Boiler Efficiency Calculation

Tabel data Method

fuel firing rate 5599.17 kg/hr theoritical air required for complete combustion 4.91144
steam generation rate 21937.5 kg/hr moles of N₂ 0.1402360286
steam pressure 43 kg/cm2(g) moles of C 0.0017
steam temperature 377 °C % CO₂ at theoritical condition (CO₂)t 0.0119772268
feed water temperature 96 °C % excess air supplied (EA) -0.7311716288
% CO₂ in flue gas 14 % actual mass of air supplied 1.3203344154
% CO influe gas 0.55 % mass of dry flue gas 0.4103032154
average flue gas temperature 190 °C find all loses
ambient temperature 31 °C 304 K % heat loss in dry flue gas (L₁) 0.4285857923
humidity in ambient air 0.02 kg/kg dry air % heat loss due to formation of water from H₂ in flue (L₂) 2.6963496144
surface temperature of boiler 70 °C 343 K % heat loss due to moisture in fuel (L₃) 7.7988167666
wind velocity around the boiler 3.5 m/s % heat loss due to moisture in air (L₄) 0.0539673964
total surface area of boiler 90 m2 % heat loss due to partial conversion of C to CO (L₅) 0.126517961
GCV of bottom ash 800 kCal/kg heat loss due to radiation and convection (L₆) 937.62025824
GCV of fly ash 452.5 kCal/kg total radiation and convection loss per hour 72571.8079878
ratio of bottom ash to fly ash 90:10 % radiation and convection loss (L₆) 0.3702134378
Fuel Analysis (in%) amount of fly ash in 1 kg of coal 0.0316
ash content in fuel 8.63 heat loss in fly ash 14.299
moisture in coal 31.6 % heat loss in fly ash (L₇) 0.408426164
carbon content 41.65 amount of bottom ash in kg of coal 0.2844
hydrogen content 2.04 heat loss in bottom ash 227.52
nitrogen content 1.6 % heat loss in bottom ash (L₈) 6.498714653
oxygen content 14.48 boiler efficiency 81.6184082146
GCV of coal 3501 kCal/kg
cp flue gas 0.23
sulfur content 0
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