Healy Clean Coal Project. Quarterly technical progress report number 27, July 1--September 30, 1997

The Healy Clean Coal Project, selected by the US Department of Energy under Round 3 of the Clean Coal Technology Program is currently in construction. The project is owned and financed by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA), and is cofunded by the US Department of Energy. Construction is 99.8% complete and scheduled for physical completion on November 15, 1997, with startup activity concluding in early 1998. Demonstration testing and reporting of the results will take place in 1998, followed by commercial operation of the facility. The emission levels of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and particulates from this 50 megawatt plant are expected to be significantly lower than current standards. The primary objective of the project is to demonstrate a new power plant design which features the innovative integration of an advanced combustor and heat recovery system coupled with both high- and low-temperature emission control processes. Equipment includes entrained combustion slagging systems coupled with a boiler which will produce low NOx levels, and function as a limestone calciner and first-stage SO{sub 2} remover in addition to its heat recovery function; a single spray dryer absorber vessel for second-stage SO{sub 2} removal; a baghouse for third-stage SO{sub 2} and particulate removal; and a lime activation system which recovers unused reagent from particulate collected in the baghouse