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A. Initial Stat up by Checking for Pre purging FCV (Gas) MCR O2 FCV (Air)
At the initial start up the pre purging system are checked. FRA <0.95. <0.85. FRT
During this checking system mainly check the combustion air
flow, respective interlock, drum water level, fuel gas pressure FT- Flow Transmitter, PT- Pressure Transmitter, FIC- Flow Indication &
and alarm condition. If all the criteria for start up protection Controller, PIC- Pressure Indication & Controller, LSS- Low Level Set,
are safe condition than the air damper open to the pre purge HSS- High Level Set, AFR- Air Fuel Ratio, FCV- Fuel Control Valve
condition (10~15% opening) and illuminated the “Furnace
Fig. 2 Logic schematic diagram of Air/ Fuel Ratio control of a boiler
ready to pre-purge” lamp.
F. Burner Fail or Stop and Furnace Post-purging
B. Furnace Pre-purging
The gas burner will continue to operate until it is stopped
After illumination of the “Furnace ready to pre-purge” intentionally by the “Gas Stop” switch or by interlock failure,
lamp, the furnace pre-purging will be started by the “Burner or by flame failure. After stop or fail of pilot or main gas
Start Switch”. There is fixed time for furnace pre-purging. burner or flame fail after trial of burner the furnace post-
This is done to remove gases that may cause explosion during purging system will initiated & continue for a fixed time.
furnace firing.
G. Process Flow Diagram
H. Program Development
In this study PLC programme is developed in Simatic Step
7-MicroWIN V.4.0.5.08 and simulate in S7-200 PLC
simulating software. The Ladder Diagram (LD) PLC
programming language used easy to understand. LD is based
on graphical representations with contacts, coils and boxes, as
per the circuit diagrams [3].
I. Program Execution
The ladder logic program execution by Step 7 Microwin
V4.0.5.08 software requires the following steps [3]: program
development, program debugging, program transfer to
Simulator S7-200 and finally simulate the program.
Then the PLC executes the program successfully after
pressing the start switch. PLC always scan its input address
and give an output signal according the corresponding input
and instruction of the program [3-6].
Fig. 4 Process variable declaration for PLC system
VI. RESULT AND DISCUSSION
The replacement of conventional existing relay based
instrumentation and control system of boiler gas burner
management system which consisting of many discrete
element like relay, timer, contacts and controller by a single
PLC, will provide more flexibility of the system in case of
operation, control, troubleshooting, commissioning, testing
and modification. The proposed system will also be
beneficiary to the economical aspect. It has also ensured the
option of further advancement in system modification by
advance PLC that is SCADA system. Considering the
limitation of required version of the software and simulator, a
simplified form of the precise control strategy of the air/fuel
ratio controller is described in this paper. The simulation
result of the PLC program give the assurance of the system
accuracy.
VII. CONCLUSIONS
To cope with the technological advancement, to ensure
higher efficiency and effectiveness and reliability in a more
economical way this proposed system will be a great scope. It
will also provide better flexibility in customization of
operation and control with minimum effort. The paper has
furnished itself to study the integral parts of the entire process
involved, their implementation and the problems that may
show up have also been given their due importance.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The authors would like to thank Mr. Sharafat Ali, Assistant
General Manager, Department of Instrumentation &
Communication, Eastern Refinery Limited, Bangladesh for
his valuable guidelines and supervision to complete the task.
Cordial thanks also to Md. Ali Zulquarnain, Member,
Planning, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC)
for his valuable review and comments.
REFERENCES
[1] Operation Guideline of Boiler of STG Unit-2 of Eastern Refinery
Limited, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
[2] Warnock, Ian G., “Programmable Controllers: Operation and
Application,” Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1988.
[3] Simatic Step 7-MicroWIN V4.0.5.08, PLC Software
[4] P. K. S. Khan, A. A. Noman and R. K. Dey, “PLC Based Operation of
Three Natural Gas Generator Models- A Learing Aid for
Undergraduate Students” Third International Conference on Power
Systems, Kharagpur, INDIA December 27-29, 2009.
[5] P. K. Bhowmik and M. Dey, “Protection and Control of Steam
Turbine Generator using PLC” First International Conference on
Mechanical Engineering and Renewable Energy 2011 (ICMERE2011),
Chittagong, Bangladesh, December 22-24, 2011.
[6] S. K.Dhar, P.K. Bhowmik and S. Chakraborty, “Operation and
Control of Nuclear Reactor with PLC” International Conference on
Information and Communication Technology, volume 3, 11C-25,
Yantai, CHINA August 27-28, 2011.
Fig. 5 LD program for gas burner management process of a boiler