Effect of Low MS Steam Temperature at Turbine end on Heat Rate

Increase in Heat Excess Cost due to Increase in Heat Rate due to Low MS Temp.
Throttle temp. (⁰C) Rate Low MS Temp.
(Kcal/Kwh) (Rs.)/day 540
539
537 0 0 538
537
536 0.847 16192
536
535 1.569 29984 535
534 2.290 43777 534
533 3.012 57570 533
532
532 3.734 71363

MS Temperature ( ⁰C)
531
531 4.455 85155 530
530 5.177 98948 529
529 5.899 112741 528
527
528 6.620 126534
526
527 7.342 140326 525
526 8.064 154119 524
525 8.785 167912 523
522
524 9.507 181705
521
523 10.229 195497 520
0 92 84 77 70 63 55 48 41 34 26 19 12 05 97 90 83 76
522 10.950 209290 1 9 7 5 3 1 9 7 5 3 1 9 7 4 2 0 8
16 29 43 57 71 85 98 1 12 1 26 1 40 1 54 1 67 1 81 1 95 2 09 2 23 2 36
521 11.672 223083
520 12.394 236876 Extra Cost in Rs.

*Decrease in MS temp. by 5⁰ C from design value causes increase in Heat Rate by 3.734 Kcal/Kwh resulting into loss of Rs. 0.7 Lac per day and Rs. 2.6 Crores per year.

* Decrease in MS temp. by 10⁰ C from design value causes increase in Heat Rate by 7.342 Kcal/Kwh resulting into loss of Rs. 1.4 Lacs per day and Rs.5.12 Crores per year.

Please Maintain MS Temperature as per design value of 537°C.

 Effect of Low HRH Temperature at Turbine end on Heat Rate.
Excess Cost due to
HRH temp (⁰C)
Increase in Heat
low HRH temp. 540
Extra cost due to low HRH temperature
Rate (Kcal/Kwh)
(Rs.)/day 539
538
537 0 0
537
536 0.251 4797.483
536
535 0.751 14349.614
535
534 1.251 23901.746

HRH Temperature ( ⁰C)

534
533 1.750 33453.877 533
532 2.250 43006.009 532
531 2.750 52558.14 531
530 3.250 62110.272 530

529 3.749 71662.403 529

528
528 4.249 81214.534
527
527 4.749 90766.666
526
526 5.249 100318.8
525
525 5.749 109870.93 524
524 6.248 119423.06 523
523 6.748 128975.19 522
522 7.248 138527.32 521
521 7.748 148079.45 520
0 8 1 5 8 1 4 7 4 3 7 8 .. .. .. .. .. ..
.4 .6 .7 .8 .0 .1 .2 2. .5 .6 8. 8 7. 4 2. 9 7. 5 2. 7. 6 3.
520 8.247 157631.59 9 7
34
9
90
1
45
3
00
6
55
8
11
0 6 6
21
4
76
6
03
1 9 9 8 8 8 0 7
47 14 23 33 43 52 62 Extra 71 cost 81 in Rs. 90 10 10 11 12 13 14 15

•Decrease in RH temp. by 5⁰ C from design value causes increase in Heat Rate by 2.25 Kcal/Kwh resulting into loss of Rs. 0.43 Lac per day and Rs.1.56 Crores per year .

* Decrease in RH temp. by 10⁰ C from design value causes increase in Heat Rate by 4.749 Kcal/Kwh resulting into loss of Rs. 0.87 Lac per day and Rs.3.31 Crores per year.

Please Maintain HRH Temperature as per design value of 537°C.

 Effect of Super Heater Spray on Heat Rate
Increase in Heat Excess Cost due to
SH Spray (TPH)
Rate (Kcal/Kwh) SH spray(Rs.)/day 100
Extra cost due to SH spray
95
0 0 0 90
5 0.224 4283 85
10 0.448 8567 80
15 0.672 12850
75
20 0.896 17134
70
25 1.121 21417
65
30 1.345 25701
60
35 1.569 29984

SH Spray in TPH
55
40 1.793 34268
45 2.017 38551 50

50 2.241 42835 45
55 2.465 47118 40
60 2.689 51402 35
65 2.913 55685 30
70 3.138 59969 25
75 3.362 64252 20
80 3.586 68535 15
85 3.810 72819 10
90 4.034 77102 5
95 4.258 81386
0
100 4.482 85669 0 83 67 50 34 17 01 84 68 51 35 18 02 85 69 52 35 19 02 86 69
42 85 12
8
17
1
21
4
25
7
29
9
34
2
38
5
42
8
47
1
51
4
55
6
59
9
64
2
68
5
72
8
77
1
81
3
85
6

Extra Cost in Rs.

* Increase in SH spray by 25 TPH causes increase in Heat Rate by 1.121 Kcal/Kwh resulting into loss of Rs. 0.21 Lac per day and Rs.0.78 Crore per year.

* Increase in SH spray by 50 TPH causes increase in Heat Rate by 2.241 Kcal/Kwh resulting into loss of Rs. 0.42 Lac per day and Rs. 1.56 Crores per Year
 Effect of Re- Heater Spray on Heat Rate
Increase in Heat Excess Cost due to 100 Extra cost due to RH spray
RH Spray (TPH)
Rate (Kcal/Kwh) RH spray(Rs.)/day 95
90
0 0 0 85
5 1.311 25058.282 80
10 2.622 50116.564 75
15 3.933 75174.846
70
20 5.244 100233.13
65
25 6.555 125291.41
60
30 7.866 150349.69

RH Spray in TPH
35 9.177 175407.97 55
40 10.489 200466.26 50
45 11.800 225524.54 45
50 13.111 250582.82 40
55 14.422 275641.1 35
60 15.733 300699.38 30
65 17.044 325757.67
25
70 18.355 350815.95
20
75 19.666 375874.23
80 20.977 400932.51 15

85 22.288 425990.79 10
90 23.599 451049.08 5
95 24.910 476107.36 0
0 2505 5011 7517 1002 1252 1503 1754 2004 2255 2505 2756 3006 3257 3508 3758 4009 4259 4510 4761 5011
100 26.221 501165.64 8.28 6.56 4.85 33.13 91.41 49.69 07.97 66.26 24.54 82.82 41.1 99.38 57.67 15.95 74.23 32.51 90.79 49.08 07.36 65.64

Extra Cost in Rs.

* Increase in RH spray by 25 TPH causes increase in Heat Rate by 6.555 Kcal/Kwh resulting into loss of Rs. 1.25 Lacs per day and Rs.4.57 Crores per year

* Increase in RH spray by 50 TPH causes increase in Heat Rate by 13.111 Kcal/Kwh resulting into loss of Rs. 2.4 Lacs per day and Rs.9.14 Crores per year
 Effect of Main Steam Pressure on Heat Rate
Excess Cost due 175
MS Pr. Increase in Heat
to MS. Pressure
( Kg/cm²) Rate (Kcal/Kwh)
(Rs.)/day
170 0 0 170
169 0.799 152693.49
168 1.598 305386.98
167 2.397 458080.46 165

166 3.196 610773.95

165 3.995 763467.44 160
164 4.793 916160.93
163 5.592 1068854.4 MS Pressure ( Kh/Cm2)

162 6.391 1221547.9 155

161 7.190 1374241.4
160 7.989 1526934.9
150
159 8.788 1679628.4
158 9.587 1832321.9
157 10.386 1985015.3 145
156 11.185 2137708.8 0
3 .4
9
6 .9
8
0 .4
6
3 .9
5
7 .4
4
0 .9
3
4 .4
2
7 .9
1
1 .3
9
4 .8
8
8 .3
7
1 .8
6
5 .3
5
8 .8
3
2 .3
2
5 .8
1
9 .3
2 .7
9
6 .2
7
9 .7
6
9 8 8 7 6 6 5 4 4 3 2 2 1 0 0 9 78 8 7 6
155 11.984 2290402.3 15
26
30
53
45
80
61
07
76
34
91
61 6 88 2 15 7 42 2 69 7 96 3 23 8 50 3 77 9 04 4 30
25
95 4 84 0 11 5 38
10 12 13 15 16 18 19 21 22 24 27 29 30
154 12.782 2443095.8
153 13.581 2595789.3
152 14.380 2748482.8
151 15.179 2901176.3
150 15.978 3053869.8 Extra cost in Rs.
* Decrease in MS Pressure by 10 Kg/cm² causes increase in Heat Rate by 7.989 Kcal/Kwh resulting into
loss of Rs. 15.26 Lac per day and Rs.55.73 Crore per year

* Decrease in MS Pressure by 20 Kg/cm² causes increase in Heat Rate by 15.978 Kcal/Kwh resulting into
loss of Rs. 30.53 Lacs per day and Rs.111.466 Crore per year