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Schematic diagram of a fluidized-bed combustion boiler.

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Cross-regenerative coke oven. (A) Cross section, showing the alternating arrangement of flue walls and ovens; (B) longitudinal section, showing (left) a series of combustion flues in a single flue wall and (right) part of a long, slotlike oven.

Schematic diagram of a fluidized-bed combustion boiler.

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