Equipment design power plants

General information relevant to electrical system design is given in Chapter 16. Within an industrial power plant, the following key items of electrical equipment need to be addressed ... 

Electric Power System Design For specific applications, fuel cells can be used to supply DC power distribution systems designed to feed DC drives such as motors or solenoids, controls, and other auxiliary system equipment. The goal of the commercial fuel cell power plant is to deliver usable AC power to an electrical distribution system. This goal is accomplished through a subsystem that has the capability to deliver the real power (watts) and reactive power (VARS) to a facility s internal power distribution system or to a utility s grid. The power conditioning... 

The design procedure used by Kosters, of Shell Oil Co., who developed this equipment, requires pilot plant measurements on the particular system of HTU and slip velocity as functions of power input. The procedure for scaleup is summarized in Table 14.5, and results of a typical design worked out by Kosters (in Lo et al., 1983, pp. 391-405) are summarized in Example 14.11. Scaleup by this method is said to be reliable in going from 64 mm dia to 4-4.5 m dia. The data of Figure 14.18 are used in this study. 

Operators of the Tokyo demonstration plant have concluded that phosphoric acid fuel cell technology is ready for commercialization. The project demonstrated that (I) fuel cells can be sited in urban areas which are regulated by strict environmental constraints (2) performance and operational characteristics were very close to design goals and (3) utility personnel can efficiently operate and maintain fuel cell plant equipment with minimal additional training. As a consequence of the demonstration plant success, a new 11 -MW power plant will be developed and marketed. A comparison of the new 1 C 23 Unit with the 4,5 MW demonstration plant is given in Table 4. 

Engineering Construction Industrial Plant Design Development Energy Methanol Equipment Power Systems Manufacturer Cogeneration Electric Plant Operation Independent Power Plant Operation Renewable Energy Technology Fluidized Bed Conventional Boilers... 

Four plants are reported to have considered burning TDF supplementally in boilers with a primary fuel of biomass or refuse-derived fuel. These plants are listed in Table 7-1. Two RDF fired power plants are attempting to obtain permits to bum tires.10 One biomass burner in Maine is reportedly in the permit process, and has been designed with the capability of burning tires.12 Personnel at the State Air Pollution Agency in South Carolina indicated that several municipalities had tried, unsuccessfully, in the past to bum TDF in their RDF incinerators.11 No information was obtained on boiler configuration or air pollution control equipment. 

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