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HRSG Design Tutorial - Heat Balance
HRSG Design Tutorial - Heat Balance
HRSG Design Tutorial - Heat Balance
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Heat Balance
Evaporator Pinch Design:
The evaporator pinch, or approach temperature, is what limits the amount of heat that can be recovered in most HRSG designs. As was
discussed in the previous section, Schematics, the limiting effect of this approach is important. For many general purpose HRSG's such
as those found in refineries and chemical plants, a pinch of 50 °F provides an economical design with a realistic payout. But in the more
competetive markets of combined cycle or co-generation plants, it is not uncommon to see pinch points below 30 °F. And as a practice,
a 30 °F pinch design for these HRSG's should be considered.
It should, however, be remembered that the closer the pinch, or approach, the less reliable the results will be. In other words, it would be
easy to calculate the steam generated in a unit at a 5 °F pinch, but the probability of achieving this result with the actual equipment
would be almost nil. If you look at the added amount of surface required to go from a 10 °F to a 5 °F pinch versus the change in surface
to go from 50 °F to 45 °F, you will quickly see the why this is true.
Blowdown requirements:
The boiler blowdown requirement is set by the condition of the feedwater. Primarily it is used to control solids build up in the steam
separation drum. If nothing is known of the feedwater at time HRSG is being designed, an allowance should be used in design. For
normal modern facilities, a 2% allowance should be sufficient. For others, a 5% allowance should be provided for in the design. But, you
should keep in mind that somewhere along the route from design to production, this must be revisited to assure proper operating
conditions in the HRSG.
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But, since Hnet is equal to Hreqd, we can restate the equation as,
= 101,619 lb/hr
Now that we have the steam flow at the Superheater, 101,619 lb/hr, we can calculate the Superheater heat required, QSH
And the gas enthalpy at the outlet of the superheater coil, hg2
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and the steam generated in the evaporator coil, Wevap, is equal to,
And the gas enthalpy at the outlet of the economizer coil, hg4
Which results in a stack gas temperature leaving the economizer of 412.522 °F.
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