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| Foster Wheeler announces start-up of Lagisza CFB in Poland Foster Wheeler AG announced that the world's largest circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generator – which is also the world's first supercritical CFB - has successfully started operating at the Lagisza power plant, owned by Polish utility company Południowy Koncern Energetyczny SA (PKE). Foster Wheeler's Global Power Group provided the turnkey supply of the boiler island, including engineering and design, erection, civil work, start-up, and commissioning. The new CFB replaces 1960s-era pulverized coal units at the power plant and was built adjacent to the old boilers. Many existing plant systems, including coal handling and water treatment, were renovated for use with the new CFB unit. The Lagisza CFB produces 460 MWe of electricity at an efficiency level well above that of typical coal plants. The unit incorporates a number of advanced design features such as compact solid separators, INTREX super heaters, and low-temperature flue-gas heat recovery that captures valuable heat that would otherwise be lost. The unit incorporates – for the first time ever in any CFB – highly efficient BENSON vertical-tube supercritical steam technology. BENSON vertical tube is a new steam technology that is more efficient and reliable than conventional supercritical technology prevalent in the market today. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |