coal-fired boiler

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coal-fired
adjective
uk
/ˈkəʊl.faɪəd/us
/ˈkoʊl.faɪrd/
using coal as ...
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boiler
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɔɪ.lər/us
/ˈbɔɪ.lɚ/
a device that heats water, especially to provide heating and hot water in ...
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(Definition ofcoal-firedandboilerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Auxiliary power was thermal and from cheap fuel - acoal-firedboilerwas necessary anyway and was operated year round.
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The term 'polluting practice' here refers to acoal-firedboilerwith mechanical controls.
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These suggestions will be considered in the current review of the scope and coverage of thecoal-firedboilerscheme.
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I want to mention also the £50 millioncoal-firedboilerscheme.
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A number of considerations were examined in setting up the minimum threshold for applications under thecoal-firedboilerscheme.
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So far, 28 offers of grant totalling £1·2 million have been made under thecoal-firedboilerscheme.
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I wish to discuss for the second time today thecoal-firedboilerconversion scheme.
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There is special help under the microelectronics support programme, thecoal-firedboilerscheme, the private sector iron and steel scheme, and the small firms loan guarantee scheme.
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The result was an odd, six-wheeled contraption which relied upon gasoline for locomotion and acoal-firedboilerfor pumping water through hoses.
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The traditional method of coal-firing the stills by hand was changed to internal heating by steam generated from acoal-firedboiler.
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This vehicle had three wheels, the single wheel at the front, and a rear-mountedcoal-firedboilerand two-cylinder engine.
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Power for lifting and rotating was supplied by acoal-firedboilersupplying three steam generators (two 220 kilowatt generators and a 44 kilowatt auxiliary).
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In 1970 the distillery was expanded by adding a second pair of stills and converting thecoal-firedboilerto oil-fired.
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In late 1986 two scientists reported a chemical process capable of eliminating nitrogen oxides from diesel exhaust gases and coal-fired boilers.
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Under the coal-firing scheme, which embraces switching from oil and gas to coal-fired boilers and other industrial equipment, 177 applications have so far been received.
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I suspect that fewer firms than expected have changed to coal-fired boilers.
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They stressed the opportunities available to industry because coal has a relative price advantage over oil—to substitute coal-fired boilers for oil-fired boilers.
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It is difficult to give exact figures, because it depends on the number of coal-fired boilers put in and also whether you have mechanical stoking appliances or hand appliances.
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The oil-fired boiler is anything up to twenty or more feet in length, and if you have coal-fired boilers they cannot be more than 7 ft.
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In the industrial market, the recession has made manufacturers less ready to switch from oil-fired to coal-fired boilers, hence reducing the number of new customers for coal.
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