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COMBUSTION LECHO FLUIDIZADO [1 record]

Record 1 2003-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
CONT

The largest fluidized-bed boiler in operation ... generates 300,000 lb/hr (136,200 kg/hr) of high-pressure superheated steam for power generation. The boiler is a horizontally arranged multicell unit.

OBS

fluidized bed: A cushion of air or hot gas blown through the porous bottom slab of a container which can be used to float a powdered material as a means of drying, heating, quenching, or calcining the immersed components.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)
DEF

Chaudière dans laquelle le charbon broyé est maintenu en suspension par un courant d'air ascendant durant la combustion.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hornos y calderas (Calefacción)
DEF

Caldera de vapor en la que la calefacción se consigue por combustión de un combustible sólido en lecho fluidizado.

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