Focus on O & M: safeguarding coal-handling assets

Journal Article · Wed Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2006 · Power (New York)

OSTI ID:20885803

Earney, T C ^[1]

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1. Air Control Science Inc. (United States)

Coal fired power plants have millions of dollars invested in conveyor systems and train-unloading equipment. The article gives advice on routine maintenance of coal handling equipment and of the use of monitoring and control systems to prevent fire. It sites an incidence of a fire being triggered by the automated fire protection systems having failed to deliver sufficient water to the upper levels of the conveyor, whilst unloading a coal train at a plant which had switched to Powder River Basin coal which is more prone to spontaneous combustion. 3 photos.

• OSTI ID: 20885803
• Journal Information: Power (New York), Vol. 150, Issue 9; Other Information: [e-mail]; ISSN 0032-5929
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
COAL
MAINTENANCE
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
CONTROL SYSTEMS
BELT CONVEYORS
USA
POWDER RIVER BASIN
FIRE PREVENTION
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
UNLOADING
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
FIRES
SAFETY ENGINEERING
TRAINS
RAILROAD CARS
DUST COLLECTORS
FIRE HAZARDS
CLEANING
LUBRICATION
TRAINING
INSPECTION
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS