In almost coal-fired thermal power plants, accurate, responsive and reliable air fow measurement is critical to the automated control of the dampers and the effciency of the boiler, which also ensures safe operation of the boiler and reduces plant operation energy costs.
There are two main types: Pulverized Coal boilers (PC) and Circulating Fluidized Bed boilers (CFB).
In a pulverized coal (PC) boiler for a coal-fired power plant, controlling airflow is crucial for efficient combustion and maintaining operational stability. The main airflow locations that typically need to be controlled include:
– Primary air: PA fan (Primary air fan)
– Hot air: Heated and transporting pulverized-coal from the pulverizer mill to the burners.
– Cold air: sealing air to coal-feeder, adjust the coal temperature at the separator outlet, supply air to the sealing fan to get sealing air to pulverizer and mixed air damper.
– Secondary air: FD fan (Forced draft fan)
– Hot air: Supply oxygen for combustion in furnace, participate in adjusting the negative pressure of combustion chamber vacuum. Proper control of secondary air is critical for optimizing combustion and minimizing emissions.
– Cold air: Sealing air to the burners.
– Exhaust gas flow (Flue gas): Control the exhaust gas flow of the CEMS system.
In Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) boilers, airflow is critical for maintaining the fluidization of the bed and ensuring efficient combustion. The key airflow locations that need to be controlled in CFB boilers are:
– Primary air flow: Need to control to create and maintain fluidized bed as well as balance fuel/air ratio according to design. This position is very important for the overall boiler efficiency.
– Secondary air flow (upper/lower): Controls the combustion efficiency of fuel in the combustion chamber.
– Cyclone/Loop seal inlet air flow: Controls the separation efficiency, fuel return of Cyclone, providing air to the loop seal..
– Coal-feed inlet air flow: Controls the air to insert and seal at the coal-feeder.
– Starting burner air flow, fuel oil: Controls and optimizes the starting combustion process with FO oil and fuel oil combustion when necessary at different loads.
– Ash-cooler air flow: Controls the ash cooling process, avoiding slag accumulation.
– Flue gas flow: Controls the exhaust gas flow of the CEMS system.
(Insertion type)
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