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Lect5 - Steam Power Balances
Lect5 - Steam Power Balances
COGENERATION AND
SITE UTILITY SYSTEMS
Provides
• Steam levels
A simple example
P = 40 bar
T = 350 °C
H = 3094 kJ/kg
P = 4 bar
T = 150 °C
H = 2753 kJ/kg
Process
P = 40 bar
5 t/h T = 350 °C
H = 3094 kJ/kg
15 t/h
Process
Process
10 t/h P = 4 bar
T = 150 °C
20 t/h H = 2753 kJ/kg
Process
Utility Blowdown
Boilers
Blowdown
Process
5 t/h ? P = 40 bar
T = 350˚C
15 t/h
h = 3094 kJ/kg
Blowdown Process
Process ?
10 t/h P = 4 bar
20 t/h T = 150˚C
? Vent h = 2753 kJ/kg
Process
h = 2683 kJ/kg
Deaerator
? Condensate Return 70%
h = 439 kJ/kg
T = 80oC
Treated Water h = 336 kJ/kg
T = 25oC
h = 105 kJ/kg
Steam & power balances_NER
STEP 3: Estimate deaeration steam
Utility Blowdown
Assume: Boilers
Blowdown
Process
• Flow to 25 t/h P = 40 bar
5 t/h
T = 350˚C
deaerator is 15 t/h h = 3094 kJ/kg
5 t/h Blowdown Process
Process 15 t/h
• Blowdown 10 t/h P = 4 bar
rate is 5%
0.3 t/h 20 t/h T = 150˚C
5 t/h Vent Process h = 2753 kJ/kg
• 5% of the h = 2683 kJ/kg
deaeration Deaerator
28 t/h
steam is
42 t/h Condensate Return
vented 70%
h = 439 kJ/kg 9.3 t/h
Treated Water T = 80oC
T = 25oC h = 336 kJ/kg
h = 105 kJ/kg
Steam & power balances_NER
STEP 3: Estimate deaeration steam
Utility Blowdown
Blowdown Boilers
Process
25 t/h P = 40 bar
5 t/h
T = 350˚C
15 t/h h = 3094 kJ/kg
Blowdown Process
Process 15 t/h
10 t/h P = 4 bar
0.3 t/h 20 t/h T = 150˚C
5 t/h Vent Process h = 2753 kJ/kg
h = 2683 kJ/kg
Deaerator
28 t/h
42 t/h Condensate Return
9.3 t/h 70%
h = 439 kJ/kg
Treated Water T = 80oC
T = 25oC h = 336 kJ/kg
h = 105 kJ/kg
m1 Vent 5%
m2
m3 h = 2683 kJ/kg
T = 105oC Deaerator
h = 439 kJ/kg
m4 m5
Treated Water Condensate Return
T = 25oC 70%
h = 105 kJ/kg T = 80oC
h = 336 kJ/kg
m4 = m3 – m5 – 0.95m1
105m4 + 336m5 = 439m3 – 2618.8m1
334𝑚3 − 231𝑚5 334 42 − 231(28)
𝑚1 = = = 3.0𝑡/ℎ
2519 2519
Error = 40%
Error = 3.3%
50 t/h To process
m3
25 t/h
LP
Steam & power balances_NER
To process
Example 1
Solution:
Extraction turbine can be modeled as a decomposition of two
turbines.
m1 90000𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑊ℎ
W1 W2 𝑊1 = × × 0.6 = 3.75𝑀𝑊
ℎ 14.40 𝑘𝑔
MP to LP expansion
m2 50 t/h
50000𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑊ℎ
𝑊2 = × × 0.6 = 2.58𝑀𝑊
ℎ 11.61 𝑘𝑔
WS = W1 + W2 = 6.33 MW
374.4𝑘𝐽 81,100𝑘𝑔 ℎ
𝑊1 = × × × 0.55 = 4.6𝑀𝑊
𝑘𝑔 ℎ 3600𝑠
WT = W1 + W2 = 6 MW
➔ W2 = 1.4 MW
𝑘𝐽 𝑠 𝑘𝐽
2000 × 3600 = 𝑚 𝑇1 × 494.69 × 0.7
𝑠 ℎ 𝑘𝑔
𝑚 𝑇1 = 𝟐𝟎. 𝟖𝒕/𝒉
70 70 70
40 40 0
30 bar
30 35
15
15 bar
30 10
Process A 10 Process B
3 bar
10 15 15
Process C Process D Process E
Steam & power balances_NER
Steam system security
What happens if B1 or B2
breaks down?
B1 B2 B3
70 70 70
0 70 0 If B1 breaks down:
30 bar
30 35 • Fire B2 to
5 maximum
capacity