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Title: Technical evaluation: pressurized fluidized-bed combustion technology

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5438809· OSTI ID:5438809

The technology of pressurized fluidized-bed combustion, particularly in its application to a coal-burning combined-cycle plant, is evaluated by examining the technical status of advanced-concept plant components - boiler system (combustor, air-handling and air-injection equipment, and heat exchangers); solids handling, injection, and ejection system; hot-gas cleanup equipment; instrumentation/control system; and the gas turbine - along with materials of plant construction. Environmental performance as well as energy efficiency are examined, and economic considerations are reviewed briefly. The evaluation concludes with a broad survey of the principal related research and development programs in the United States and other countries, a foreview of the most likely technological developments, and a summary of unresolved technical issues and problems.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31-109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
5438809
Report Number(s):
ANL/FE-81-65; ON: DE82014903
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English