KFX - KFx Provides Additional Update on Test Burn at FirstEnergy Facility
Wednesday September 13, 9:08 pm ET
DENVER, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KFx Inc. (Amex: KFX - News) yesterday reported that it received test burn results of its first unit train shipment of K-Fuel(TM) Refined Coal. The test burn was recently conducted by KFx's customer, FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE - News). The customer observed that the K-Fuel(TM) Refined Coal exhibited improved heat content in the plant's boiler relative to raw Powder River Basin Coals burned in that facility.
The test burn was conducted at a utility plant in the Ohio region which often experiences a power de-rating on its boilers when burning raw Power River Basin Coal.
The plant staff tested the shipment of K-Fuel(TM) Refined Coal and reported an improvement to the power de-rating that occurs in boilers when burning raw Powder River Basin Coals. No significant problems were reported with the train shipment, barge unloading, bunkering, or pulverizing. Only two issues were reported: first, there was fugitive dust that occurred during the transloading process from rail to barge. Second, a few of the delivered cars exhibited elevated heat content. The K-Fuel(TM) was sprayed with water and a dust suppressor during transloading, which reduced the dust issue and the shipment proceeded to the plant as expected. The customer also indicated that there was no slagging or ash handling problems experienced in the test burn.
Discussions with the customer regarding potential future shipments of K-Fuel(TM) Refined Coal continue. KFx expects that these issues will be remedied quickly through the use of standard dust suppressers, as well as normal packing and loading procedures to prevent localized heat elevation, as these are issues and remedies typical of Power River Basin coals.
About KFx
KFx Inc. offers combined energy, environmental and economic solutions to coal-fired power generating facilities and industrial coal users in the United States and internationally. Our proprietary K-Fuel(TM) process uses heat and pressure to physically and chemically transform high moisture, low-Btu coals, such as subbituminous coal and lignite, into a more energy efficient, lower- emission fuel. A co-benefit of the K-Fuel(TM) process is the removal of significant amounts of impurities, including mercury, and the reduction of emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide.
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