Furnace Design: a) Combustion Rate: Heat releases in the furnace is advisable to be about 25,000 Btu/cu.ft.

/hr and should not go above 40,000 reckoned on GCV. Furnace area heat release should be within 600,000 to 900,000 Btu/ft2/hr of grate area. (Handbook by Hugot p. 895) JTA boiler furnace dimensions: Grate area = = Furnace volume = = = 15.916 ft X 30.687 ft 488.41 ft Grate Area X furnace height, cu.ft 488.41 X 31.5 15,384.9 cu.ft

Total heat of bagasse based on GCV, Hb Hb = = = GCV X Bagasse consumption, Btu/hr 4,086 Btu/lb X 92,342.3 lb/hr 377,310,637 Btu/hr

Furnace volume Heat release, FVHR FVHR = Total heat of bagasse based on GCV / Furnace volume, = = Btu/cu.ft/hr

377,310,637 / 15,384.9 24,524.7 Btu/cu.ft/hr (This figure is within the value acceptable for combustion rates)

Furnace area heat release, FAHR FAHR = Total heat of bagasse based on GCV / Grate Area, = = Btu/ft2/hr

377,310,637 / 488.41 772,528 Btu/ft/hr (This figure is also within range)

Weight of bagasse burnt per unit grate area, For spreader stoker furnaces operating at continuous rating, combustion rate per unit grate area for high rate is between 160-200 lb/ft2/hr, preferably should not exceed 175. For the

boiler as given by the following formula, (Handbook Hugot p.898) = Weight of bagasse burnt per hour / area of the grate = 92,342.3/ 488.41 = 189 lb/ft/hr (slightly above the recommended value, Of 175, but still ok since suspension firing is employed)