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Written by: johnzactruba Edited by: Lamar Stonecypher Updated Oct 31, 2009 Related Guides: Steam The boiler generates high pressure steam by transfering the heat of Combustion in various heat transfer sections. This part of the article series briefly describes the flow and arrangement of the heat transfer sections in a boiler. In line diagrams help make the concept clear.
The Basics.
Volume of one unit mass of steam is thousand times that of water, When water is converted to steam in a closed vessel the pressure will increase. Boiler uses this principle to produce high pressure steam. Conversion of Water to Steam evolves in three stages.
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Heating the water from cold condition to boiling point or saturation temperature sensible heat addition.
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Water boils at saturation temperature to produce steam - Latent heat.addition. Heating steam from saturation temperature to higher temperature called Superheating to increase the power plant output and efficiency.
Economiser.
Most of the sensible heat is absorbed in the Economiser. These are a set of coils made from steel tubes located in the tail end of a boiler. The hot gases leaving the boiler furnace heat the water in the coils. The water temperature is slightly less than the saturation temperature. From the economiser the water is fed to the 'drum'.
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SuperHeat / ReHeat
SuperHeater Steam from the drum passes to the SuperHeater coils placed in the Flue gas path.. The steam temperature increases from the saturation temperature till the maximum required for operation. The superheated steam then finally goes to the turbine.Final Superheater temperatures are in the Range of 540 to 570 C for large power plants and SuperHeated steam pressures are around 175 bar. Reheater Steam from the exhaust of the first stage turbine goes back to the boiler for reheating and is returned to the second stage. Reheater coils in the flue gas path does the reheating of the returned steam. The reheat steam is at a much lower pressure than the super heated steam but the final reheater temperature is the same as the superheated steam temperature. Reheating to high temperatures improves the output and efficiency of the Power Plant. Final Reheater temperatures are normally in the range of 560 to 600 C. Reheat steam pressures are normally around 45 bar.
SuperHeater / ReHeater
The above are the major water and steam circuit items in a boiler and are collectively called the pressure parts. Next Article