European Conference AD700 - Advanced (700 °C) PF Power Plant: A Clean Coal European Technology
European Conference AD700 - Advanced (700 °C) PF Power Plant:
A Clean Coal European Technology
October 27, 2005 in Milan
In 1998 started the ambitious AD700 - Advanced (700°C) PF Power Plant project. The overall purpose of this project is to prepare, develop and demonstrate the next generation of pulverized coal-fired power plants featuring advanced steam parameters. It has a great importance for the future use of coal as fuel for power generation and the EC are supporting the project by DG TREN and DG Research.
The application of newly developed nickel-based super alloys is to bring the live steam temperature up to 700°C compared with 600°C for the best plants currently commercially available. Hereby the efficiency can be increased from 47% to 55% resulting in a reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emission of almost 15%. The plant will have an output within the range 400-1000 MW and therefore its output will be appropriate for utility-scale electricity generation.
The new AD700 technology of coal-fired power plants support the aim of the Kyoto-protocol to reduce the CO2 emission in a mid-term perspective under the target for a secure and stable energy price.
Counting a total of 40 parties from 10 European countries, the project is heavily industry-oriented as two thirds of the participating companies are developers and suppliers of power plant equipment such as turbines, boilers, pipes and materials. Utilities and institutes for materials testing constitute the remaining participants. The future perspective is that the coming coal-based expansion of generating capacity in Europe and overseas (China, India, etc.) can be supported by offering a well-known technology with a hitherto unseen efficiency.
The AD700 project is divided into four phases. Phase 1 started 1998 and contained feasibility studies, material development and necessary testing programs. The present, Phase 2, is a continuation of the material development and component design and testing programmes and started the basic design for a full scale test facility. The results and outlook in the AD700 project are presented in the European Conference, AD700 - Advanced (700°C) PF Power Plant: A Clean Coal European Technology.
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