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INTRODUCTION This i s t h e twenty-first Technical Progress Report submitted t o t h e Department of EnergyThis r e p o r t covers t h e work completed during t h e Fourth Q u a r t e r of CY 1994.During t h i s quarter, t h e Tidd Hot Gas Clean Up System completed a 691-hour test r u n which began during t h e t h i r d quarter. T a b l e I summarizes a l l test runs s i n c e i n i t i a l operation. Following t h i s test run t h e system w a s shut down and t h e f i l t e r opened f o r inspection and recandling. The system remained out of s e r v i c e during t h e remainder of t h e quarter. I t i s planned t o resume operation of t h e system e a r l y i n t h e next quarter.11.WORK ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD
. 1 Detailed Design and Engineering
I n a d d i t i o n t o monitoring and evaluating t h e performance of t h e HGCU system during t e s t i n g , engineering e f f o r t w a s devoted t o p o s t t e s t inspection of t h e APF and evaluation of t h e e f f e c t s of t o t a l l y s p o i l i n gt h e primary cyclone. I n addition, w e worked with Westinghouse i n t h e s e l e c t i o n of replacement candles t h a t w e r e i n s t a l l e d during t h e f o u r t h quarter.
During t h e u n i t outage t h i s quarter, t h e primary cyclone upstream of t h e APF w a s modified t o force a l l of t h e ash t o pass through t h e cyclone ande n t e r t h e APF without using s p o i l i n g air.PFBC HGCU T e s t F a c i l i t y
Westinghouse Engineering and DesignSee Appendix 1
TestingTest Run 24 -9/22/94 to 10/2...