Comanche Unit 3 (USA) two-pass boiler0 pages
CASE STUDY: Steam product solutions
Comanche Unit 3, USA
Two-pass boiler
Comanche 3 is an
advanced, highly efficient,
supercritical coal unit
that can generate more
electricity with less fuel,
compared to previous
units.
The Comanche 3 generating unit is an expansion of the existing Comanche power
station in Pueblo, Colorado.
Following a contract awarded in September 2005 and a commercial operation in
2010, the unit is providing Xcel Energy customers with clean, reliable and economical
electricity from the United States’ abundant domestic coal resources.
The supercritical Alstom two-pass boiler at Comanche 3 is the core element of one of
the most advanced steam power plant in the USA.
Country:t USA
Customer:t Xcel Energy
Scope of supply:t EPC boiler Island including SCR
Product: t Supercritical boiler, selective catalytic reduction system
Electrical output:t 814 MW
Commercial operation:t 2010
The Alstom boiler at Comanche 3 is a vertical wall, two-pass design equipped with
Alstom’s unique TFS 2000® firing system that will burn Powder River Basin coal.
Coupled with a selective catalytic reduction system, the Comanche 3 unit will achieve
one of the lowest nitrogen oxide emissions in the US.
The boiler’s high pressure, high temperature advanced steam cycle significantly
increases plant efficiency, and thus will also minimise emissions and fuel costs.
Project Highlights
TPWR/CASE/CU3USA/EN/2.2014/CHE/1979
•tThe first supercritical steam
power plant unit in Colorado
•tSelective Catalytic Reduction
(SCR) technology, for reduced
NOx emissions
•tComanche 3 single unit’s
output higher than previous t
2 units cumulated output
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