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Title: AFBC conversion at Northern States Power Company: Volume 2: Black Dog Unit 2; Equipment design: Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6169676

This document is the second volume in a series of four reports detailing the conversion of Northern States Power Company's Black Dog Unit 2 from pulverized-coal-firing to bubbling atmospheric fluidized bed combustion (AFBC). This particular report describes the design of the new AFBC system and the important events and decisions that resulted in its final configuration. The purpose of these reports is to share the information gathered during the Black Dog AFBC Conversion Project and present it so that other utilities can evaluate the technical feasibility and cost effectiveness of converting units within their systems from pulverized coal firing to AFBC. 36 figs., 27 tabs.

Research Organization:
Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Stone and Webster Engineering Corp., Boston, MA (USA)
OSTI ID:
6169676
Report Number(s):
EPRI-CS-5501-Vol.2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English