Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development & Climate, "Environmental
Facilities at Thermal Power Stations," (April 2007)
http://www.asiapacificpartnership.org/pdf/PGTTF/event-april-07/April_17_Japan_Peer
%20Review-Environmental_Facilities%20at%20Thermal%20Power%20Plants.pdf
As part of the Asia Pacific Partnership effort to reduce emissions from coal
fired power plants, Japan's Chugoku Electric Power Company and The
Federation of Electric Power Companies made the following presentation
concerning environmental controls at the Partnership meeting in Japan April
2007.
Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development &
Climate, "Google Groups: APP Power Gen – Soot Blowing,"
http://groups.google.com/group/APP_PowerGen-SootBlowing?hl=en
As an activity of the
Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, various Google
Groups have been established to provide a ready means to communicate and
share information on specific topics in power generation. This Google Group
is "PGT-06-8 Implementation of Artificial Intelligent Soot Blowing System
for Improving the Steam Generator Efficiency by Increasing the Effectiveness
of Soot Blowers." Due to time constraints and operator inexperience, an
existing conventional soot blowing system in a coal fired steam generator
can cause an imbalance of the plant cleaning and the excessive use of steam,
air and water. The project aims to implement best practices/new technologies
which offer “Efficient Heat Transfer” for steam generators.
Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development & Climate,
"Maintaining/Improving Thermal Efficiency of Aged Coal-fired Thermal Power
Stations," (April 2007)
http://www.asiapacificpartnership.org/pdf/PGTTF/event-april-07/April_16_India_Maintainingimproving
%20thermal%20efficiency%20of%20aged%20coal-fired%20thermal%20power%20stations.pdf
As part of the Asia-Pacific Partnership effort to enhance the efficiency of
coal fired power plants, NTPC of India made the following presentation at
the Partnership meeting in Japan April 16, 2007. The presentation outlines
the challenges in India as they address efficiency upgrades.
Babcox and Wilcox, "Upgrades and
Enhancements for Competitive Coal-Fired Boiler Systems” (Technical Paper
BR#1616)
http://www.babcock.com/library/pdf/BR-1616.pdf
Existing coal-fired capacity
potentially offers the lowest variable cost power production option if these
units are upgraded to optimize capacity, operating cost (including fuel),
efficiency, and availability while also meeting today’s stringent emissions
control requirements. This paper highlights a variety of boiler system
upgrades and enhancements which are being utilized to make aging coal-fired
boilers low cost competitors in the 1990s.
Electric Power Research Institute, “2008
Portfolio: 63 Boiler
Life and Availability Improvement Program” (2008 Portfolio)
http://mydocs.epri.com/docs/Portfolio/PDF/2008_P063.pdf
Boiler tube failures are leading cause of
lost availability (approximately 3%) in fossil-fired steam plants worldwide.
The majority of worldwide fossil plants are more than 30 years old and are
experiencing increased demand for operational flexibility, while addressing
age-related issues for major components. Participants in the Boiler Life and
Availability Improvement Program will receive technology, forums for
information exchange, and support to safely and reliably operate boiler
components while maximizing economic return. This EPRI program has created
and successfully demonstrated a world-recognized program to reduce boiler
tube failures by understanding damage mechanisms, their root causes, and
corrective options for root causes. It has also created the most
comprehensive suite of guidelines and analysis tools for boiler component
life management.
Federation of Electric Companies of
Japan, "Green Handbook Peer Review: Instructions for the Operation &
Maintenance Technologies and Efficiency Improvements for the Coal fired
Power Plants", (April 2007)
http://www.fepc.or.jp/english/environment/asia-pacific/green_handbook_peer/index.html
This textbook has been prepared by Japanese electric power companies as a
contribution to “PGT-06-01: Best Practices for Power Generation” one of the
activities undertaken by the ‘Power Generation and Power Distribution Task
Force’ in the context of the ASIA-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP on Clean Development
and Climate. The textbook describes important issues associated with
maintaining, and enhancing, levels of heat efficiency at a coal-fired
thermal power plants, and constitutes a summary of matters of which all
technicians working in power generation plants need to be aware. The 482
pages in this manual cover in depth the best practices for thermal power
plants for functional and operational control, maintenance and efficiency
control, and environmental preservation.
International Energy Agency, IEA Coal
Research, Clean Coal Centre, “Prospects for upgrading coal-fired power
plants” (CCC/41, December 2000)
http://bookshop.iea-coal.org.uk/report/80566//80584/Prospects-for-upgrading-coal-fired-power-plants
This report discusses the prospects and market opportunities
for upgrading conventional pulverised coal-fired plants. It covers the
retrofitting and upgrading of pulverisers and their fuel distribution
system, particulate control, flue gas desulphurisation, and NOx abatement
and control measures. Process optimisation to minimise pollutant formation
and improve boiler efficiency is also described. The two repowering options
covered are circulating fluidised bed boilers and the integration of a
natural gas turbine to form a combined cycle.
U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy
Technology Laboratory, “Power Plant Improvement Initiative”
http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/coalpower/cctc/PPII/
The Power Plant Improvement
Initiative (PPII) was established in October 2000 to further the
commercial-scale demonstration of clean coal technologies at existing and
new electric generating facilities. The goals of PPII are geared toward
demonstrating near-term advances in technologies to increase the efficiency,
lower the emissions, and improve the economics and overall performance of
coal-fired power plants, and will build on the successes gained through the
Clean Coal Technology Demonstration Program (CCTDP). Projects will focus on
more effective and lower cost emission controls, and improving the
by-product utilization, performance and reliability of power plants.
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