Ash deposits - Initiating the change from empiricism to generic engineering. Part 1: The generic approach
Empiricism has traditionally been used to relate laboratory and pilot-scale measurements of fuel characteristics with the design, performance, and the slagging and fouling behavior of steam generators. Currently, a new engineering approach is being evaluated. The goal is to develop and use calculations and measurements from several engineering disciplines that exceed the demonstrated limitations of present empirical techniques for predicting slagging/fouling behavior. In Part I of this paper, the generic approach to deposits and boiler performance is defined and a matrix of engineering concepts is described. General relationships are presented for assessing the effects of deposits and sootblowing on the real-time performance of heat transfer surfaces in pilot- and commercial-scale steam generators.
- Research Organization:
- The Babcock and Wilcox Co., Research and Development Div., Alliance, OH
- OSTI ID:
- 6617885
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-861005-
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Joint power generation conference, Portland, OR, USA, 19 Oct 1986
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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