Conversion to Natural Gas Igniters Reduces Fuel Cost

摘要

Tampa Electric's generating fleet provides 4,700 MW of power to some 700,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in west central Florida. About 35% of this capacity, or 1,700 MW, is generated at the Big Bend Power Station in southeastern Hillsborough County. Big Bend operates three Riley Power turbo-fired 4000 MMBtu/h pulverized coal boilers (Units 1, 2, and 3) and one tangential-ly-fired Combustion Engineering 4300 MMBtu/h pulverized coal boiler (Unit 4). Each boiler uses pulverized coal for main fuel and No. 2 fuel oil for Class 1 oil igniters.