Fulton Steam Boiler Used at Gasplasma Test Plant
Fulton has supplied Advanced Plasma Power (APP) with one of its Electropack EP60 steam boilers, which has almost tripled the steam capacity at the company's Gasplasma test facility in Swindon. The plant is a test facility built to evaluate different types of wastes supplied by clients from various countries to optimise the Gasplasma process and, subsequently, the viability of a plant for that specific location. A spokesperson for APP said: 'Given the growing interest in the Gasplasma process and subsequent increases in steam loads, we needed to upgrade our Fulton Electropack EP24 electric steam boiler.
'As it has been reliable, and the larger EP60 model almost tripled out output to 92kg per hour, buying another Fulton boiler was an easy decision,' he added. The spokesperson said that the footprint of both models is identical, and similar plumbing interfaces minimised installation costs. The Electropack EP60 is part of a seven-model range designed for steam loads between 27.5 and 153kg/hr. Fully packaged in a modern case, all services are conveniently connected at the rear for easy installation.
It can be easily moved to provide 'point-of-use' steam wherever required in a plant and the heating elements are individually switched to allow the boiler to respond quickly and efficiently to variable steam demands. The first section of APP's Gasplasma process creates a fuel, called RDF, from the waste by removing all recyclable materials including glass, metals, hard plastics, oversized objects and any other materials that have a recyclable market value. The second section has three main stages.
The first stage, where the Electropack EP60 is installed, uses steam from the E60 for the vigorous fluidisation of a sandbed in the fluidised bed gasifier, transforming the fuel into a synthesis gas that contains tars and soot. A second separate stage connected to the fluid bed gasifier is a plasma converter that purifies the synthesis gas, vitrifying the ash and inorganic fraction from the gasifier. A third stage then cleans, cools and conditions the synthesis gas before passing it to the final section, a power island, where it is used to drive gas engines to generate renewable, secure and clean heat and energy.
'As it has been reliable, and the larger EP60 model almost tripled out output to 92kg per hour, buying another Fulton boiler was an easy decision,' he added. The spokesperson said that the footprint of both models is identical, and similar plumbing interfaces minimised installation costs. The Electropack EP60 is part of a seven-model range designed for steam loads between 27.5 and 153kg/hr. Fully packaged in a modern case, all services are conveniently connected at the rear for easy installation.
It can be easily moved to provide 'point-of-use' steam wherever required in a plant and the heating elements are individually switched to allow the boiler to respond quickly and efficiently to variable steam demands. The first section of APP's Gasplasma process creates a fuel, called RDF, from the waste by removing all recyclable materials including glass, metals, hard plastics, oversized objects and any other materials that have a recyclable market value. The second section has three main stages.
The first stage, where the Electropack EP60 is installed, uses steam from the E60 for the vigorous fluidisation of a sandbed in the fluidised bed gasifier, transforming the fuel into a synthesis gas that contains tars and soot. A second separate stage connected to the fluid bed gasifier is a plasma converter that purifies the synthesis gas, vitrifying the ash and inorganic fraction from the gasifier. A third stage then cleans, cools and conditions the synthesis gas before passing it to the final section, a power island, where it is used to drive gas engines to generate renewable, secure and clean heat and energy.
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