Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has entered into a long-term Technology License Agreement (TLA) with Sumitomo SHI FW, Finland (SFW) for circulating fluidized bed combustion (CFBC) boilers.
The agreement covers design, engineering, manufacturing, erection, commissioning and sale of subcritical as well as supercritical CFBC boilers in India and in overseas territories except select countries.
The TLA with SFW will strengthen BHEL’s comprehensive capabilities to cater to power plant requirements meeting extant emission norms and contribute to the Government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, a release from BHEL said.
Fuel flexibility
CFBC boiler technology has inherent benefits – fuel flexibility while meeting extant emission norms and better operational flexibility at part loads vis-à-vis conventional coal-based technologies. Further, CFBC boilers have lower SOx and NOx emissions and hence do not require installation of additional emission control equipment/systems. Significantly, this technology will also enable BHEL to provide biomass co-fired CFBC Boilers.
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SFW
SFW is a global, innovative provider of energy and environmental technologies and services focusing on high efficiency and flexible generation of energy. SFW has the largest global network for CFBC technology, having delivered over 540 CFBC boilers, which includes state-of-the-art Once-Through supercritical boilers supplied to large power plants running successfully over the past several years.
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