Computer modeling of a convective steam superheater

• Autorzy: Trojan M.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/aoter-2015-0009

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Superheater is for generating superheated steam from the saturated steam from the evaporator outlet. In the case of pulverized coal fired boiler, a relatively small amount of ash causes problems with ash fouling on the heating surfaces, including the superheaters. In the convection pass of the boiler, the flue gas temperature is lower and ash deposits can be loose or sintered. Ash fouling not only reduces heat transfer from the flue gas to the steam, but also is the cause of a higher pressure drop on the flue gas flow path. In the case the pressure drop is greater than the power consumed by the fan increases. If the superheater surfaces are covered with ash than the steam temperature at the outlet of the superheater stages falls, and the flow rates of the water injected into attemperator should be reduced. There is also an increase in flue gas temperature after the different stages of the superheater. Consequently, this leads to a reduction in boiler efficiency. The paper presents the results of computational fluid dynamics simulations of the first stage superheater of both the boiler OP-210M using the commercial software. The temperature distributions of the steam and flue gas along the way they flow together with temperature of the tube walls and temperature of the ash deposits will be determined. The calculated steam temperature is compared with measurement results. Knowledge of these temperatures is of great practical importance because it allows to choose the grade of steel for a given superheater stage. Using the developed model of the superheater to determine its degree of ash fouling in the on-line mode one can control the activation frequency of steam sootblowers.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

superheater; steam boiler; CFD modeling; ash fouling

PL

przegrzewacz; kocioł parowy; modelowanie CFD; zanieczyszczenia popiołowe

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Maszyn Przepływowych PAN ; Komitet Termodynamiki i Spalania PAN
• Czasopismo: Archives of Thermodynamics
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: Vol. 36, no. 1
• Strony: 125--137
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 16 poz., rys., wz.

Twórcy

autor

Trojan M.

• Cracow University of Technology, Institute of Thermal Power Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Jana Pawła II 37, 31-864 Cracow, Poland

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