AKHIL KUMAR (09656)

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• What is Boiler drum?
• What are the internals of Boiler Drum?
• What is Drum Level? What is the
significance of Drum level?
• What are the types of Drum level
control?
• How do we manually control Drum level
during start up of Unit?
• A Boiler drum is a Standard feature for water
tube boiler . It is a reservoir of water/steam at the
top end of water tubes.
– It acts as Phase separator for steam water
mixture.
– It provides necessary head for the circulation
of water through evaporative surface.
– It facilitates chemical dosing and blow down to
remove impurities.
 Boiler Drum Internals
• Feed Lines & Feed header.
• Turbo Separator & Demister.
• Down comers & anti-vortex plate.
• Up risers & separating chamber.
• Super Heater Supply Tubes.
• Chemical dosing line and CBD line.
• Auxiliary Connections.
 Drum Level
• Drum level is level of water in boiler drum.
Drum level is needed to restrict between high
and low level of water across the normal
water level.
• Normal water level is designed as per the
required volume of water to achieve hold time
for achieving lower and higher level.
 Geometry of Boiler Drum

762 mm

GC High
200mm lvl
NWL

Low
Lvl
451mm
10.465m
 Significance of Drum level
• Low Level
– It will cause of starvation of water in water wall
which consequently causes failure of tubes.
– It may cause steam suction in Down comers
which will hamper circulation of water due to
unexpected head difference.
 Significance of Drum level

• High level
– Carryover of water by steam , Super
heaters will get thermally stressed.
– Water hammering in steam pipe line.
– Pitting on Turbine blades.
Types of Drum level control

• Single element control.

• 3-Element control.
• Manual control.
 Feed Lines
Air Vent

From Economiser O/L

Feed Tube

NWL

Feed Header Support

Feed Header
 Feed Lines

Drum

Feed Line Feed Line Header

 Down comers

NWL

Anti Vortex Plate

Down Comers
 Down comers

NWL

Down comers
 Up risers

RiserTube (18 x 5)

NWL
 Super Heater Supply Tubes
Super Heater Supply (12 nos)

Screen Dryer

NWL

Air Vent

Super Heater Header 1

 Super Heater Supply Tubes
Super Heater Supply Tubes (12 nos)

NWL
 Auxiliary Connections
.Blow Down Lines( CBD line #1-8)(EBD line #1-6)
.Chemical Dozing Lines( Trisodium Phosphate)
.Air Vents (2 no's)
.Safety Valves ( 2 nos. )(a. 158 Kg/cm ,b. 162.8 Kg/cm )
2 2

.Instrumentation Taping.
Pressure Gauges
Gauge Glass
Remote Water level Indicator
Conductivity Measurement.
Drum metal temperature.
 Auxiliary Connections
(Blow Down Line and Chemical Dozing Line)

RiserTube (18 x 5)

NWL

Phosphate Dozing Line

CBD
Nitrogen Dozing Line EBD
 Auxiliary Connections
Chemical Dozing Line

NWL

Drum

Chemical Dozing Line Header

Chemical Dozing Line

 Auxiliary Connections
(Safety Valve and Air Vent)
Safety Valve
Air Vent

158 Kg/cm2
162.8 Kg/cm2

NWL

Man Hole
 Auxiliary Connections
(Instrumentation Taping)
Hydro Step

Gauge Glass Remote Drum Level Pressure Gauge Line (01 nos)
Trans.(6 nos)

NWL

Water Sample
Lef Right