
6296117
Report Number(s):
TVA/OP/EDT-81/26
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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