Wirbelschicht‐Technologie: Neuentwicklungen für Kraftwerkstechnik und Umweltschutz

Fluidized bed technology: recent developments for power station engineering and pollution abatement. The principle of fluidization has been successfully applied to numerous areas of chemical engineering. Combustion of coal in a fluidized bed consisting of particles of ash and limestone or dolomite permits low-pollution utilization of coals having lower heating values or high sulphur contents without any need for removing sulphur from the exhaust gases. The present state of the art and world-wide development work on fluidized combustion are considered, as are the future prospects of this new energy technology.