Because Paddy's Run No. 6 is a peak-load boiler, the boiler, and consequently the scrubber, was shutdown in December because of a low demand for electricity. In- creased demand caused LG&E to restart the boiler, controlled by the FGD system, in July 1974.
Read MoreBoiler Evaporation & Efficiency: Boiler efficiency is calculated from husk fuel energy feed to the boiler divided by energy in the water evaporated during this period. Rate of evaporation and feed is calculated by dividing the water and paddy husk consumed by boiler
Read MoreIt was used in a rice mill in Myanmar as fuel of the boiler that created steam used for powering a rice mill with a steam engine (International steam, 2015; How steam engine work, 2015). Rice husk furnaces, such as the inclined grate manual-fed furnace and the automatic non-grate furnace, have been researched and developed in recent years.
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