Madera Project
28 MWe Fluid Bed Power Plant
260,000 PPH(Agricultural Waste and Urban Wood Waste)
900 psi, 850 F
| Owner Madera Power (An EPI Company) Project Location Madera, California Project Completion July 1989 - Repowered June 2001 |
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Project Description
The fluid bed power plant can produce 28 megawatts (gross) electricity. The facility
utilizes fuels consisting of almond tree prunings, rice straw, wheat straw, cotton stalks,
and urban/demolition waste.
The plant provides for on-site storage and handling of the agri-waste and conveyance to an
EPI fluidized bed boiler system.
Particulate removal is accomplished in a mechanical collector followed by a baghouse. Flue gas recycle and ammonia and limestone injection into the fluid bed combustor are provided for simultaneous control of hydrocarbon, NOx and SOx emissions, and to handle varied fuel heating characteristics.
Fluor-Daniel Company served as EPC contractor for the project. TIC was the equipment erector.
Scope of Supply
EPI designed, fabricated and commissioned the fluid bed boiler system beginning with
the fuel metering bins and interfacing at the exit of the fluid bed combustion system. The
steam generation system, designed for 260,000 pounds per hour at 900 psi and 850 F,
includes a forced circulation loop that supplies all the boiler evaporation surface as
well as bed/vapor space heat transfer surface within the combustion chamber.