PFB coal fired combined cycle development program: commercial plant economic analysis (Task 1. 6)

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6743614· OSTI ID:6743614

The objectives of this program are to evaluate the Coal Fired Combined Cycle (CFCC) power plant conceptual design and to conduct supporting development programs for pressurized fluidized bed technology advancement in combustion/steam generator, gas turbine and hot gas cleanup technologies. The Coal-Fired Combined Cycle is the unique power plant concept developed under the leadership of the General Electric Company to provide a direct coal-burning gas turbine and steam turbine combined-cycle power plant. The advantages of the combined cycle for higher efficiency and the potential of the pressurized fluidized bed combustor improvements in emissions could offer a new and attractive option to the electric utility industry. The CFCC approach provides for cooling the fluid bed combustor through the use of steam tubes in the bed which supply a steam turbine generator. The partially cooled combustion gases drive a gas turbine generator after passing through a hot gas cleanup train. The Conceptual CFCC Commercial Plant has been defined in Report No. Fe-2357-28. This design, being conceptual in nature, has not been improved through the formal cost reduction iteration/design program. An economic analysis of this baseline plant is provided in this report. The General Electric Company believes that the combustion of coal by the pressurized fluidized bed process is one of the most effective and efficient means for the utilization of coal with respect to both environmental considerations and the cost of electricity.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (USA). Energy Systems Programs Dept.
• DOE Contract Number: AC21-76ET10377
• OSTI ID: 6743614
• Report Number(s): FE-2357-31
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANTS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
COMBUSTORS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COST
DATA
DESIGN
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC POWER
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
FOSSIL FUELS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
FUELS
GAS TURBINES
HOT GAS CLEANUP
INFORMATION
MACHINERY
MATERIALS
MEDIUM PRESSURE
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
POWER
POWER PLANTS
PURIFICATION
STEAM TURBINES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY