CYCLING EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS

500,000 square foot major office building, Washington, DC

Data
Manufacturer:
l:
Capacity (Btuh)
Max:
Min:
t:
r:
s:
Burner input
cy:
Peak load (Btuh)
Base load (Btuh)
Design OA Temp
Cycle on press.
Cycle off press.
Combustion air:
Blower DP
ht:

Existing
Kewanee
600 HP

Proposed
Kewanee
200 HP

Data
Manufacturer:

20,085,000
5,021,000

6,695,000
1,674,000

34,700
2,850
27,211

11,800
977
9,318

24,220,000
82.93%

8,370,000
79.99%

6,677,000
85,000
0
9
12

6,677,000
85,000
0
9
12

3,719
0.25

1,240
0.25

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Analysis for:
Ouside air @
Load (Btu) =

OFF CYCLE LOSSES (Btu)

Mean temp.:
240
0.0044
Draft:
494
Off cycle flow:
90,809
Off cycle loss:
RADIATION LOSSES (Btu)
No. of walls
4
Water cooled:
1
Air Cooled:
Loss:
153,178

ENERGY USE PER CYCLE

To satisfy actual heating load . . . . . . . . . . . .
..
Post purge cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Off cycle cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prepurge cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Radiation loss during off cycle . . . . . . . . . . .
..
Heat losses while firing . . . .
............. ..
Cycle input:
Cycle efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Heat input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2
3
4
5

Low fire assumed to be 25% of capacity

With water at normal water line.
Equivalent weight in water.
Based on boiler input / output rating
Approximate temperature derived from
pressure using a simple formula +/-0.2%.
Cooling from cycle on pressure - Btuh

60
592,077

PURGING LOSSES (Btu)

Prepurge (sec.)
90
Postpurge (sec.)
30
Prepurge loss:
14,715
Postpurge loss:
5,097

CYCLE DESCRIPTION
Burner cycles off after heating up to . . . . . . . . . . .
Postpurge, load and radiation cooling . . . . . . . . .
Burner idle after post purge at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Boiler cooled by load and radiation and
off cycle losses to cycle on temp of . . . . . . . .
within . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prepurge, load and radiation cooling . . . . . . . . . .
Burner ignites with water at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Burner operates for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cycle repeats every . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Existing
Kewanee
600 HP

.
.
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.
.
.

. .
. .

243.60
0.42
243.18

243.60
0.76
242.84

236.70
12.66
1.23
235.47
3.09
17.75

236.70
5.04
2.25
234.45
4.90
11.94

175,177
5,097
19,165
14,715
37,433
60,883
312,469
56.06%
1,056,108

117,856
1,639
2,542
4,731
6,929
38,629
172,327
68.39%
865,721

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8
9
10

Cooling from cycle off pressure - Btuh

Off cycle air flow produced by natural draft
Heat loss in off cycle air flow, Btuh
Formula derived from ASME PTC 4.1

KEH Energy Engineering

105 Haverhill Road - Joppa, MD 21085-4733
410-679-6419

03/31/16

Proposed
Kewanee
200 HP
60
592,077

90
30
4,731
1,639

240
0.0044
165
30,270

6
7

8
9

4
0

59,055

10

Degrees F
Degrees
Degrees F

Degrees F
Minutes
Degrees
Degrees F
Minutes
Minutes

Btu/cycle
Btu/cycle
Btu/cycle
Btu/cycle
Btu/cycle
Btu/cycle
Btu/cycle
Btuh

hill Road - Joppa, MD 21085-4733

410-679-6419