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Performance improvement of a circulating fluidized bed boiler through flow modifications in primary air supply system.

Liu, Xiaozhou; Zhu, Guangyu; Zhang, Yu; Asim, Taimoor; Mishra, Rakesh

Authors

Xiaozhou Liu

Guangyu Zhu

Yu Zhang

Rakesh Mishra



Abstract

The primary air supply system is a key component of a Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) boiler. The uniformity of air flow through the primary air supply system is important for highly efficient operation of the CFB boiler. Non-uniform air flow distribution within the primary air supply system can affect the boiler's combustion adversely, resulting in higher energy consumptions. An effective measure to solve this problem is to install an air flow modifier in the primary air supply system. Thus, extensive numerical investigations have been carried out to design a suitable air flow modifier in order to improve operational efficiency of the CFB boiler. It has been shown that inhomogeneity in the air flow velocity, at a control cross-section of the wind-box, reduces from 65.79% to 21.25% when flow modifier is used. In order to validate the numerical results, visual and velocity distribution uniformity experiments have been conducted under five different test conditions. For this purpose, a small-scale model of a 220t/hr CFB boiler has been used. The experimental results substantiate the numerical predictions. Moreover, the same methodology has been implemented to a full-scale 220t/hr CFB boiler. The hot test results depict that the thermal efficiency of the boiler has increased from 85.71% to 88.34% when tested with an air flow modifier in place, which is equivalent to a saving of 5,000 tons of coal per year. The economic benefits of this energy-saving technology have been shown to be very significant, clearly demonstrating the effectiveness of the air flow modifier.

Citation

LIU, X., ZHU, G., ZHANG, Y., ASIM, T. and MISHRA, R. 2019. Performance improvement of a circulating fluidized bed boiler through flow modifications in primary air supply system. International journal of condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management [online], 22(4), pages 29-43. Available from: https://apscience.org/comadem/index.php/comadem/article/view/175

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 15, 2019
Online Publication Date Nov 18, 2019
Publication Date Nov 18, 2019
Deposit Date Nov 19, 2019
Publicly Available Date Nov 19, 2019
Journal International journal of COMADEM
Electronic ISSN 1363-7681
Publisher COMADEM International
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 22
Issue 4
Pages 29-43
Keywords Circulating fluidized bed (CFB); Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Primary air supply system; Air flow modifier; Cold test; Error analysis
Public URL https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/778070
Publisher URL https://apscience.org/comadem/index.php/comadem/article/view/175

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