Posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on November 02, 2005 at 17:08:15 from 213.38.124.194 user ACB.
In Reply to: Re: May I climb on a soapbox, for a moment? posted by Owen Roberts on October 27, 2005 at 11:59:15:
I do not know; it is entirely possible. For firing a small boiler like a launch boiler, one wants a coal with a low ash and volatiles content to minimise clinkering, which can be a real nuisance.
Modern power stations, espescially the very modern ones with fluidised bed combustion, can burn just about anything!