According to some estimates global consumption of coal in 2030 is projected to be on the same as today. Coal consumption is increasing strongly in China, India and South-East Asia.In Europe coal consumption is estimated to never grow but nevertheless about 170GW of latest power generation capacity depending on non-renewable fuels must be installed by 2020. Ladies growing interest towards firing petroleum coke and other refinery byproducts to provide steam with high efficiency and availability in CFB boilers. Efficiency and environmental performance, especially CO2 emissions will be among the key issues to consider when planning the modern capacity.

The proven high efficiency circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) technology offers good solutions for high efficiency electricity production and CO2 reduction. Foster Wheeler will be the world’s leading supplier of high-efficiency, low-emission circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boilers for coal and petroleum coke firing. First high efficiency CFB power plants to work with the supercritical steam parameters in coal firing with once-though steam cycle technology are large.

Circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler technology has established its position being a utility-scale boiler technology. When contemplating either new plants or repowering old plants, efficiency and environmental performance include the key issues. High efficiency means lower fuel consumption, and lower stages of ash and air emissions, including lower emissions of skin tightening and (CO2). To realize these goals, supercritical steam parameters are actually applied.

A welcome development