Southwestern Electric Power Company — Arkansas, USA

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Southwestern Electric Power Company

American Electric Power

Fulton, Arkansas

Plant Owner

Southwestern Electric Power Company,

American Electric Power

Plant Name

John W. Turk, Jr. Unit 1

Location

Fulton, Arkansas

Contract Order: 2006

Commercial Operation: 2012

B&W Scope

• Ultra-supercritical coal-fired boiler with air quality control system
• Construction by Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., Inc.
• Startup and commissioning advisory services
• Training

Boiler Specifications

• Boiler type: Pulverized coal-fired Spiral Wound Universal Pressure (SWUP) -type supercritical boiler
• Design fuel: Low sulfur Powder River Basin coal
• Nominal capacity: 600 MW net
• Steam flow: 4,419,400 lb/h (557 kg/s)
• Superheater outlet pressure:3789 psig (26.2 MPa)
• SH/RH outlet temperature: 1114/1126 F (601/608 C)

Environmental Equipment

• DRB-4Z^® low NOx burners and overfire air
• Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) NOx removal system
• Spray dry absorber flue gas desulfurization system
• Pulse jet fabric filter particulate collector

Other Equipment Supplied by B&W

• B&W Roll Wheel^® pulverizers, Series 98
• Convection pass and Hydrojet^® sootblower boiler cleaning systems
• Powerclean™ intelligent sootblowing system

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Sectional Sideview of John W. Turk, Jr. Unit 1 Boiler with Air Quality Control

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