How Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers Work?

Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) combustion boilers gives the flexibility for combustion of a wide range of coals and alternative fuel sources. All this without compromising efficiency and with reduced emissions. This article gives a brief description of the working of a CFB boiler. At the bottom of the boiler furnace there is a bed of inert material. Bed is where the coal or fuel spreads. Air supply is from under the bed at high pressure. This lifts the bed material and the coal particles and keeps it in suspension. The coal combustion takes place in this suspended condition. This is the Fluidized bed.