Once pulverized coal flows have been measured, they can be balanced and optimized. Until then, tuning is simply guesswork. The right way to balance furnace fuel flows is to establish solid baseline ...

Coal remains the most stable low-cost source of energy, but its lower qualities challenge users to meet stringent environmental regulations. The first step in any modification or fuel switching of a ...

Coal plant operators have reasonably accurate knowledge of how much coal they are burning in any individual boiler, either by testing to determine the exact unit heat rate, or measuring the rate at ...

•Fuel In: Fuel flow rate into the boiler on a wet basis. Waste products removed prior to the burners are not considered here. •Mercury In: This is the mass flow rate of total mercury entering the ...