1986 Fluidised bed firing for disrtict heating plant

Cornel. Schmidt GmbH & Co KG, after building combustion equipment for decades, Cornel. Schmidt GmbH & Co KG, has delivered in 1986 a hot water boiler with fluidised bed combustion for the heating plant of EBV (Eschweiler Bergwerksverein) for their district heating system. In this unit low volatile coal from the EBV mine is used.

This was the first time, when the patented system for special part load in fluidised bed units was employed. The patent documentation can be downloaded from the German patent office under the following number: DE 3437 486 A1.

Please enter the patent number in this link to the German patent office

The company Cornel. Schmidt GmbH & Co KG has supplied this unit as a turn key plant, including a bag house filter for the flue gas clean up.

German newspaper copy from 1986 about the fluidised bed plant (3Mb)

Dipl Ing, Michael Kaden was managing director of Cornel. Schmidt GmbH & Co. and has, during his work at this company, introduced new technologies.