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Method of maintaining a nominal working temperature of flue gases in a PFBC power plant

US5634329A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 17, 1996
Grant dateJun 3, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 17, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23C10/16
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for maintaining a nominal working temperature of flue gases during operation of a PFBC power plant having a pressure vessel with a combustor enclosed therein for combustion of a fuel in a fluidized bed, a gas turbine for receiving flue gases formed during the combustion in the combustor, a compressor driven by the gas turbine for compression of air which is utilized as combustion air during the combustion in the combustor, and a steam turbine driven by steam generated in tube bundles in the bed, includes the steps of burning a complementary fuel in the flue gases generated during the combustion in the fluidized bed downstream of the tube bundle for increasing the flue gas temperature to a nominal level for the process and using oxygen residues in the flue gas as oxidizing agents during combustion of the complementary fuel.

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