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Combustion - Fluidized-Bed Combustion Repower
APFBC Specifications

FBC Repower     Simple Description     Detailed Description     APFBC Specs     GTs for APFBC

Repowering Existing Power Plants with Advanced Circulating Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustion Combined Cycles

Typical Specifications:   L.V. Sutton Unit 2 Repowered with APFBC

Unit

Carolina Power & Light Company

L.V. Sutton Station

Unit 2:  1450 psi / 1000ºF / 1000ºF

Existing Plant Output
Prior to Repowering
106 MWe @ 10,660 Btu/kWh HHV
on compliance coal
After APFBC Repowering 226 MWe @ 8,041 Btu/kWh HHV
on high-sulfur coal or opportunity fuels
Estimated Overnight Construction Total Plant Cost $205,242,000 / $906/kW
Combustion Turbine

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation

W501F modified for APFBC operations with topping combustor, and multi-annular swirl burners rated
at 138 MW gross export air augmented with boost compression system

APFBC Manufacturer

Foster Wheeler

Jetting bed carbonizer operating at 230psi /1700ºF

Pressurized circulating fluidized-bed combustor
and heat exchanger operating at 230psi /1600ºF

High Temperature Ceramic Candle Filter Manufacturer

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation Science and Technology Center

Two fuel gas filters operating at 1400ºF

Six vitiated air filters operating at 1400ºF

Maximum particulate size: under 10 micron,
about 1 ppm by weight expected

Heat Recovery

Steam generation from combustion turbine exhaust in a heat recovery steam generator

Finishing superheat and reheat in fluid-bed heat exchanger

All feedwater heaters out of service except deaerator

Earliest Date APFBC Repowering Could Be Accomplished Year 2005
Type Repowering Boiler replacement repowering. 
Existing boiler demolished.