Coal power and combustion. Quarterly report, April--June 1976

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7295039· OSTI ID:7295039

Construction of the Multicell Fluidized-Bed Boiler facility at Rivesville, West Virginia, is progressing well. The structural, electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, insulation, and material handling systems are nearing completion. Despite extensive reworking of the pipe support system, the base contract piping system is nearly complete. Research continued in the areas of bed cleansing, metal erosion/corrosion, bed agglomeration, and the potential use of spent bed material as a soil nutrient. Studies of the Pressurized Fluidized-Bed Combustor and Turbine Power Generation system included two model combustor tests. A total of 22 different metal alloys was tested for corrosion/erosion effects during these tests. Argonne National Laboratory, during their Supportive Studies of Pressurized Fluidized-Bed Combustion, conducted tests to determine the effect of repeated utilization cycles (sulfation-regeneration) on the performance of sulfur-dioxide accepting additives. Efforts dealing with the Externally Fired Gas Turbine for Modular Integrated Utility System (MIUS) involved the testing of the four-foot square cold flow model and endurance testing of the flow splitter feed system and the prototype furnace coal feed nozzle. Assembly of the modified combustor for Pressurized Fluidized-Bed Combustion Research began. Solvent-refined coal (SRC) product from the Ft. Lewis, Washington pilot plant was tested in the Solvent-Refined Coal (SRC) Combustion Program. Carbon conversion was approximately 99 percent at excess air rates of 20 and 30 percent and only slight deposit formation was noted on the burner surfaces. (LTN)

• Research Organization: Energy Research and Development Administration, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Fossil Energy
• OSTI ID: 7295039
• Report Number(s): ERDA-76-94/2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
014000* -- Coal
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BOILERS
BURNERS
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CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COAL LIQUIDS
COALCON PROCESS
COMBINED CYCLES
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTORS
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLOWSHEETS
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FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL FEEDING SYSTEMS
FUEL SYSTEMS
FUELS
METALS
MIUS
OXIDATION
POTASSIUM
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SOLVENT-REFINED COAL
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
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