BOILER COAL BUNKER SIZING CALCULATION (CASE-1)

Conditions : 12 hours storage capacity ; 5 mills working and 1 mill stand-by

Sr. No Description Symbol Value Unit
A INPUTS
1 Storage capacity of bunkers considered T 12.00 hrs a a Tripper Floor El (+)56 M

2 Coal consumption by blending 70 % Indian washed coal & 30 c 86.97 kg/sec

% imported coal with 10% margin t2 = 0.2 m
3 No of bunkers / mills 6.00 Nos t1 = 1 m
4 No. of operating bunkers / mills considered n 5.00 Nos t3 = 0.5 m
5 Coal Density in piled condition ρ 800.00 kg/m3 V1 V2 H1 = 0.942 m
6 Bunker Filling Co-efficient f 0.80
7 Inner Dia of bunker considered D 8.00 m        α V3 H2 = 1.13 m
8 Bunker opening diameter at bottom considered d 0.85 m
9 Valley angle of the bunker cone considered θ 60.00 Deg
10 Angle of repose of coal α 37.00 Deg
11 Distance between opening slot to CL of bunker a 1.25 m
12 Height of Adaptor at Bunker bottom H5 0.50 m
As per BHEL drawing Bottom of bunker level (i.e., terminal
13 point) h 25.50 m
Bunker Diameter,D=8m H3 = 19.936 m
14 Thickness of tippler floor slab t2 0.20 m
15 Height of beam above bunker t1 1.00 m V5
16 Cleance between top of bunker and beam t3 0.50 m
B OUTPUTS
1 Coal Consumption per hour C 313.09 TPH

2a Hence, required volumetric capacity of each operating bunker 1174.08 m3

2b -do- 939.3 Tons
3 Inner Radius of the bunker considered R 4.00 m V6
5 Height H4 6.19 m H4 = 6.19 m
6 Length of slot across the bunker LS 7.60 m
7 Height H1+H2 2.07 m
8 Height H1 0.94 m
9 Height H2 1.13 m H5 = 0.5 m
10 Volume V1=V2 8.95 m3 Bottom of Bunker El (+)25.5 M
11 Volume V3 38.16 m3
12 Volume (addition of V1+V2+V3) =V4 V4 56.06 m3 d = 0.85 m
13 Volume of conical portion V6 115.90 m3
14 Required volume for cylindircal portion V5 1002.11 m3

15 Hence, required height of the Cylindrical portion of the Bunker H3 19.94 m

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16 Hence total height of the bunker H6 28.70 m
17 Hence, elevation of top of the bunker H 54.20 m
18 Elevation of tripper floor 55.90 m
19 Selected Elevation of tripper floor 56.00 m