Abstract
In expectation of mixing wood pellets in the fuel at Maizuru Power Plant Unit 1 ("Plant) at the Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., we have been conducting tests using in-house testing equipment to determine pulverization and combustion characteristics of the wood pellets. As a result, the pellets' characteristics were successfully ascertained. In line with the upcoming commencement of mixed fuel operation, we have implemented trial runs at the Plant in an effort to establish a method for setting the maximum mixing ratio in a coal pulverizer with different coal properties, and to confirm the combustion characteristics and boiler heat absorption balance.
