U K C A P A B I L I T Y

Department of Trade and Industry

for the

CB 003

M A R C H 1 9 9 8

INSTRUMENTATION
AND CONTROL FOR
CONVENTIONAL
COAL-FIRED
POWER PLANT

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INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL FOR CONVENTIONAL
COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT

I N T R O D U C T I O N
A N D S C O P E
This brochure aim s to present a sum m ary of the U Ks capability in the
field of instrum entation and control equipm ent for conventional coal
com bustion plant. A s such, its scope encom passes equipm ent associated
w ith conventional pulverised coal-fired pow er stations; the specific
instrum entation and control requirem ents for advanced coal-fired pow er
generation plant (Integrated G asification C om bined C ycle (IG C C ),
A tm ospheric Fluidised Bed C om bustion A FBC and Pressurised Fluidised
Bed C om bustion) is not covered here.
A s lim its on the em ission of gaseous pollutants are tightened and
regulation of the disposal of fly ash increases, the lim itations of current
instrum entation and control technology for coal-fired pow er generation
plant are being exposed. C oal-fired pow er stations have traditionally been
equipped w ith relatively sim ple control system s. In order to m eet tighter
em issions regulations, m ore accurate and sophisticated instrum entation
and control system s are required.
In recent years, U K generators have m oved from traditional U K coal
supplies, w hich have fairly predictable qualities, to the use of im ported
coals and coal blends. The internationally-traded coals are increasingly
used by pow er generators to reduce fuel costs. This pattern of coal-use
is likely to be increasingly reflected in w orld-w ide coal-based pow er
generating scene. These new er fuel sources can have less predictable
qualities, w hich in turn can affect plant perform ance. C onsequently, coal
blending to m aintain and control fuel quality (predom inantly sulphur
content and, to som e extent, ash content) is increasing in im portance.
U nfortunately, m any coal properties are non-additive, and relationships
need to be derived em pirically. The w ide variability in characteristics of
the different coals used by generators can still lead to unpredictable
m illing and com bustion behaviour. It is therefore im portant that the
w hole com bustion process is m onitored effectively in order to determ ine
the effects of blends on em issions and com bustion efficiency.
A further factor that has required generators to im prove instrum entation
and control in pow er plant is changing electricity dem ands. Even the
first generation of supercritical pow er stations could use relatively
unsophisticated control system s as they w ere designed to be operated at a
steady high pow er output (base load operation). The changing electricity
dem ands currently placed on U K coal-fired pow er stations m ean that they
are now obliged to vary their output accordingly (load follow ing operation).
In the U K, the increase in use of C om bined C ycle G as Turbine (C C G T)
plant for pow er generation has m eant that the m ajority of U K coal-fired
plant no longer operate on base load. Instead, m ost coal-fired plant
operate the specific load follow ing regim e of tw o-shift operation, w hilst
the C C G T plant operate at base load. Tw o-shift operation m eans that the
plant w ill operate at high output (~80% ) for half the day (usually during
daylight hours), and very low output for the second half of the day. This
pattern of operation is also being increasingly seen in coal-based plant
w orld-w ide, and the issues faced by pow er plant control system s have
global significance.
W hen the electricity dem and for a pow er station is varied during load
follow ing operation, there m ust be corresponding changes in the fuel,
air and w ater inputs to m aintain the quality of the steam and to avoid
dam age to the boiler, turbines and associated equipm ent. M aintaining
close control over boiler conditions during rapid changes of dem and is
difficult. D ynam ic effects, such as therm al capacity and inertia, can result
in appreciable delays betw een a control action and the desired response.
A s elsew here in the w orld, the need to operate supercritical boilers safely
w hile load follow ing has led to the introduction of sophisticated com puter-
based control system s. These optim al regulator controllers vary the boiler
inputs in light of a com puter m odel of the system s responses. C om puter
based intelligentcontrol system s are also currently being developed on
sub-critical stations around the w orld. In the U K, Pow erG en are involved
in developing the G N O C IS neural netw ork control system to balance N O
X
and carbon in ash levels. W ith rapid increases in available com puting
pow er, the facility to build ever m ore intelligentcontrol system s appears
to be lim ited to som e extent by sensor technology.
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Figure 1. Schematic of a typical pf-fired power station (the scrubber and De-NO
X
units are possible retro-fit options)
There are a num ber of control blocksw ithin a conventional coal-fired
pow er station:
1. Steam pressure and generated pow er control
2. C om bustion process control
3. Steam tem perature control
4. W ater-steam circuit control
This publication w ill concentrate on block 2 from the above list: the
instrum entation and control m ethods used in the com bustion process of
a coal-fired pow er station, ie that part of the overall process that is m ost
associated specifically w ith the use of coal. For the purposes of this
docum ent, the com bustion process w ill include the follow ing:
Pulverised coal distribution system
Boiler/burner system
C oal quality
C om bustion em issions
The brochure w ill also m ention the new generation of advanced control
system s that are em erging from the developm ent of technology.
U K C A P A B I L I T I E S
P U L V E R I S E D C O A L
D I S T R I B U T I O N S Y S T E M
System s used to transport coal from the pulverisers to the burners can be
categorised into three types: direct, sem i-direct and indirect. The m ajority of
pow er stations are served by directly-fired system s, w hich are the sim plest of
the three. The direct system com prises the prim ary air fan, the m ill and the
air piping from the m ill to the burners. The prim ary air fan receives a m ixture
of am bient air and pre-heated air from the boiler w ind box. D irect system s
m ay use either air or flue gas as the coal drying and transport m edium .
In order to satisfy a dem and for additional heat in the boiler, coal flow
from the pulveriser can be increased. If a vertical spindle m ill is being
used, then the coal feed to the m ill is increased w ith an according
increase in the flow and tem perature of the air to the pulveriser. The
flow of prim ary air into a m ill can be regulated by varying the degree of
opening of dam pers at the inlet (w here the prim ary air fans are com m on
to all m ills) or by adjusting the speed of individual prim ary air fans. The
prim ary air flow can be m easured w ith either venturis or aerofoils. The
flow of coal into a m ill can be regulated by varying the speed of the
coal feeder. If a tube m ill is being used, then the air flow through the
m ill is increased, as is the coal flow to m aintain the m ill level. U K
com panies currently supplying air flow m etering devices for use in pow er
plant include:

Carne Perfolow, Coulton Instrumentation, Danfoss
Limited, Delta Controls Limited, Endress +Hauser, Erwin Sick
Optic-Electronic Limited, Fisher Rosemount, Foxboro, Honeywell
Control Systems Limited, Schlumberger and Spirax-Sarco Limited.
Ideally, a m easure of coal flow to individual burners w ould be possible.
C urrently, there are a num ber of R& D projects on-going in the U K aim ed
at developing an on-line pulverised fuel (pf) flow m eter. O ne of the m ost
notable of these is at The University of Teesside in partnership w ith
ABB Kent-Taylor Limited. Full-scale plant trials of these electrostatic
m eters w ere carried out on Scottish Pow ers M ethil pow er station, and
proved very successful in giving a reliable m easure of com parative fuel split
at a trifurcation in the pf feed pipew ork (see Figure 2 for plant schem atic).
A nother is the m icrow ave m ass flow technique developed by IN FLO C ontrol
System s Lim ited and trialled extensively in G erm any. Figure 3 show s a
schem atic of a typical pulverised fuel m ill system and the control m ethods.
The process of picking up pow dered coal in suspension creates a resistance
to the flow of air, the resistance increasing w ith the rate of pick-up. The
differential pressure from the m ill inlet to outlet is therefore m easured and
used as an em pirical indication of the rate of production of pf in suspension.

1 Slagcontrol system
2 Flame monitoring
3 Mill monitoring
4 Acid dew point meters
5 Oxygen analyser
6 CO monitors
7 NO
X
/CO/O
2
8 Opacity/dust monitoring
Pulverizer
Superheater Reheater
Preheater
Precipitator
SO
2
scrubber
NH
3
injection
De-NO
X
Emissions stack
5
7
8
6
7
8
6
5
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The air entering the m ill passes through airheaters and further heat is
generated by the m illing action itself. For optim um therm al efficiency,
the coal/air m ixture should be at the highest tem perature that can be
tolerated, but there is an upper lim it to this, dictated by the flashpoint of
the m ixture. The hot air leaving the airheaters has therefore to be m ixed
w ith cold tem peringair to ensure that the m ill outlet tem perature is at an
acceptable level. A n autom atic control loop m aintains this tem perature at
the optim um value by regulating the flow of tem pering air.
It is possible to m easure the particle size in a pf m ill using an acoustic
technique produced by INFLO Control Systems Limited. This can provide
valuable m ill condition m onitoring.
To enable effective control of the pulverised coal distribution system ,
the follow ing param eters should be m easured/m onitored:
Prim ary air flow (i/c)c
Pulveriser differential pressure (i/c)c
C oal/air tem perature (i/c)c
Tem pering air tem perature (i/c)c
Pulveriser exhauster pressure (i/c)c
C oal silo level for coal delivery (i/m )c
A sh hopper level (i/m )c
Precipitator hopper levels (i/m )c
(i/c)c =instrumentation for control: current practice
(i/c)f =instrumentation for control: future practice
(i/m)c =instrumentation for measurement: current practice
(i/m)f =instrumentation for measurement: future practice
Figure 3. Pulverised fuel mill control
Mill
feeder
controller
+
K
DV
MV
V
Pulverised fuel
to burners
Fuel hopper
Fuel feeder
Speed
regulation Pulverisingmill
Aerofoil
Differential
pressure
transmitters
Main
air
duct
Inlet damper
Speed
regulation
Primary air fan
Master
demand
signal
Primary
air flow
controller
DV
MV
Figure 3. Pulverised fuel mill control
Figure 2. Schematic of the plant set-up for the electrostatic pf meter trials at
Scottish Powers Methil power station
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B O I L E R / B U R N E R S Y S T E M
A typical pf-fired pow er station boiler is represented schem atically in Figure
4. Banks of pf burners, fed w ith com bustion air and pf from the m illing
system , fire into the boiler. The boiler is lined w ith heat exchanger tubes
that convert w ater to steam to drive the station turbines. Banks of heat
exchange tubes are also positioned at the exit of the boiler in order to
gain the m axim um possible efficiency from the heat produced in the
com bustion process. These banks are know n as the superheater, reheater
and econom iser (see Figure 1).
Param eters that w ill determ ine the com bustion operation of a pf
boiler include:
Prim ary air: pf ratio;
Secondary air distribution;
Burner tilt (on tangentially-fired boilers);
M ill firing pattern.
O nce these param eters have been set to obtain optim um com bustion
efficiency, then they are usually kept fairly constant. Plant operators have
m ost control over the m ill firing pattern, w hich can be used to affect the
steam tem perature and pressure.
In practice, the above param eters are not altered during boiler operation in
order to control com bustion conditions. H ow ever, the follow ing is a list if
the m ethods of altering these param eters:
Prim ary air: pf ratio change coal feed rate, change prim ary
air fan speed
Secondary air distribution change dam per positions
Burner tilt m anual alteration of individual burners
M ill firing pattern alter the individual m ill feed rates to
sets of burners
The aim of pow er station boiler control is to m aintain optim um com bustion
efficiency. G ood levels of com bustion efficiency are necessary in order to
save costs on fuel consum ption, sim ultaneously reducing total carbon
dioxide (C O
2
) em issions, and to reduce levels of unburnt carbon in fly ash.
M any of the operational constraints on a pf-fired pow er station are set by
m etallurgical lim its w hich are tem perature dependent. The operation of
the plant and its output therefore depends on the accuracy of tem perature
m easurem ent of critical parts of the plant, for exam ple, boiler tubes.
Tem perature also affects the efficiency of the plant and tem perature
m easurem ent is necessary to alert operators to unacceptable plant
conditions. M easurem ents are taken of superheater, reheater and
econom iser tem perature. Boiler tem perature is m easured on the steam
side rather than the gas side of the boiler. The environm ent on the gas
side of the boiler is too harsh to subject instrum entation to. D ue to the
extrem ely harsh conditions inside the boiler, it is necessary to infer w hat is
happening on the gas side. This is difficult, but an approxim ation of the
boiler tem perature distribution can be m ade using a grid of therm ocouples
on the outside of boiler.
Pressure m easuring devices are used in large quantities on pow er
generating plant. M any applications are vital to the safe operation of the
plant. A n exam ple is the m easurem ent taken of differential pressure
across the heat exchangers to check for blockages in the tube banks.
G auges and m eters for use in the pow er generation industry are m anufactured
by the follow ing com panies:ABB Kent-Taylor Limited, Bailey Automation
plc, Copes-Vulcan Limited, Diamond Power Specialty Limited, Endress +
Hauser, Erwin Sick Optic-Electronic Limited, Fisher Rosemount, Foxboro,
Gems Transinstruments, Gestra (UK) Limited, Honeywell Control
Systems Limited, Milltronics Limited, Schlumberger, Spirax-Sarco
Limited, Syseca Limited, Turbine Controls Limited.
The safe and efficient operation of the burners in a pf-fired boiler is of
param ount im portance to the overall operation of the boiler. Loss of
individual flam es can lead to unburnt fuel being fed into the boiler, resulting
in the accum ulation of potential explosive fuel/air m ixtures. Furtherm ore, in
order to m aintain a highly efficient com bustion system , the quality of
individual flam es should be m onitored and assessed at all tim es, so that any
instability in the flam e ignition plane can be quickly identified and corrected.
Flam e m onitors m anufactured in the U K by a num ber of com panies including
Land Combustion, Spectus Limited and Todd Combustion Limited.
The problem of unburnt carbon from pf com bustion affects both the
efficiency of the electrostatic precipitators used to reduce particulate em ission
levels and also the re-sale value of the fly ash com bustion by-product. U K
com panies currently m anufacturing carbon-in-ash m onitors include Clyde
Pneumatic Conveying Limited, E G and G Berthold, ETI Group Limited,
INFLO Control Systems Limited. A n on-line, non-extractive carbon-in-ash
m onitor is also being developed atImperial College.
Figure 5. Photo of typical power station burner
Figure 4. Schematic of a typical pf-fired power station boiler
Coal/air
feed to
burners
Burner bunks
Sootblower
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Econom iser oxygen (O
2
) and C O levels are m easured using a grid of O
2
and C O gas probes at the econom iser exit. The gas tem perature at the
econom iser is low enough and conditions benign enough to m ake
accurate m easurem ents. If C O levels are too high, then the excess air
levels in the boiler can be increased by adjusting the secondary air
dam pers (as discussed earlier).
Levels of Polyarom atic hydrocarbons (PA H s) can also give valuable
inform ation on boiler/burner efficiency w hen coupled w ith O
2
, C O
2
and carbon-in-ash readings.
Furnace O
2
level is m easured periodically if there is suspicion of a flam e
im pingem ent problem in the boiler. H ow ever, there is no on-line
m easurem ent of furnace O
2
level m ade.
Sm all am ounts of the SO
2
gas produced in the com bustion process can be
oxidised to yield sulphur trioxide (SO
3
), w hich com bines w ith w ater vapour to
form sulphuric acid (H
2
SO
4
). C ondensation of this acid in the plant leads to
corrosion. The SO
3
or H
2
SO
4
content of the boiler flue gas can be determ ined
by m easuring the acid dew point tem perature of the gas (See figure 1 ).
Boiler control and m onitoring system s are m anufactured in the U K by a
num ber of com panies including Automated Process Controls Limited,
Bailey Automation plc, Diamond Power Specialty Limited, ETI Group
Limited, Foxboro, GEC Alsthom (incl EGT), Gestra (UK) Limited, Land
Combustion, Pentol-Enviro (UK) Limited, Rolls-Royce Industrial
Controls Limited, SAACKE, Spectus Limited, Spirax-Sarco Limited,
Syseca Limited and Turbine Controls Limited.
The follow ing param eters in the boiler/burner system should be
m easured/m onitored:
Pulverised fuel flow rate (i/c)f
Burner feeder speeds (i/c)c
Boiler pressure (i/m )c
D rum pressure (i/m )c
Reheater pressure (i/m )c
Boiler tem perature distribution (i/c)c
Superheater tem perature (i/m )c
Reheater tem perature (i/m )c
Econom iser tem perature (i/m )c
Steam tem perature (i/c)c
Burner tilt angle (i/m )c
Burner flam e (i/m )c
Econom iser O
2
and C O levels (i/c)c
O
2
levels at air heater inlet & outlet (i/m )c
H eat exchanger differential pressure (i/m )c
C arbon in fly ash (i/m )c
C O A L Q U A L I T Y
The quality of the coal being burned in a utility boiler relates directly
to the perform ance of the boiler and its ancillaries. Variations in ash
quantity and characteristics m ay prevent the boiler from operating at
optim um efficiency and, eventually, lead to increases in operating and
m aintenance costs. The effects of coal quality on em issions and saleable
residues from the com bustion process have also becom e extrem ely
im portant issues to generators.
G enerators are therefore looking for w ays in w hich to im prove plant control.
Internationally, generators have been using on-line ash and m oisture m eters
to m onitor pow er station feed since the late 1980s. D espite its recognised
im pact on boiler operations, coal quality is not usually included as an input
into com puterised m onitoring and control system s in pow er plant. The
ability of on-line analysis to provide inform ation on im portant coal quality
param eters w ould enable the control system to offset the effects of any
variations on the operation of the plant. Som e pow er stations w hich
em ploy quite elaborate fuel m anagem ent system s do not take coal
quality param eters into account for their operation. There are substantial
opportunities for im proved operation if close attention is paid to actual
station requirem ents and these are carefully m atched to user requirem ents.
The follow ing are im portant coal quality param eters w hich are currently
m easured on-line w orld-w ide:
A sh content constituents in coal (i/m )c
M oisture content in coal (i/m )c
It w ould also be beneficial for plant operators to be able to m onitor these
other coal quality param eters on-line:
Volatile m atter in coal (i/m )f
H eating value of coal (i/m )f
C hlorine content in coal (i/m )f
O n-line instrum ents are currently available that can give full elem ental
analysis of coals, but these instrum ents are generally very expensive, and
do not seem to have been adopted on pow er stations as the norm . Such
an instrum ent has how ever been responsible for the com plete com m ercial
settlem ent betw een m ine and station in South A frica in one case.
A n on-line technique for m easuring coal calorific value (C V) as it m oves
through the plant has been fitted to Scottish Pow ers Longannet Pow er
Station. The device m easures real-tim e m ass, ash and m oisture values and
calculates the nett C V from a look-uptable of coal ranking data. This
instrum ent is produced by INFLO Control Systems Limited.
Figure 6. A typical conventional pf-fired power station
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C O M B U S T I O N E M I S S I O N S
Restrictions on em issions of pollutants such as oxides of sulphur (SO
X
),
oxides of nitrogen (N O
X
) and particulates continue to tighten. It is
therefore im portant for pow er generators to m onitor the production
and em ission of these pollutants to m aintain a check on the levels
being generated.
A s w ell as ensuring that generators stay w ithin legal lim its for com bustion
em issions, m onitoring gives inform ation on the com bustion process itself.
H ow ever, apart from C O and O
2
levels, none of the em issions m easurem ents
taken actually feed back into the control system . The em issions levels are
a m onitored in order to ensure that the station is com plying w ith the
im posed lim its.
M easurem ents are usually carried out dow nstream of the boiler, in the
ducting or in the stack itself. C om m on em ission gases to be m onitored
using standard gas analysis equipm ent in the stack include: O
2
, SO
2
,
N O
X
, C O
2
and C O . The follow ing com panies all provide flue gas analysis
equipm ent: ABB Kent-Taylor Limited, Alpha Electronics plc, Alpine
Components, Bailey Automation plc, Codel International Limited,
Enotec UK Limited, Erwin Sick Optic-Electronic Limited, ETI Group
Limited, Fisher Rosemount, Foxboro Great Britain Limited, Land
Combustion, Pentol-Enviro (UK) Limited, Procal Analytics Limited,
Servomex Group Limited.
A m easurem ent of opacity is also carried out in the stack usually using an
optical detection system across the diam eter of the stack. M easurem ents
are usually taken after the ID fan, as the gas is m ixed evenly by this stage,
and so m easurem ents w ill be m ore representative of the com bustion
process. The follow ing com panies all m anufacture particulate em issions
m onitoring equipm ent for pow er plant: Codel International Limited,
Erwin Sick Optic-Electronic Limited, ETI Group Limited, Foxboro
Great Britain Limited, Land Combustion, Pentol-Enviro (UK) Limited.
Further upstream , isokinetic, extractive sam pling is used by generators
periodically to analyse com bustion gases for trace elem ents (such as m ercury
(H g), selenium (Se) and boron (B)), and also for carbon in ash. A lthough
m odern sam pling system s used for carbon in ash are now equipped w ith on-
line analysers, there is increasing interest in new non-intrusive, non-extractive
m easurem ent techniques currently being developed. Research is currently
ongoing to try to develop on-line non-extractive m easurem ent devices for
both trace elem ents and for carbon in ash.
There is current uncertainty regarding the representativeness of sam ples
extracted or seenby em issions m onitoring instrum ents. There is also
uncertainty about instrum ent selectiveness w hen m easuring closely related
substances in a flue gas, instrum ent calibration and accuracy and precision
under field conditions. For this reason, the Environm ent A gency, G A M BIC A :
The A ssociation for the Instrum entation, C ontrol & A utom ation Industry,
and the D TI/D O E Joint Environm ental M arkets U nit (JEM U ) are funding a
collaborative initiative to establish a basis for a U K certification schem e
for industrial stack em ission m onitoring instrum ents. Both extractive
instrum ents and cross-stack or in-situ em issions m onitoring instrum ents
for use on large com bustion plant w ill be targeted initially. It is hoped that
this certification schem e w ill enable users to better select the appropriate
instrum entation for their needs.
The follow ing em issions are all m onitored:
O
2
(i/c)c
SO
X
(i/m )c
N O
X
(i/m )c
C O
2
(i/m )c
C O (i/c)c
particulates (i/m )c
trace elem ents (i/m )c
A D V A N C E D P L A N T
C O N T R O L S Y S T E M S
N ew generations of com puterised control system s are being trialled and
introduced on pow er stations w orldw ide. In the U K, Pow erG en plc, in
collaboration w ith the Southern C om pany and the Electric Pow er Research
Institute (both of the U SA ), has developed a generic N O
X
control intelligent
system (G N O C IS) based on a neural netw ork. G N O C IS is an enhancem ent
to a pow er stations existing digital control system (D C S) w hich allow s the
operator to reduce N O
X
em issions w hilst m eeting other operational
constraints at low cost. The core of the G N O C IS system is a non-linear
m odel of N O
X
em issions and other param eters (carbon in ash, for
exam ple). O ptim ising procedures identify the best set points for the plant
and these are conveyed to the plant operators via the existing D C S (open-
loop) or, at the plant m anagers discretion, are im plem ented autom atically
w ithout operator intervention (closed-loop). G N O C IS has undergone
plant trials at Pow erG ens Kingsnorth Pow er Station in open-loopand at
A labam a Pow ers Plant G aston and G eorgia Pow ers Plant H am m ond in
closed-loop, achieving N O
X
reduction and im proved perform ance. These
system s are robust in nature and, once trained on historical plant data, use
live plant data from existing instrum entation and control system s to advise
operators or to autom atically set the plant control param eters to achieve
the desired outputs.
G N O C IS is just one exam ple of the type of fuzzy logic or neural netw ork
control system being currently developed. O nce integrated w ith the
appropriate control instrum entation in the coal distribution system and in
the boiler itself, these system s should be able to affect m uch m ore efficient
boiler control than presently available. A n exam ple of an existing
advanced control system is U ltram ax, Supplied by INFLO Control Systems
Limited. This technique uses probabalistic determ ination of the behaviour
of the boiler to advise the operator on boiler settings. Intelligent control
system s are currently available from the follow ing U K com panies: ABB
Kent-Taylor Limited, Foxboro, MDC Technology Limited, INFLO
Control Systems Limited, PowerGen plc, Rolls-Royce Industrial
Controls Limited and Syseca Limited.
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directory
R&D pf flow meters
A BB Kent Taylor Ltd
A nalytical & Flow G roup
O ldend Lane
Stonehouse
G loucestershire G L10 3TA
Tel: 01453 826661
Fax: 01453 826358
IN FLO C ontrol System s Lim ited
C ray C entre
C ray A venue
O rpington
Kent BR5 3RN
Tel: 01689 839529
Fax: 01689 873249
U niversity of G reenw ich
The W olfson C entre for Bulk Solids
W ellington Street
W oolw ich
London SE18 6PF
Tel: 0181 3168646
Fax: 0181 3168647
U niversity of Teesside
School of Science and Technology
U niversity of Teesside
M iddlesborough
C leveland TS1 3BA
Tel: 01642 342526
Fax: 01642 342067
Flame monitors
Land C om bustion
D ronfield S18 1D T
E-m ail: com bustion.info@ landinst.com
Tel: 01246 417691
Fax: 01246 290274
Spectus Lim ited
56 Suttons Business Park
Reading
Berkshire RG 6 1A Z
Tel: 01734 664641
Fax: 01734 351672
Todd C om bustion Lim ited
Forest Road
D enm ead
W aterlooville
H am pshire PO 7 6TJ
Tel: 01705 257411
Fax: 01705 241259
Boiler control systems
A BB Kent-Taylor Lim ited
St N eots
C am bridgeshire PE19 3EU
Tel: 01480 463926
Fax: 01480 217948
A utom ated Process C ontrols Lim ited
PO Box 142
C atteshall Lane
G odalm ing
Surrey G U 7 1ZE
Tel: 01483 422000
Fax: 01483 414188
Bailey A utom ation plc
H ortonw ood 37
Telford
Shropshire TF1 4G T
Tel: 01952 670477
Fax: 01952 67055
D iam ond Pow er Specialty Lim ited
G lasgow Road
D unbarton
Scotland G 82 1ES
Tel: 01389 74400
Fax: 01389 762669
ETIG roup Lim ited
Im perial H ouse
3 M ontpellier Parade
C heltenham
G loucestershire G L50 1U A
Tel: 01242 233330
Fax: 01242 242353
Foxboro G reta Britain Lim ited
M anor Royal
C raw ley
W est Sussex RH 10 2SJ
Tel: 01293 526000
Fax: 01293 541312
G EC A lsthom (Incl EG T)
M echanical Engineering C entre
C am bridge Road
W hetstone
Leicestershire LE8 6LH
Tel: 01162 2750750
Fax: 01162 2750768
G estra (U K)
Bancroft C ourt
H itchin
H ertfordshire SG 5 1PH
Tel: 01462 431681
Fax: 01462 420396
Land C om bustion (see previous entry)
Pentol-Enviro (U K) Lim ited
Belasis Business C entre
C oxw old W ay
Billingham
C leveland TS23 4EA
Tel: 01642 343403
Fax: 01642 343413
Rolls-Royce
R-R Industrial C ontrols
Kingsw ay
Team Valley
G ateshead
Tyne & W ear N E11 0Q J
Tel: 0191 4870811
Fax: 0191 4820006
SA A C KE
M arshlands Spur
Farlington
Portsm outh
H ants PO 6 1RX
Tel: 01705 383111
Fax: 01705 327120
Spectus Lim ited (see previous entry)
Spirax-Sarco Lim ited
C harlton H ouse
C heltenham
G loucestershire G L53 8ER
Tel: 01242 521361
Fax: 01242 573342
E-m ail: enq@ spiraxuk.attm ail.com
Syseca Lim ited
Southm oor H ouse
Southm oor Road
W ythenshaw e
M anchester M 23 9SY
Tel: 0161 9461001
Fax: 0161 9467000
Turbine C ontrols Lim ited
41 Kenilw orth D rive
O adby
Leicester LE2 5LT
Tel: 0116 2717248
Fax: 0116 2717250
Carbon in ash monitors
C lyde Pneum atic C onveying Lim ited
Shaw Lane Industrial Estate
D oncaster D N 2 4SE
Tel: 01302 321313
Fax: 01302 369055
E G and G Berthold
20 V incent A venue
C row hill Business C entre
C row hill
M ilton Keynes M K8 0A B
Tel: 01980 265744
ETI G roup (see previous entry)
IN FLO C ontrol System s Lim ited
(see previous entry)
R&D carbon in ash monitors
Im perial C ollege
D epartm ent of C hem ical Engineering
Im perial C ollege
Prince C onsort Road
London SW 7 2BYQ N
Tel: 0171 5945577
Fax: 0171 5945604
Gauges & meters
A BB Kent M eters Lim ited
Pondsw ick Road
Luton
Bedfordshire LU 1 3LJ
Tel: 01582 402020
Fax: 01582 36657
A BB Kent-Taylor Lim ited (see previous entry)
Bailey A utom ation plc (see previous entry)
C rane Perflow
U nit 3
C hapm ans Park
H igh Road
W illsdon
London N W 10 2D Y
Tel: 0181 451 4577
Fax: 0181 451 6788
C opes-Vulcan Lim ited
Road Tw o
Industrial Estate
W insford
C heshire C W 7 3Q L
Tel: 01606 552041
Fax: 01606 558275
C oulton Instrum entation
C hristchurch
D orset
Tel: 01202 480303
Fax: 01202 480 808
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directory
D anfoss Lim ited
Perivale Industrial Park
H orsenden Lane South
G reenford
M iddlesex U B6 7Q E
Tel: 0181 451 4577
Fax: 0181 991 7149
D iam ond Pow er Specialty Lim ited
(see previous entry)
D elta C ontrols Lim ited
Island Farm A venue
W est M olesley
Surrey KT8 2U Z
Tel: 0181 941 5166
Fax: 0181 783 1163
Endress + H auser
Floats Road
M anchester
M 23 9N F
Tel: 0161 2865000
Fax: 0161 9981841
Erw in Sick O ptic-Electronic Lim ited
39 H eadley Road
St A lbans
H eartfordshire A L1 5BN
Tel: 01727 831121
Fax: 01727 856767
Fisher Rosem ount
H eath Place
Bognor Regis
W est Sussex PO 22 9SH
Tel: 01243 863121
Fax: 01243 867554
Foxboro G reat Britain Lim ited (see previous entry)
G em s Transinstrum ents
Lenox Road
Basingstoke
Berkshire RG 22 4A W
Tel: 01256 20244
Fax: 01256 473680
G estra (U K) Lim ited (see previous entry)
H oneyw ell C ontrol System s Lim ited
H oneyw ell H ouse
A rlington Business Park
Bracknell
Berkshire RG 12 1EB
Tel: 01344 656628
Fax: 01344 656421
M illtronics Lim ited
O ak H ouse
Brom yard Road
W orcester
W orcestershire W R2 5XZ
Tel: 01905 748404
Fax: 01905 748430
Schlum berger
M easurem ent D ivision Europe
PO Box 8
Talbot Road
Stretford
M anchester M 32 0G G
Tel: 0161 8651181
Fax: 0161 8650120
Spirax-Sarco Lim ited (see previous entry)
Syseca Lim ited (see previous entry)
Turbine C ontrols Lim ited (see previous entry)
R&D gauges & meters
U niversity of Sheffield
D epartm ent of M echanical and
Process Engineering
M appin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Tel: 01142 768555
Fax: 01142 780611
Intelligent control systems
A BB Kent-Taylor Lim ited (see previous entry)
Foxboro G reat Britain Lim ited (see previous entry)
IN FLO C ontrol System s (see previous entry)
M D C Technology Lim ited
Prem ier H ouse
Stainforth Road
Riverside Park
M iddlesborough TS2 1PT
Tel: 01642 252523
Fax: 01642 252233
E-m ail: sales@ m dc.co.uk
Pow erG en plc
Pow er Technology C entre
Ratcliffe-on-Soar
N ottingham
N ottingham shire N G 11 0EE
Tel: 0115 9362390
Fax: 0115 9362205
Rolls-Royce (see previous entry)
Syseca Lim ited (see previous entry)
R&D intelligent
control systems
U niversity of G reenw ich (see previous entry)
Plant instrumentation
A BB Kent M eters Lim ited (see previous entry)
A BB Kent-Taylor Lim ited (see previous entry)
Foxboro G reat Britain Lim ited (see previous entry)
G EC A lsthom (Incl EG T) (see previous entry)
H oneyw ell C ontrol System s Lim ited
(see previous entry)
M D C Technology Lim ited (see previous entry)
Rolls-Royce (see previous entry)
Syseca Lim ited (see previous entry)
Particulate emissions monitoring
C odel International Lim ited
Station Building
Station Road
Bakew ell
D erbyshire D E45 1G E
Tel: 01629 814351
Fax: 01629 814619
Erw in Sick O ptic-Electronic Lim ited
(see previous entry)
ETIG roup Lim ited (see previous entry)
Foxboro G reat Britain Lim ited (see previous entry)
Land C om bustion (see previous entry)
Pentol-Enviro (U K) Lim ited (see previous entry)
Particle size measurements
IN FLO C ontrol System s (see previous entry)
Smoke emissions monitoring
C odel International Lim ited (see previous entry)
Erw in Sick O ptic-Electronic Lim ited
(see previous entry)
ETIG roup Lim ited (see previous entry)
Land C om bustion (see previous entry)
Flue gas analysis
A BB Kent-Taylor Lim ited (see previous entry)
A lpha Electronics plc
G loucester Street
A therton
G reater M anchester M 46 0JD
Tel: 01942 873434
Fax: 01942 873558
A lpine C om ponents
14/15 St Leonards O n Sea
East Sussex TN 37 7D X
Tel: 01424 437000
Fax: 01424 722502
Bailey A utom ation plc (see previous entry)
C odel International Lim ited (see previous entry)
Enotec U K Lim ited
The Red H ouse
84 The H igh Street
Buntingford
H ertfordshire SG 9 9A J
Tel: 01763 272069
Fax: 01763 273594
Erw in Sick O ptic-Electronic Lim ited
(see previous entry)
ETIG roup Lim ited (see previous entry)
Fisher Rosem ount (see previous entry)
Foxboro G reat Britain Lim ited (see previous entry)
Land C om bustion (see previous entry)
Pentol-Enviro (U K) Lim ited (see previous entry)
Procal A nalytics Lim ited
5 M axw ell Road
W oodston
Peterborough PE2 7H U
Tel: 01733 232495
Fax: 01733 235255
Servom ex G roup Lim ited
Jarvis Brook
C row borough
East Sussex TN 6 3D U
Tel: 01892 652181
Fax: 01892 663144
Water flow meters
A BB Kent M eters Lim ited (see previous entry)
A BB Kent-Taylor Lim ited (see previous entry)
G estra (U K) Lim ited (see previous entry)
Spirax-Sarco Lim ited (See previous entry)
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