BENSON Boiler Technology

Leading boiler manufacturers construct BENSON boilers

worldwide under Siemens license.

The success of the technology is based on highest economy

in power plant operation by

High efficiency due to high steam parameters

Flexible operation in sliding pressure mode

Based on extensive experience and on basic research and

development the Siemens BENSON test rig highest reliability
of BENSON boilers is assured.

Modern boilers are characterized by three essential features.

All of them have been introduced by Siemens:

Once-through principle

Supercritical steam pressure

Variable pressure operation

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BENSON HRSG

The BENSON Low Mass Flux Design Principle developed for coal fired steam generators and patented by Siemens was
successfully applied for an Once-Through Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) at the Cottam 390MW CCPP in Great
Britain in 1999.

Leading HRSG manufacturers worldwide have obtained licenses for this technology from Siemens.

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Research & Development
The high reliability is based on scientifically founded design fundamentals and experiences:

Intensive research and development especially in the field of heat transfer and pressure drop of two phase flow at
the Siemens BENSON test rig

Continuous exchange of information between Siemens, the BENSON licensees and customers as well

BENSON test rig in Erlangen

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BENSON Boiler Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Tubes

Siemens BENSON Boiler research has established the world's largest database for heat transfer and pressure drop in
tubes.

Flexibility Features

A coal fired power plant with BENSON Boiler can sustain load transients of 4 to 6% per min over a wide load range and in
sliding pressure mode.

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BENSON Boiler: Operation Mode of Power Plants

Operation Mode of Power Plants

Sliding pressure is an essential requirement to reduce thermal stresses in the turbine.

The size and geometry of the furnace of a BENSON boiler can be optimally matched to the fuel with no restrictions on the
water/steam side, because the transition from evaporation to superheating is not fixed in location.

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Firing Concepts for BENSON Boilers

The BENSON boiler is constructed with the widest possible range of firing systems.

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Efficiency

BENSON: Net Efficiency

Increase of Efficiency

The most effective measure for achieving high power plant efficiency is selecting high steam pressure and high steam
temperature. Increasing the steam pressure from 167 bar, the standard for drum boilers, to 250 bar enhances the

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efficiency by roughly 3% without significant increases in investment costs.
The design concept of BENSON Boilers is independent of subcritical and supercritical steam pressure.
BENSON Boilers have been built to date for pressures up to 310 bar and temperatures up to 650 °C.

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Licensees

BENSON technology is available everywhere, as leading boiler manufacturers in all parts of the world have obtained
licenses from Siemens.

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The Licensees use the comprehensive BENSON know-how based on continuous research and development and global
exchange of information.
The Siemens know-how of interaction between boiler, turbine and other major components as the basis for cost-effective
and reliable power plant operation completes the BENSON technology experience.

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History of BENSON Technology

Based on the concept developed by Mark Benson, Siemens continued to develop this type of boiler in the mid twenties
while retaining the name BENSON Boiler.

It was recognized that a once-through evaporator could be operated at both subcritical and supercritical pressure.

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