Abstract
Circulating fluidized bed combustion (CFBC) power generation technology has developed rapidly in the last 30 years, and is now fully commercial and available at sizes up to 600MW. However, pulverized coal (PC) boiler technology remains the primary power generation technology for premium fuels and CFBC technology is used mainly to fire fuels not suited for PC applications. The chapter shows that up to 500MW capacity CFBC plants hold a thermal and economic advantage over PC plants even when fired with premium fuels, and that this advantage is enhanced by their ability to fire low-cost ‘opportunity’ fuels. To maintain their cost competitiveness, CFBC plants need to progress to the larger sizes at which PC plants are available, 750MW and above.
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