Primary Air Fan for thermal Power Plants

Thermal Power Plant

BOILER

HIGH PRESSURE TURBINE

COLD

REHEATER INLET HEADER CONDENSOR

INTERMEDIAT E TURBINE LOW PRESSURE TURBINE HIGH PRESSURE FEED HEATERS

LOW PRESSURE FEED HEATERS

CONDENSATE EXTRACTION PUMP

DEAERATOR

BOILER FEED PUMP

SUPERHEATER

STEAM DRUM

ECONOMISER

HEATERS SPRAYSYSTEM

BOILER

PRCOCESS GOES ON

Primary Air System

Primary

air supplies hot air to coal mills to carry pulverized coal to the burners Hot air is used to decrease the burning point of coal in the boilers Cold air ducts are included in the system to regulate mill temperatures P.A system consists of two Primary air fans and ducts leading to boilers Each fan is connected to Steam Coil Air Preheater (SCAPH)

Primary Air Fan

Very

huge fan (2 floors high) Used to blow pulverized coal into the combustion chambers Because of its size this fan needs automatic functionality Circuits involving this automatic functionality are designed in BHEL Noida