Steam Production in Fossil Fuel Power Plants

Performance Test Codes for Engineers Worldwide

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These Performance Test Codes are critical in determining the

performance of equipment associated with the production of steam
ASME PTC 4-2008, Fired Steam Generators
in a power plant, providing valuable assistance for contractual
agreements. ISBN: 9780791831380
No. pages: 292
Price: $240.00 USD
A major component of a fossil fuel power plant is the steam Digital (PDF) / Order No.: C0250Q
generator. Print-Book / Order No.: C02508

PTC 4, Fired Steam Generators is used to determine performance

ASME PTC 4.3-1968, Air Heaters
characteristics of a steam generator. These characteristics include
efficiency, output, capacity, exit flue gas and entering air No. pages: 31
temperature, excess air, calcium-to-sulfur molar ratio, fuel, air, and Price: $50.00 USD
flue gas flow rates, unburned carbon and unburned carbon loss. Digital (PDF) / Order No.: D0003Q
Determining these performance characteristics are important,
because actual performance can be compared to guaranteed ASME PTC 11-2008, Fans
performance, comparing different conditions or methods of
operation, determining the specific performance of individual parts ISBN: 9780791831526
No. pages: 176
or components, comparing performance when firing an alternate
Price: $125.00 USD
fuel, and determining the effects of equipment modifications. The Digital (PDF) / Order No.: C0520Q
current edition was published 2008 and a revision is in the works. Print-Book / Order No.: C05208

The auxiliary equipment in a steam generator fossil fuel plant ASME PTC 4.2-1969, Coal Pulverizers
includes, air heaters, fans, coal pulverizers and feedwater heaters.
These components are important in ensuring the operation of the No. pages: 26
steam generators. Price: $80.00 USD
Digital (PDF) / Order No.: C0000Q
PTC 4.3, Air Heaters applies to all air heaters used in industrial
applications, such as steam generators and industrial furnaces. It ASME PTC 12.1-2000, Closed Feedwater Heaters
specifically includes combustion gas-to-air heat exchanger,
ISBN: 0791826422
including air heaters with multi-section air streams, and air
No. pages: 92
preheater coils utilizing non-condensing (single phase) steam, Price: $150.00 USD
water, or other hot fluids. Digital (PDF) / Order No.: C0130P
Print-Book / Order No.: C01300
PTC 4.3, Air Heaters (cont’d)

This Test Code on air heaters and preheaters provides procedures

for conducting performance tests to determine the air heater exit-
gas temperature, air-to-gas leakage, fluid pressure losses, and fluid
temperatures. It also provides procedures to determine the heat
capacity ratio [X-Ratio] and any or all of the performance results
specified above that may be necessary for checking actual
performance against specified performance, comparing changes in
performance over time with specified performance, comparing
performance under various operating conditions, and determining
the effect of changes in equipment.

PTC 11, Fans is primarily used to test fans after they have been
installed in the systems for which they were intended. The types of
fans include centrifugal, axial, and mixed flow types. This Test
Code provides the rules for testing fans to determine performance
under actual operating conditions, provides additional rules for
converting measured performance to that which would prevail under
specified operating conditions, and provides methods for comparing
measured or converted performance to specified performance. It is
used to determine fan mass flow rate, or alternatively, fan volume
flow rate, fan-specific energy, or alternatively, fan pressure, and fan
input power. This Test Code can also be used to determine gas
properties at the fan inlet, fan speed, fan output power,
compressibility coefficient, fan efficiency, and inlet flow conditions.

PTC 4.2, Coal Pulverizors establishes procedures for conducting

performance tests of coal pulverizers to determine capacity,
fineness of product, and raw coal feed, including grindability,
moisture, and mixing. This Test Code applies to the pulverizing
system as a whole, including all the component parts necessary to
take the raw coal, hot air and tempering air at the system inlet, and
deliver pulverized coal in proper mixture with air and/or flue gas at
the desired temperature at the outlet of the system. It applies to the
two most commonly used systems: Direct Fired System and
Storage System.

PTC 12.1, Closed Feedwater Heaters provides procedures,

direction, and guidance for determining the performance of a closed
feedwater heater with regard to terminal temperature difference;
drain cooler approach; temperature; tube side (feedwater) pressure
loss through the heater; shell-side pressure loss through the
desuperheating zone, and through the drain cooling zone. This ASME Codes and Standards
Test Code applies to all horizontal and vertical heaters except those
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design is based on a specific operating condition that includes flow, first issuance of its legendary Boiler & Pressure Vessel
temperature, and pressure. This specific condition constitutes the Code in 1914, ASME’s codes and standards have
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design point that is found on the manufacturer's feedwater heater
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test conditions. Methods of calculating the predicted heater
performance are presented in this Test Code. These predicted
values shall then be compared to corresponding measured.

Intended for equipment and systems test engineers, instrument

engineers, industrial and power plant engineers, manufacturers of
boilers, coal pulverizers, fans, and feedwater heaters, instrument
manufacturers, A/E firms, and third-party testing agencies.