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Boiler Feed Pump
Boiler Feed Pump
Boiler Feed Pump
P M V Subbarao
Professor
M h i lE
Mechanical Engineering
i i D Department
t t
I I T Delhi
• Turbogenerator
g & Auxiliaries – 3 sets.
• Steam generator equipment – 6 sets.
• Chemical feed system – 13 sets.
• Fuel Oil systems – 14 sets.
• Lubricating oil systems – 5 sets.
• Fire Protection systems – 6 sets.
• Service water system – 7 sets.
• Miscellaneous – around 4 sets.
sets
Pump services in Main Steam Cycle
• The designers
g and owners of coal-fired ppower plants
p in
Western European countries tend to adopt motor-driven pumps
system to feed water for boiler.
• The
Th reasons for
f the
th choice
h i are that
th t internal
i t l efficiency
ffi i off small
ll
steam turbines which drive feed water pumps in their countries
is almost equivalent to the product of the efficiency of power
transmission and internal efficiency of low-pressure cylinder
of main steam turbine.
• On this premise,
premise an integrated investment of motor-driven
motor driven feed
water pump system is lower than that of steam-driven feed
water pump.
International
te at o a View
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Steam Driven
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s
• Description
p of heat consumption
p rate
• Analysis and discuss of an example
Description of heat consumption rate
• Generally speaking, heat consumption rate (HR) is the key
indicator to determine thermal economy of thermodynamic
cycle
l andd operation
ti off the
th turbine
t bi generatort unit.
it
• From different point of view, it has two expression forms, one
known as the gross heat rate, and the other called the net heat
rate.
• Heat consumption rate is defined as the amount heat which
generatedd 1kWh electricity
l i i by b generating
i unit.
i
• For different thermodynamic cycle, the formula of heat rate
has different expression forms.
• To the intermediate reheating unit whose boiler water is fed by
motor-driven pump, the gross heat consumption rate can be
expressed as
m mainsteam hsup h fw m rhsteam hhrh hcrh
HR
PGen
• Relative equivalent
q work efficiencyy rate is defined that the
ratio of power consumption of motor-driven pumps and
electricity which can be generated in steam turbine by the
equivalent enthalpy drops of the steam flow from extraction
point entering into SST.
• This definition can reflect thermal economy of energy owned
by steam and electricity.
• The calculation method by equivalent work efficiency is easy
to understand and be performed,
performed simultaneously avoiding the
computational precision difficulty of small steam turbine
exhaust enthalpy.
Comprehensive Cost-based Coal Consumption rate
H f K1 K 2 Q 2
PUMPS Running Parallel
Operation of Pumps at Low Flows
• There are a number of unfavorable conditions which may occur
separately or simultaneously when the pump is operated at reduced
flows. Some include:
• Cases of heavy leakages from the casing, seal, and stuffing box
• Deflection and shearing of shafts
• Seizure of pump internals
• Close tolerances erosion
• Separation cavitation
• Product quality degradation
• Excessive hydraulic thrust
• Premature bearing failures
• Each condition may dictate a different minimum flow low requirement.
requirement
• The final decision on recommended minimum flow is taken after
careful “techno-economical” analysis by both the pump user and the
manufacturer.
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Cavitation