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Questionnaire on Steam Temperature Behaviour

Effective management and control of the Live Steam and Reheat Temperature can improve plant efficiency, output and assist with effective life management control for high tem-perature steam affected components. Would you like to have a discussion on improvement of steam temperature behaviour, relating to large variations in the steam temperature during steady state operation and / or load or fuel changes with an ALSTOM specialist? ALSTOM Power Service offers sophisticated solutions for your specific problems from its broadly based product portfolio. Please answer the following short questions and contact us.
Unit name Unit operator Unit size and quantity,
x 457MW

e.g. 3

MW Years Year 20__

Boiler type and manufacturer (e.g. drum-type natural convection, drum-type forced convection, Benson, etc.): Boiler operation pressure mode (e.g. fix pressure, sliding pressure, modified sliding pressure):

Location Plant age Plant expected operating life Brief descriptions

Additional Process Data:

Main steam design pressure Main steam mass flow (MCR) HRH design pressure FW design temperature FW design pressure CRH design temperature CRH design pressure CRH mass flow (MCR) barg kg/s barg C/F barg C/F barg kg/s

Predominant boiler operation mode (e.g. base load, shifting, multiple shifting, peak load): Manufacturer and type of temperature controller (e.g. PI, PID, state controller, etc.): Manufacturer and type of DCS system and data protocol (e.g. Modbus / Profibus, etc.): Manufacturer and type of spray water control valve & actuators SH: Quantity per line: RH: Quantity per line:

Steam Temperature Controller

What are the design and set temperature (for the final temperature controller) for the live steam system? What are the design and set temperature (for the final temperature controller) for the hot reheat steam system?

Design C/ F Design C/ F

Set Temp. C/ Set Temp. C/

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THERMAL POWER

Is spray water used to attemperate reheat steam during normal operation? What are the steam temperature swings at boiler outlet during steady state operation? What are the steam temperature swings at boiler outlet during load changes? What is the steam temperature bandwidth at boiler outlet during fuel changes? What is the approximate dead time between water injection and final steam temperature change? What is the approximate gradient in the steam temperature swings? Are there also implemented other means for steam temperature control (e.g. tilting burner, flue gas dampers, bi-flux, tri-flux, etc.)? If yes, which?
Steam Temperature Measurement

Yes SH C/F SH C/F SH C/F

No RH C/F RH C/F RH C/F

Minutes Yes K/Minute No

What type of thermocouples is used to control SH and RH steam temperature? How often are these thermocouples calibrated? Thermocouples themselves Measuring chain Are the cold end junctions of these thermocouples temperature controlled?
Attemperator System

(e.g.K-Type)

Every years Every years Yes

No

Do you experience problems in the performance of the spraywater control valves or actuators?
If there are problems, please state kind of problems. How often maintenance work needs to be performed? How often is the equipment checked?

Yes

No

Do you experience problems in the performance of the attemperators?

If there are problems, please state kind of problems (e.g. with nozzles, protection sheet, etc.): How often maintenance work needs to be performed? How often is the equipment checked?

Yes

No

Is atomizing steam used with the attemperators? Have improvements regarding the steam temperature control been done? If yes, which? Can you provide boiler process diagrams showing the schematic boiler arrangement and the locations of the attemperators and the spraywater supply system? Can you provide measurement data for the live steam and hot reheat steam temperatures for the different cases:
- Steady state operation - Fuel changes - Load changes - Soot blowing - Start-up

Yes Yes

No No

Yes

No

Yes

No

If yes, in which time resolution (e.g. every 5 sec., 30 sec., minute, etc.?

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Boiler Lifetime

Yes

No

Have boiler headers been replaced already? If yes, which? Are there plans for boiler pressure part replacements? Are there plans for unit lifetime extension over design lifetime? Is an online boiler lifetime monitoring system used? What is the remaining lifetime of your boiler headers?

Years

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