EEN-E3001 Fundamentals of industrial energy engineering, Spring 2023

Learning assignment 5:
Power plant calculations
Submission latest on February 26 by 23.59

Figure 1 shows energy conversion system of the mill. All middle pressure steam (MP steam)
to mill processes is taken from the turbine. Back pressure steam (BP steam) is also produced
at the TMP plant and heat only boiler (HOB) to cover the whole heat demand of the mill. Feed
water before the recovery and fluidized bed boilers is pre-heated using MP steam. BP steam is
used for feed water pre-heating in the feed water tank.

Condensates of MP and BP steams from the mill are collected into the separate condensate
tanks before returning them back to the feed water tank of the power plant. Feed waters to the
TMP plant and HOB are pumped from the condensate tank. Feed waters pumped to the TMP
plant and HOB are not pre-heated. There are also other heat only boilers for peak load situations
at the mill site but they can be ignored in this calculation.

Table 1 shows known process values of the conversion process.

Figure 1. Energy conversion system of the mill

Table 1. Process values of the energy conversion process

Point p, bar t, oC h, kJ/kg  , kg/s
m
1 84 171
2 84 500
3 11 16.0
4 4
 5 4
6 4
7 4 99.0
8 4 90 15.3
9 4 90
10 11
11 4 40 15.3
12 4
13 84
14 4 90 99.7
15 4 90
16 11

A) Fill in the missing values in Table 1. Remember to show how you have calculated the
missing process values. If you just show the filled table with correct values you don’t get any
points.

B) How much natural gas does the HOB consume if its boiler efficiency is 0.9?

C) How much MP and BP steam are consumed in total at the mill? Give the answer in MWs.
Remember to compensate the heat losses in this calculation by the make-up water.

D) How much electricity does the turbine produce? Mechanical efficiency of the turbine is
0.98 and the generator efficiency is 0.97.

E) Calculate how much heat the CHP plant produces in MWs?

F) What is power to heat ratio of the CHP plant? Does this value represent typical power-to-
heat ratio of an industrial CHP plant?

G) What is the efficiency of the CHP plant?