Nucla CFB Demonstration Project - Project Brief [PDF-302KB] (Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Combustion)
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., Nucla, CO 

PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS

• Final Reports
  • Nucla Circulation Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Demonstration Project, Final Report, February 1987- January 1991 [PDF-16.6MB] (Oct 1991)
• CCT Reports: Project Performance Summaries, Post-Project Assessments, & Topical Reports
  • Nucla ACFB Demonstration Project - Project Performance Summary [PDF-1.9MB] (June 1999)
  • The Nucla Circulating Fluidized-Bed Demonstration Project - A U.S. DOE Post-Project Assessment [PDF-3.2MB] (June 1995)
•   Design Reports
  • Nucla CFB Demonstration Project: Detailed Public Design Report [PDF-9.5MB] (Dec 1990)
•    Interim Reports
  • Clean Coal Reference Plants: Atmospheric CFB, Topical Report, Task 1, [PDF-6.1MB] (June 1992)
  • Demonstration Program Performance Test: Summary Reports (Mar 1992)
  • Economic Evaluation Report, Topical Report [PDF-4.2MB] (Mar 1992)
  • Colorado-Ute Nucla Station Circulating Fluidized- Bed (CFB) Demonstration-Volume 2: Test Program Results (Oct 1991)
• Environmental Reports
  • The Final Environmental Report is included in the Final Technical Report
• Comprehensive Report to Congress
  • Comprehensive Report to Congress on the Clean Coal Technology Program: Nucla CFB Demonstration Project [PDF-1.2MB] (July 1988)

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

• S.A. Bush and M.L. Pendergrass (Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.), and M.A. Friedman (Combustion Systems Inc.), "Tri-State's Nucla CFB Demonstrates Benefits of Clean Coal Technology Program," Fourth Annual Clean Coal Technology Conference: The Global Opportunity, Denver, Colorado, September 1995.
• S.A. Bush (Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.), et al., "Tri-State's Nucla Station: Demonstration to Commercialization," Proceedings of the American Power Conference (Volume 56-II), 56th Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 1994.
• J. Buck and S.A. Bush (Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.), and N. Rekos (U.S. Department of Energy), "Operating Costs for the 110 MWe Nucla CFB," Twelfth International Conference on Fluidized-Bed Combustion, May 1993.
• S.A. Bush and T.J. Heller (Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.), M.A. Friedman (Combustion Systems, Inc.), and N.F. Rekos (Morgantown Energy Technology Center), "Nucla CFB Demonstration CCT Program Summary: Project Origins through Test Completion," First Annual Clean Coal Technology Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, September 1992.
• M.A. Friedman (Combustion Systems, Inc.), et al., "Update on the Nucla CFB Clean Coal Demonstration Project," ASME International Joint Power Generation Conference, San Diego, California, October 1991.
• M.A. Friedman (Combustion Systems, Inc.), T.J. Heller (Colorado-Ute Electric Association), and T.J. Boyd (Electric Power Research Institute), "Operational Data from 110 MWe Nucla CFB," Eleventh International Conference on Fluidized Bed Combustion, April 1991.
• A. Weinberg, L. Holcomb, and R. Butler, "Field Study of Wastes from Fluidized Bed Combustion Technologies," Eleventh International Conference on Fluidized Bed Combustion: Volume 2, April 1991. Available from American Society of Mechanical Engineers.