Base load fuel comsumption with radiant boiler simulation

Journal Article · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/60.182650· OSTI ID:7045964

Shwehdi, M H ^[1]; Hughes, C M ^[2]; Quasem, M A ^[3]

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1. Pennsylvania State Univ., Wilkes-Barre, Lehman, PA (United States)
2. Naval Aviation Depot, NAS Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL (United States)
3. Howard Univ. School of Business, Washington, DC (United States)

The operating point of an oil fired radiant boiler, 580 Megawatt capacity, is critical in maximizing the availability, performance, reliability, and maintainability of a power producing system. Operating the unit above the design operating point causes outages to occur sooner than scheduled. When the boiler is operated below the design operating point, fuel is wasted because the quantity of fuel required to operate a radiant boiler is the same, whether the design setpoint is maintained or not. This paper demonstrates by means of simulation software that the boiler design setpoints is critical to fuel consumption and optimum output megawatts. A boiler with this capacity is used to provide a portion of the base load of an electric utility in order to sustain revenues and maintain reliable generation.

• OSTI ID: 7045964
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 7:4; ISSN 0885-8969; ISSN ITCNE4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
025000 -- Petroleum-- Combustion
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
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42 ENGINEERING
421000 -- Engineering-- Combustion Systems
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990200 -- Mathematics & Computers
BOILER FUELS
BOILERS
CAPACITY
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
FUEL CONSUMPTION
FUELS
LOAD MANAGEMENT
MAINTENANCE
MANAGEMENT
OXIDATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PETROLEUM
POWER PLANTS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
RELIABILITY
SIMULATION
TESTING
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES