DOE approves $195 million funding under Clean Coal Program for demonstration project using Foster Wheeler PCFB boiler.CLINTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 1996--The United States Department of Energy The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government responsible for energy policy and nuclear safety. Its purview includes the nation's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, (DOE) has approved approximately $195 million of funding from its Clean Coal Program to continue a clean-coal technology development program using a Foster Wheeler pressurized pres·sur·ize tr.v. pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing, pres·sur·iz·es 1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine). 2. circulating fluidized-bed (PCFB PCFB Pressurized Circulating Fluidized Bed PCFB Principal Component Filter Bank PCFB Polk County Farm Bureau (Georgia) PCFB Point Cook Fire Brigade (Point Cook, Victoria, Australia) ) boiler at the McIntosh Power Station of the City of Lakeland, Fla. in a four-year demonstration project, it was announced here today. The 160-170 megawatt full-scale demonstration project is a cooperative effort that includes the City of Lakeland, the DOE, and a consortium of Foster Wheeler Energy Corp., Foster Wheeler USA Corp. and Westinghouse Electric Corp. The Lakeland PCFB project is considered especially important because of the technology's potential to produce electricity with significantly higher efficiency and lower emissions than conventional coal-fired technologies. In addition, it will be able to produce electricity at a more competitive price. Foster Wheeler will provide engineering, detail design, procurement, manufacture of key components, construction and commissioning services for the McIntosh Unit 4 PCFB demonstration project. Westinghouse will supply the filters, topping combustor com·bus·tor n. A combustion chamber and its igniters, injectors, and other related apparatus in a jet engine or gas turbine. A name generally assigned to the combination of flame holder or stabilizer, igniter, combustion chamber, and and gas turbines. The City of Lakeland will run the plant during the scheduled four-year demonstration period, with Foster Wheeler providing on-site assistance and supervision. The PCFB in non-topping cycle is scheduled to start up sometime around the year 2000, and the topping cycle about two years later. Foster Wheeler Development Corp. (FWDC FWDC Forward Collect ), the New Jersey-based research-and-development arm of Foster Wheeler Corp., has been heavily involved in the development of pressurized circulating fluidized-bed technology since the mid 1980s. The PCFB design in non-topping cycle was under development both at FWDC in Livingston, N.J., and Foster Wheeler Pyropower in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . The topping cycle was developed with a Livingston pilot plant. The approval by the DOE authorizes execution of Cooperative Agreements allocating a total of $195 million of funding from the Clean Coal Program with matching cost share from the City of Lakeland and the other participants in the project. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. -- a major United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. subsidiary of Foster Wheeler Corp. -- designs and fabricates steam-generating equipment for electric utilities, industrial users and public authorities. Foster Wheeler USA Corp. -- a major United States subsidiary of Foster Wheeler Corp. -- designs, engineers and manages the construction of plant facilities for a wide range of industries, including petroleum refiners and chemical and pharmaceutical producers. Foster Wheeler Corp. is a global company offering a broad range of design, engineering, construction, manufacturing, project development and management, research, plant operations and environmental services The various combinations of scientific, technical, and advisory activities (including modification processes, i.e., the influence of manmade and natural factors) required to acquire, produce, and supply information on the past, present, and future states of space, atmospheric, . The corporation's headquarters are at Clinton. CONTACT: Foster Wheeler Corporation Foster-Wheeler (FWLT) is a global conglomerate with a focus on Engineering, Construction and Procurement (EPC) and power, which form two different groups of the company. The company was formed in 1927 by the merger of a power company (created by the Foster family) with Wheeler Harry Levy, 908/730-4448 Richard C. Kroll, 908/730-4444 |
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