Overall review of work carried out at Grimethorpe in collaboration with US DOE and EPRI and under IEA Agreement on PFBC (pressurised fluidised bed combustion), 1985-1987

Technical Report · Fri Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6567721

Between 1984 and 1988, the Grimethorpe Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustion (PFBC) Facility was operated for the UK BCC/CEGB Joint Programme on PFBC. Additional funding was obtained from the US Department of Energy (for investigation of operation using a wet slurry feed system), EPRI (for testing an advanced gas filtration device) and as an extension of the IEA Agreement in PFBC (for design of the wet slurry feed system, and further studies into the use of wet slurry). Co-operation with the US DOE extended to the investigation of metal wastage in a new tube bank, Tube Bank E', involving a US boiler manufacture, Foster Wheeler Development Corporation. The report outlines the results of this collaborative work including combustor performance, operation and performance of the wet slurry feeding system, operation and performance of the EPRI HTHP Filter, and performance of research instrumentation. It also summarizes materials aspects of the collaborative work, including those aspects of the tube bank metal wastage investigation which can be released into the public domain. 39 refs., 27 figs., 17 tabs.

• Research Organization: National Coal Board, Nottingham (UK)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/FE
• DOE Contract Number: FC21-86MC22220
• OSTI ID: 6567721
• Report Number(s): DOE/MC/22220-2895; ON: DE90015336
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010800 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Waste Management
014000* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Combustion
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
200202 -- Fossil-Fueled Power Plants-- Waste Management-- Noxious Gas & Particulate Emissions
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
COAL
COMBUSTORS
DISPERSIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SOURCES
FILTERS
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL FEEDING SYSTEMS
FUEL SLURRIES
FUEL SYSTEMS
FUELS
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
POLLUTANTS
PRESSURE DROP
PROGRESS REPORT
SLURRIES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
SUSPENSIONS
WEAR