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标题：U.S. DoE funds $195m for clean-coal technology
期刊名称：InTech
印刷版ISSN：1538-2893
出版年度：1997
卷号：Jan 1997
出版社：The Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society

U.S. DoE funds $195m for clean-coal technology

Clinton, N.J.-The United States Department of Energy (DoE) has approved approximately $195 million of funding from its Clean Coal Program to continue a clean-coal technology development program using a pressurized circulating fluidized-bed (PCFB) boiler at the McIntosh Power Station of the City of Lakeland, Fla., in a four-year demonstration project.

The 160- to 170-megawatt full-scale demonstration project is a cooperative effort that includes the City of Lakeland, DoE, and a consortium of Foster Wheeler Energy Corp., Foster Wheeler USA Corp., and Westinghouse Electric Corp. The Lakeland PCFB project is considered especially important because of the technology's potential to produce electricity with significantly higher efficiency and lower emissions than conventional coal-fired technologies. In addition, researchers said they expect it will be able to produce electricity at a more competitive price.

Foster Wheeler will provide engineering, detail design, procurement, manufacture of key components, construction, and commissioning services for the McIntosh Unit 4 PCFB demonstration project. Westinghouse will supply the filters, topping combustor, and gas turbines. The City of Lakeland will run the plant during the scheduled four-year demonstration period, with Foster Wheeler providing on-site assistance and supervision. The PCFB in the non-topping cycle is scheduled to start up sometime around the year 2000, and the topping cycle about two years later.

Foster Wheeler Development Corp. (FWDC), the New Jersey-based research and development arm of Foster Wheeler Corp., has been heavily involved in developing pressurized circulating fluidized-bed technology since the mid 1980s. The PCFB design was under development both at FWDC in Livingston, N.J., and Foster Wheeler Pyropower in San Diego. The topping cycle was developed with a Livingston pilot plant.