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In Final Requirement for the Subject

Power Plant Engineering
(ME28)

“55 MEGA-WATT COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT”

Submitted to:
MR. BERNABE SANCHEZ
Professor VI

Submitted by:
Adavan, Rhadel Marcon M.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE i

I. INTRODUCTION 2

II. PREPARATION OF COAL 2

III. DISCUSSIONS 3

A. WORKING PRINCIPLE 3

B. DRAFT SYSTEM 6

C. SUPERHEATER & REHEATER 6

D. ECONOMIZER 7

E. FEEDWATER HEATERS 8

F. DEAERATORS 8

G. TURBINE 9

H. DESIGN FEATURES 10

CONDENSER 11

I. PUMPS 12

J. PRECIPITATORS 13

K. COOLING TOWER 14

IV. POLLUTION HANDLING SYSTEMS AND GUIDELINES 14

A. WASTE CHARACTERISTICS 14

B. EMMISION GUIDELINES 15

C. POLLUTION CONTROL METHODS 16

V. COAL FIRED POWER PLANT SITE SELECTION 18

VI. GENERATOR EFFICIENCY 19

VII. TURBINE EFFICIENCY 19

 VIII. TURBINE WORK 20

IX. PRESSURE EXTRACTION 20

X. PROPERTIES TABLE 34

XI. MASS & ENERGY BALANCE 35

XII. TURBINE 38

XIII. BOILER 39

XIV. THERMAL EFFICIENCY 39

XV. COAL FLOWRATE: BITUMINOUS 40

XVI. CHIMNEY DESIGN 41

XVII. FOOTPRINT OF COAL UTILIZATION 44

XVIII. FOUNDATION OF THE MAIN BOILERS 45

XVI. CHIIMNEY DESIGN

With a strongly growing economy and rising electricity demand, traditional reliance

on hydropower has become unsustainable. The deregulation of the power industry has

created opportunities for privately owned power generators. The power stations are located

close to the coastline, allowing the use of imported coal. The combined four units at the three

stations use a dry flue gas desulphurization system to reduce SO₂ emissions. The flue gas

entering the chimneys has a temperature of 67 °C, which is well below the sulphuric acid dew

point. Consequently, the internal surfaces of the chimneys must be resistant to sulphuric acid

condensate. To achieve both low construction cost and excellent long term durability, the

four 55 MW units at the power stations have each been equipped with their own individual

chimney, built in accordance with Hadek’s New Chimney Design. The New Chimney Design,

which is increasingly favoured by power station owners worldwide, is a concrete chimney that

is protected by a PennguardTM lining applied directly to its internal surface. The 1ST station

uses two 110 m high chimneys. 2ND has one 150 m high chimney. 3RD power station uses a

single, 110 m high chimney. The four chimneys combined, required a total of 7.926 square

meters of PennguardTM linings.

A. The Chimney Design is Economical

An NCDTM chimney does not use an internal flue. The PennguardTM lining is

applied directly to the internal surface of its concrete shell. NCD chimneys are relatively

slender, which results in a reduced mass of reinforced concrete.

B. The Chimney Design is Reliable

A 30 year track record demonstrates that PennguardTM linings offer excellent

durability and performance. In recent years, around 20 NCD chimneys have been

constructed and successful operating experience is being gathered under a range of

service conditions.
C. Thermal Imaging of the Chimney

PennguardTM linings are highly reliable and most owners find that their

PennguardTM lined chimneys require very little or no maintenance or repair. Thermal

imaging technology has now developed to such a high level, that it offers the option of

checking a PennguardTM lined chimney during operation. Using a special thermal imaging

camera, the operator can easily identify any spots on the outside of a chimney flue, or an

NCD chimney that are slightly warmer, perhaps indicating a localized weak spot in the

lining.
 XVII. FOOTPRINT OF COAL UTILIZATION

Schematic showing power plant designs, based on current technologies, for a

pulverized coal (PC) combustion plant with post-combustion CO2 capture, and an integrated

gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant with pre-combustion CO2 capture. The PC plant also

has emission controls for NOx (SCR = selective catalytic reduction system), particulate matter

(ESP=electrostatic precipitator), and SO2 (FGD = flue gas desulfurization system); the IGCC

plant has emission controls for NOx, particulates and SO2 (via quench and sulfur removal

systems).
XVIII. FOUNDATION OF THE MAIN BOILER

Design of foundations for the large industrial buildings is complex and time-

consuming, above all due to great number of the load combinations and the coexistent

influences of numerous equipment and installations. Reliable foundation of the huge

power plant buildings is significantly important, due to strategic role of this type of

engineering objects in the national economy. Due to importance of the investment and

its great costs, all power plant buildings are classified to the third geotechnical category

regardless of the soil conditions.