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Improvements in fuel flexibility and operating cost reduction at CSU Drake Station with Targeted In-Furnace Injection technology
James Towell, Tom Martinez, David Hightower, Richard Maxey, Gerry Snow, PE, Hector Gonzalez and Robert Rians
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Figure 1. Drake Unit 7 Gas Flow Vectors
Figure 1. Drake Unit 7 Gas Flow Vectors


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Editor’s note: This paper, PWR2010-27264, was printed with permission from ASME and was edited from its original format. To purchase this paper in its original format or find more information, visit the ASME Digital Store at www.asme.org.


James Towell, Tom Martinez, David Hightower and Richard Maxey work for Colorado Springs Utilities. You may contact them by e-mailing editorial@woodwardbizmedia.com.

Gerry Snow, PE, is a lead process engineer with Fuel Tech Inc. in Warrenville, Ill. In this capacity he supports Project Development and Project Execution activities and serves as a key technical resource to Fuel Tech’s utility and industrial power plant customers. He has more than 25 years of experience in conventional and advanced energy systems, and has led and contributed to significant projects across the U.S., U.K., Mexico, Eastern and Central Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan and South Korea. Snow holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering, is a registered Professional Engineer in two states, and is currently serving on the ASME PTC 19.10 Performance Test Code Committee.

Hector P. Gonzalez is manager of Site Operations for Fuel Tech Inc. in Colorado. He received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1983. He spent the next 13 years at several Commonwealth Edison generating stations. Gonzalez joined Fuel Tech Inc. in October 2002 as a project manager and is presently working on a couple of 2-year Targeted In Furnace Injection demonstrations with Xcel Energy. You may contact him by e-mailing editorial@woodwardbizmedia.com.

Robert Rians has more than 20 years of experience in the power generation industry. He received a bachelor’s degree from Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., in 1984 and a master’s degree in Industrial Relations from Loyola University of Chicago in 1988. Rians joined Fuel Tech in 2001 with the sales assignment to introduce Fuel Tech TIFI technology to the utility industry throughout the western United States. You may contact him by e-mailing editorial@woodwardbizmedia.com.

 
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