Boiler Pre-start Checks

Ensure No PTW on boiler pressure parts, FG and air side path.

Inform WTP about DM water & Clarified water requirement/ Ensure availability of DM
water & Clarified water.
Ensure availability of the following:
 Fuel Oil Pumps. Run Light Oil (high speed diesel oil) Pump and LDO Pumps on
recirculation.
 Plant Air Compressor (for meeting service air requirement like MOT filters
cleaning, CEP suction strainers cleaning, BFP oil filter cleaning, for Air motor of
APHs, for atomization of Igniters oil etc.).
 Instrument Air Compressor (for operation of Mills’ HAG, pneumatic valves like
IOTV, LDOTV etc., Auxiliary air and Fuel air dampers, operation of KGV of
Denseveyor system, for cleaning of generator carbon brushes, etc).
 Denseveyor Air Compressor (for operation of Denseveyor system of Mills).
 Ash Handling Pumps.
 Station and unit HT/LT Boards.
 Clarified Water Pumps (at WTP) are in service and clarified water supply is
available for all Boiler Auxiliaries.
 Clarified Water Booster Pump (Cooling Water requirement for Sample Water
Coolers, APH Bearing oil cooling/ Lub oil coolers, cooling tower of UCB A/C,
CHP, Lub oil coolers of Mill fans and PA Fans in st I units etc are supplied by
CLARIFIED WATER Booster PUMPS (3 Nos.) out of which one will be
working and other two will be as a stand by.
 Auxiliary steam header ( 16 ata Header) is charged through interconnection from
other running units ( reqd for atomization of LDO, SCAPH, APHs’ soot blowing,
heating of HFO, cleaning of oil guns, Deaerator tank heating, Deaerator pegging,
starting ejector, priming ejector, Main ejector, Gland Steam cooler with ejector,
charging of sealing steam header).
 Impulse safety valve is in service and its isolating valve is open.
 All safety valves are in service condition.
  Drum level local gauge glasses and remote Drum Level Indicators are in service.
 Ensure Lub oil system of all fans is in service and fans are ready.
 Charge Scrapper Conveyors’ sealing water, seal trough, make up water to scrapper
conveyor, bottom ash hopper window spray, bottom ash quenching nozzles water,
scrapper conveyors’ flushing water.
 Check that the soot blowers are in retracted position.
 Check that ESPs are ready for operation.
 Check that all Wind Box secondary air dampers & Burner tilts are free for
operation & Burner tilt is in horizontal position.
 Check that all LDO guns, Ignitors and Ignitors spark plugs assemblies have been
cleaned, inserted back and held tight by coupling bolt.
 Inform CHP about Boiler light up and ensure adequate RC Bunkers’ level.
Switch ON ESP insulators’ heaters and hopper heaters.

 Check that all ESP, Eco and APH Ash hoppers gates are open and their water
injector valves are open.
 Ensure that HP & LP water header pressure is normal.
 Deaerator filling through Boiler Fill Pump or through ELP.
 Deaerator tank heating

Boiler Purging and Light up

Open Drum vents, SH vents, SH drains.
Ensure that all attemperation valves are in closed position.
Open Eco recirculation valve.
Take BFP in service and fill Boiler Drum up to -60 mm of wcl approx. and continue to
run BFP on recirculation. (Normal water level is 10 inch (254 mm) below center line of
Drum).
APH
ID fans
FD Fans
Maintain 30 to 40 % air flow and 5 to 10 mm wcl furnace draft.
Put ESP Rapping Motors on Auto. Ensure that ESP insulators heaters were switched ON
24 hours before light up.
Ignitor Air Fan
Scanner Air Fan
Charge “Atomizing Steam system” for LDO .Ensure that all purge start permissives are
available.
Start “Furnace Purging” from FSSS console.
After 5 minutes (Purge cycle is of 5 minutes) check that purge complete indication
appears.
Open IOTV.
Open LDO Trip valve.
Take one pair of LDO guns in service.
Observe rate of rise of FG temp.
Take second pair of LDO guns in service.
Monitor oil consumption. Ensure that oil consumption is proper and it is not falling
in the bottom ash channel.
Control firing rate such that the boiler starts steaming after 45 minutes. CBD valve full
open.
Control fg temp at furnace exit below 538 degrees C by controlling firing rate till
adequate flow is established through RH.
Close Drum vent, SH air vents and throttle SH drains when Drum pressure reaches 2
kg/cm2.Throttle SH drains. Close SH drains fully after the rolling begins.
Ensure that MS line drains (in Turbine side) are open.
Open MS 49 & MS 50.
Throttle start up vents MS 7, 8, 9, 10. Do not close them till HP LP bypass system is
taken in service.
Boiler loading procedure
Operation of LPD at Drum pressure 10 kg/cm2.