ESSENTIALS OF THE ICPET-SA EXPERIENCE TO USE BITUMINOUS SHALES IN ORDER TO PRODUCE POWER

This paper deals with the essential technical data and conclusions sho wing an economic character, as obtained from the experience acquired b y ICPET-SA as a result of the research works conducted, to use bitumin ous shales in order to produce electrical power. These research works have been carried out both in the laboratory, on 100 t/h and 1035 t/h steam boilers made to operate initially by firing lignite and later ad apted to fire bituminous shales, and in a 330 MW unit thermo-electric power station equipped with two 520 t/h steam boilers, especially manu factured to operate by firing bituminous shales with an average heatin g value of 4.1 MJ/kg.