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Technique for improving the response time of pulverized coal boilers

US5875977A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 13, 1998
Grant dateMar 2, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23K2201/101
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of controlling the operation of the bowl mills in a coal-fired steam generating power plant is disclosed; and in particular a method of controlling the operation of such bowl mills such that the furnace of a steam generating power plant can more rapidly respond to abrupt changes in the demands placed upon the output of the furnace due to abrupt changes in the power requirements of an electric power grid.

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