1.

A water-tube boiler having a heating surface of 330 m2 evaporates 6400 kg of water in

an hour from feedwater at a temperature of 66 ⁰C. Boiler pressure is at 1.04 MPaa and
the steam quality at the boiler outlet is 95%. What percent of its Rated Bo. hp was the
boiler developing?

2. A fire-tube boiler has an effective heating surface of 160 m2. It has a capacity of 6800
kg/hr of feedwater at 138 ⁰C and steam at 1.7 MPaa and 400 ⁰C. Calculate:
a. the Rated Bo. hp
b. the Operating Bo. hp
c. the Percent Rating
d. the Equivalent Evaporation

3. At a load of 50 MW in a steam turbine generating set, the following data appear in the
logsheet:

Steam flow 200 m.tons per hour

Steam pressure 8.80 MPaa
Steam temperature 540 ⁰C
Feedwater temperature 230 ⁰C

Fuel flow (consumption)

Bunker Oil 4 m.tons per hour
HHV of Bunker Oil 42000 kJ/kg
Local Coal 20 m.tons per hour
HHV of Local Coal 23000 kJ/kg

Calculate the overall boiler efficiency, the plant thermal efficiency and the plant heat rate.

4. In a water-tube boiler with 190 m2 of boiler heating surface and operating at 1.75 MPaa,
water is fed at the rate of 2200 kg/hr. Water enters the economizer at 56 ⁰C and leaves
therefrom at 112 ⁰C, while steam with 5% moisture enters the superheater and leaves
therefrom as superheated at the same pressure. Coal with a heating value of 27000
kJ/kg is burned at the rate of 200 kg/hr. The gross boiler efficiency is 80%. The
generated steam flows to a steam turbine through a well-insulated pipe along which the
pressure drop is 0.10 MPa and the steam temperature becomes 250 ⁰C. In the turbine,
steam expands to a dry and saturated state at 0.065 MPaa. Determine:
a. the temperature of steam leaving the superheater
b. the boiler heat losses per hour
c. the equivalent evaporation
d. the percent rating
e. the weight of fuel saved in using the economizer per hour
f. the weight of additional fuel used per hour in the superheater
g. the energy loss per hour in the piping line
h. the power plant generator output if the turbine-generator combined efficiency is
85%
i. the power plant gross thermal efficiency

5. Water at a temperature of 28 ⁰C enters an open feedwater heater. It mingles with

sufficient exhaust steam at 0.10 MPaa and dryness factor of 0.93. The departing
feedwater is at 99 ⁰C from which the boiler generates saturated steam at 1.14 MPaa and
develops 800 Bo. hp at a gross overall efficiency of 70%. The coal has a heating value of
28000 kJ/kg.
a. How much feedwater will be needed per hour?
b. How much exhaust steam will be needed per hour?
c. Find the factor of evaporation.
 d. Find the equivalent evaporation.
e. Find the weight of coal needed per hour.
f. Find the Rated Bo. hp if the fire-tube boiler has a heating surface of 1110 m2.
g. Find the Percent Rating

6. A water-tube boiler operating at 1.75 MPaa has a heating surface of 150 m2. 5440 kg/hr
of steam at 360 ⁰C leaves the superheater. Water enters the economizer at 31 ⁰C and
leaves therefrom at 83 ⁰C. Wet steam with 90% dryness leaves the boiler. With an
overall boiler efficiency of 75% and a fuel heating value of 37000 kJ/kg, find:
a. the weight of coal fired per hour
b. the amount of steam produced per kg of fuel
c. the amount of heat added to the economizer
d. the heat added to the superheater

7. Coal with a heating value of 28000 kJ/kg is consumed at the rate of 600 kg/hr in a steam
generator with a rated Bo.hp of 200 Bo.hp. The feedwater temperature is 82 ⁰C and
steam generated is at 1.08 MPaa saturated. The Dev. Bo. hp is equivalent to 300 Bo. hp.
Determine:
a. the heating surface area if water-tube boiler is used
b. the rate of steam evaporated
c. the percent rating
d. the equivalent evaporation
e. the factor of evaporation
f. the overall thermal efficiency of the boiler
g. the actual specific evaporation
h. the equivalent specific evaporation