Power plant performance monitoring and improvement. Volume 1. Boiler optimization

Technical Report · Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6159952

Crim, H G

The boiler portion of RP1681/2153 deals with the development of procedures for determining the optimum fireside operating conditions in a coal fired power plant and the development of instrumentation and monitoring systems for achieving the resulting improvements in heat rate. This annual report describes the rsults of the project for the period beginning in October, 1982. A computer code was developed which takes information on the plant and calculates heat rate as a function of parameters such as excess air and steam flow rate. Computational results obtained to date for Potomac Electric Power Company's Morgantown Unit No. 2 show that the net unit heat rate is a very sensitive function of grind size of the coal, level of excess air and exit gas temperature. The theoretical calculations suggest that by optimizing these three parameters, improvements in net unit heat rate of the order of 100 Btu/Kwh may be possible at Morgantown. An intrumentation assessment was carried out. Preparations are underway for boiler tests.

• Research Organization: Potomac Electric Power Co., Alexandria, VA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6159952
• Report Number(s): EPRI-CS/EL-4415-Vol.1; ON: TI86920177
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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