Appendices for Boiler

There are several steps to sizing furnace such as:

1. Calculate volume (V) of burning contact from heat release rate per unit
volume (𝑞𝑣 )
𝑚𝑐 𝐿𝐻𝑉
𝑞𝑣 = (𝑘𝑊/𝑚3 ) (X)
𝑉
Where,

𝑚̇ 𝑐 = Design fuel consumption rate, kg/s.

V = Furnace volume, 𝑚3.

LHV = Lower heating value of fuel kJ/kg.

Table X. Lower Limit of Furnace

Table X. Lower Heating Value of Fuel

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2. Calculate area (A) of burning contact from heat release rate per unit cross
sectional area (𝑞𝑎 ). The maximum value for those variable can be shown
in the Table A.2.

(X)
 𝑚𝑐 𝐿𝐻𝑉
𝑞𝑎 = (𝑘𝑊/𝑚3 )
𝐴𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒

Table X. Upper Limit of Furnace

3. Calculate a and b are width and depth of furnace, and Hb is the height of
burner region from heat release rate per unit cross sectional area (𝑞𝑏 ).
𝑚𝑐 𝐿𝐻𝑉
𝑞𝑏 = (𝑘𝑊/𝑚3 )
2 (𝑎 + 𝑏 )𝐻𝑏 (X)

Table X. Recommended Values of Burner Region Heat Release Rate

4. Determine the minimum value of the unknown variables based on these rule of
thumb

Table X. Minimum Depth of Furnace

Table X. Lower Limit of Hfo