Open AccessUSE OF COAL DRYING TO REDUCE WATER CONSUMED IN PULVERIZED COAL POWER PLANTS
Author(s) -
Edward K. Levy,
Harun Bilirgen,
Ursla Levy,
John Sale,
Nenad Sarunac
Publication year - 2006
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/882436
Subject(s) - pulverized coal fired boiler , boiler (water heating) , waste management , flue gas , coal , thermal power station , environmental science , power station , condenser (optics) , water content , waste heat , engineering , mechanical engineering , light source , physics , geotechnical engineering , heat exchanger , optics , electrical engineering
This is the twelfth Quarterly Report for this project. The background and technical justification for the project are described, including potential benefits of reducing fuel moisture using power plant waste heat, prior to firing the coal in a pulverized coal boiler. During this last Quarter, the development of analyses to determine the costs and financial benefits of coal drying was continued. The details of the model and key assumptions being used in the economic evaluation are described in this report and results are shown for a drying system utilizing a combination of waste heat from the condenser and thermal energy extracted from boiler flue gas