Process approaches to utilization of domestic low-grade fuels for power generation

Utilization of domestic fuel resources is one of the ways that are being discussed and defined in the guiding documents to increase the energy security and formation of economically feasible fuel and energy balances in the Russian Federation regions. For the territories possessing occurrences of lignite, this type of fossil fuel is of primary importance under the favorable conditions.Based on the example of Talovskoye deposit in Tomsk region, the technically viable options of low-grade fuels utilization at the regional thermal power plants were considered, as well as at the industrial and municipal power facilities. A high-priority implication for implementing all options, including burning of domestic coal fuel just-in-time, in combination with the basic fuel, supplied to the region together with thermal processing products and other, the absence or minimization of costs for modernization of the operating main and auxiliary equipment is adopted. Limitations, imposed by the utilized fuel properties, are specified for every technology under discussion.