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    1. A thermal power plant was experiencing high erosion in a flue gas duct connecting the air heater outlet to the electrostatic precipitator inlet, affecting the plant's ability to run at full capacity. 2. To reduce erosion and pressure drop, the existing duct was redesigned using computational fluid dynamics and guide vanes were added to streamline the gas flow through bends in the duct. 3. The redesign reduced wall velocities to below 18 m/s, lowering erosion rates, and pressure drop across the duct was reduced by 10 mm water column, improving plant performance and reducing operating costs.

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    1. A thermal power plant was experiencing high erosion in a flue gas duct connecting the air heater outlet to the electrostatic precipitator inlet, affecting the plant's ability to run at full capacity. 2. To reduce erosion and pressure drop, the existing duct was redesigned using computational fluid dynamics and guide vanes were added to streamline the gas flow through bends in the duct. 3. The redesign reduced wall velocities to below 18 m/s, lowering erosion rates, and pressure drop across the duct was reduced by 10 mm water column, improving plant performance and reducing operating costs.

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    1. A thermal power plant was experiencing high erosion in a flue gas duct connecting the air heater outlet to the electrostatic precipitator inlet, affecting the plant's ability to run at full capacity. 2. To reduce erosion and pressure drop, the existing duct was redesigned using computational fluid dynamics and guide vanes were added to streamline the gas flow through bends in the duct. 3. The redesign reduced wall velocities to below 18 m/s, lowering erosion rates, and pressure drop across the duct was reduced by 10 mm water column, improving plant performance and reducing operating costs.

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    1. A thermal power plant was experiencing high erosion in a flue gas duct connecting the air heater outlet to the electrostatic precipitator inlet, affecting the plant's ability to run at full capacity. 2. To reduce erosion and pressure drop, the existing duct was redesigned using computational fluid dynamics and guide vanes were added to streamline the gas flow through bends in the duct. 3. The redesign reduced wall velocities to below 18 m/s, lowering erosion rates, and pressure drop across the duct was reduced by 10 mm water column, improving plant performance and reducing operating costs.

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    Case Study for Design of a Duct to Reduce Pressure drop and Erosion on Duct Wall

    1. Name of Station and Capacity Mahagenco. Nashik Unit#3, Capacity of 210 MW Thermal Power Plant. 2. Problematic area with specific problem High Erosion of Duct Wall and high Pressure Drop in Flue Gas duct connecting AH Outlet to ESP. inlet which was affecting to run plant on 100% Capacity. 3. Line of action for solution To reduce the erosion rate in duct and reduce high turbulence area, the Existing duct was replaced totally by Redesigning the Duct Layout using CFD and Designing the Guide Vanes for Streamline flow at Bend. 4. Theory Design of the duct using CFD, in which the Numerical model of Duct was developed using CFX-10 Software. Flue Gas flow through the duct was solved by using finite volume method with fine Hexa unstructured mesh. The turbulence flow field was solved using k- turbulence model. The Governing Equations of mass, momentum and Energy for steady state incompressible flow are defined using RANS Equation. The flow through the duct is modeled by boundary condition at inlet mass flow rate at 147 Kg/sec at 147 C and outlet as Static Pressure o 180 MM of WG and solved by iterative method. 5. Results & Discussion

    Fig.1: Existing Duct with Wall Velocity

    Fig.2: After Modification Duct with Wall Velocity

    Fig.3: Existing Duct B-pass velocity pattern in duct

    Fig.4: Modified duct B-pass velocity pattern in duct

    Fig.5: Erected New Duct

    6. Performance data ID fan current (Amp.) Load A Pass 140 112 B Pass 140 122

    Before Modification After modification

    180 MW 215 MW

    Payback Period: 20 Amps. Saving in ID fan current, so Payback period is 15 Months. 7. Conclusion / Benefits The reduction in pressure drop across the duct system, from Air-heater outlet to ESP inlet By 10 mm of WC. The velocities on duct walls are reduced below 18 m/sec, which results in reduced erosion rates. Uniform mass flow rates through each duct have been achieved Low velocity has been achieved at the ESP inlet to improve ESP.Performence. Low ID fan load so saving in Power.

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