Superheater Construction and Function
Power plants produce electrical energy for consumers to use, whether at home or for business, that’s obvious enough, but did you know that in order to produce that electrical energy…
Boiler Feed Water, A Special Kind of Condensate
Let’s begin by integrating the condenser into the big picture, the complete water-to-steam power plant cycle, to see how it fits in. The illustration shows that both the make-up pump…
Hazardous Area Classification
Area Classification The type of protective technique selected and the level of protection it must provide depend upon the potential hazard caused by using electrical apparatus in a location where…
Ash Screw Cooler
1.1. Bottom Ash Ash Is Discharge From The Bottom Of The Combustor To Maintain The Required Inventory. Higher Bed Pressure Drop As An Indication Of Accumulation Of Over Size Particle-Mostly…
Design Of Heating Surfaces
The first step in the design of heating surfaces is determining the heat duties of different components of the boiler heating surfaces. Atypical boiler would use the following four types…
Principle Of Circulation
1. Principles of CirculationSubcooled FW enters the drum, mixes with the circulating boiler water, and attains saturation temperature instantly, as the boiling, circulating water is several times the incoming water…
Boiler Feedwater Pump Balancing Line
Due to pressure difference across the pump there is always thrust on the rotor toward suction side of pump due to fluid. Therefore, there balancing system is required.Balancing drumBalancing drum…
Boiler Design Step
STEP-1Received data from customerSteam output, feedwater inletFuel analysis, boiler typePower plant heat balance STEP-2Boiler Thermal Sizing:Combustion, efficiency, steam output calculation,Furnace, Back pass & Cyclone sizing,Metal temperature calculation,Emission calculation, Air Heater…
How a modern calibration process improves power plant performance
Today we will take a quick look into a power plant and discuss why it is beneficial to have a proper calibration process in place. We will also discuss the…
Solar Wind Hybrid Plant : Technology And Policy
A hybrid power plant in simple terms is a plant which generates power by using two or more sources of energy. These sources could be either conventional or non-conventional or…
