isa aw 279 labbe feedwaterheatercontrolimproveseffic
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Standards
Certification
Education & Training
Publishing
Conferences & Exhibits
Feedwater Heater Control
System for Improved Rankine
Cycle Power Plant Efficiency
Don Labbe, Invensys Operations
Management
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Presenter
• Don Labbe is a Consulting Control Engineer for Invensys
Operations Management.
• He received a bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from
UMass Lowell and a Master’s degree from MIT.
• Don is a registered professional engineer in the state of
Massachusetts.
• Don has published 45+ papers and articles and has 4 patents and 2
patents pending.
• He is an ISA Fellow and is a recipient of the ISA E.G. Bailey Award
and the ISA POWID Achievement Award.
• He currently serves as the ISA POWID Director.
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Outline
• Rankine Cycle Review
• Boiler Energy Distribution
• High Pressure Feedwater Heater Control
• Conclusions
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Basic Rankine Cycle (Wikipedia)
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Basic Rankine Cycle T-S diagram
(Wikipedia)
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Regenerative Rankine Cycle with Reheat
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Regenerative with Reheat Rankine Cycle T-S
Diagram (Wikipedia)
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Boiler Energy Distribution for Drum Type
Power Plants
• Prior to plant construction the cycle is analyzed combining information from
the turbine, boiler and subsystems to design the boiler, turbine and
configuration of feedwater heaters– The objective of the boiler is to heat the feedwater to generate the design superheated steam
flow at the design pressure and temperature
• Drum style steam power plants have fixed surface areas for each function of
the steam process– economizer for water preheating
– evaporator for steam generation
– superheater for superheating steam and reheater for reheating steam
• These surface areas are designed based on assumptions for fuel and
feedwater temperature– The turbine extraction points determine the feedwater heater temperature
• Modifications to a boiler section surface area or changes in fuel quality can
result in an energy distribution imbalance and potentially an inability to attain
design steam temperatures under all operating conditions
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Steam Temperature Controls
• Boiler typically includes one or more steam
temperature control systems, such as– Superheat and reheat sprays
– Gas path dampers
– Burner tilts
– Burners-in-service
• Sometimes these are inadequate to attain design
superheat steam temperatures due to
– Fuel quality changes
– Boiler design changes
– Adverse consequence of temperature controls on emissions
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High Pressure Feed Water Heater Control for
Steam Temperature Control
• Boiler feedwater temperature impacts superheat
steam temperature (Drum boilers)– Predicted 16ºF superheat increase per 10ºF cooler feedwater
– Predicted increase in reheat steam flow
• Apply high pressure feed water heater control as part of
a multivariable boiler control
– Efficiency gains from higher steam temperatures and boiler
efficiency more than offset efficiency loss from cooler feedwater
temperature
– Increase load generation capability, both short term and long
term
– Lower emissions
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Feedwater Heater Control Test 1: Effect on
Superheat and Turbine Control
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Confirmation Test 1: Partial closure of the 1st point
feedwater heater extraction isolation valves
• Forced ~ 50 psi drop across extraction valves of
high pressure feedwater heater
• Confirmed the expected drop in feedwater outlet
temperature
• Confirmed predicted increase in superheater
steam temperature
• Confirmed increase in reheat steam flow
• Confirmed reduction in turbine throttle valve
position for same load generation
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Test 2: HP Heaters In-service to Out-of-
service
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HP Heaters
in Service
HP Heaters Out-
of- Service
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Performance Comparison: HP Heaters In-
service to Out-of-service
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Test 2: Full isolation of the B side high
pressure feedwater heaters
• Confirmed drop in economizer inlet temperature
• Lower burner tilts
• Lower NOx emissions
• Lower furnace exit gas temperatures
• Lower reheat spray flow
• Increase in reheat steam flow
• Reduced main steam flow and turbine throttle
valve position
• Increased load generation margin
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Test Results
• Control of 1st point heater extraction steam can be
applied to
– increase superheat steam temperature,
– lower burner tilts,
– lower furnace exit gas temperatures,
– lower NOx and
– compensate for the adverse impact of higher BTU coal, an overly
clean furnace, and placing the lower coal mill in service
• Tests confirmed that peak load generation capability can
be significantly increased through the modulation of the
extraction steam to the 1st point feedwater heater with
little, if any, consequence on the unit heat rate
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Conclusions
• By controlling the high pressure feedwater heater outlet
temperature an additional element of control is provided
to attain design steam temperatures.
• The potential improvement in cycle efficiency through
achieving design steam temperatures and increasing
boiler efficiency more than offsets the efficiency loss due
to cooler feedwater
• Feedwater heater outlet temperature control can be a
vital component of a multivariable boiler and steam
temperature control system
• An additional benefit is increased MW generation and
the potential for reduced NOx emissions.
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Standards
Certification
Education & Training
Publishing
Conferences & Exhibits
Feedwater Heater Control
System for Improved Rankine
Cycle Power Plant Efficiency
Don Labbe, Invensys Operations
Management