DIAGRAM SHOWING THE AIR IN –LEAKGE

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THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF EXCSSIVE AIR INFILTRATION

1. INCREASE IN SLAGGING
2. HIGH CARBON IN FLY ASH OR INCREASE IN LOSS ON IGNITION IN
FLY ASH ( LOSS IN ENERGY)
3. NEED FOR SUPERHEAT and/or RE HEAT ATTEMPERATOR SPRAYING
4. INCREASED CORROSION RATE
5. IN SUFFICIENT FLOW IN OXYGEN CAN LOWER WINDBOX PRESSURE
6. PRODUCE POOR BURNER –TO-BRUNER SECONDARY AIR
DISTRIBUTION
7. DECREASE IN COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY
8. OVER ALL DECREASED UINT EFFICIENCY & AVAILABILITY
9. POOR NOx BURNER PERFORMNACES
10. FLY ASH ACCUMULATION IN THE PENTHOUSE OR HEADER
ENCLOSURE INTERFERES WITH OUTAGE REPAIRS
11. SAFETY AS RELATED TO HEADER ENCLOSURES AND PENTHOUSE
THAT OVERHANG AREA BELOW WHICH PERSONNEL MAY BE
WORKING.

List of Area in which Ari-in leakage occurs

1. NOSE ARCH
2. CONVECTION PASS
3. EXPANSION JOINT
4. AIR HEATER & ASSOCITED EXPANSION JOINT
5. DEAD AIR CAVITIES
6. AIR HEATER OUTLET TO I D FAN
7. ECONOMIZER OUTLET THROUGH THE PRECIPITATOR
8. BACK PASS OF THE BOILER
o Negative impact on Precipitator performance & Horse Power of FAN.
o Additional mass flow :Negatively impacts all Fan and Electrostatic
Precipitator
o Cool ductwork internal surface, leads to acid dew point corrosion by
moisture condensation.
 Severe Duct deterioration
 Air heater Corrosions
 Air heater Plugging
 Fan corrosion

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AIRSEAL: An Air Tight Sealing

Many of Pulverized fuel boilers faces problem of sealing against ingress of air leakage of fly
ash into the dead space of boiler and air ingress into the boiler furnace, from different area,
which has drastic effects on the operating parameter and efficiency of ID fans.

This mostly happens due to the expansion of tubes carrying water and steam at high
pressure. The high pressure and thermal expansion causes movement of tubes resulting into
the boiler concrete walls and fins to crack. These cracks are very hard to locate and releases
ash into the dead space resulting to heavy accumulation. Emission of fly ash is not only the
sole problem. The leaks at different location like nose arch, expansion joints, ash hopper, etc
results in ingress of cold air into the boiler atmosphere which drastically reduces the
efficiency of boiler.

Following are some of the picture taken on site showing ASH accumulation in excess of
5 to 10 feet

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Need for Sealing:

The build-up of Ash may grow to several feet, leading to deposits of tons of fly on the boiler
roof. Over the time, this weight on the building structure may result in metallurgical strain,
which in rare case might lead to boiler collapse.

The uncooled construction parts such as rods and hangers can get overheated with the
insulating properties of fly ash

The cooling down time of fly ash is very high and it usually takes one week. This leads to
delay in other maintenance activity every time. Moreover, the bypass of flue gas into the
upper dead space of boiler environment reduces combustion efficiency.

The leaks at different location like nose arch, expansion joints, ash hopper, etc results in
ingress of cold air into the boiler atmosphere which drastically reduces the efficiency of
boiler and puts extra load on induced draft fans.

We the team of Engineers and years of experience in the field of

Sealing, external insulation, cladding High Temperature Industries
etc, we present a time tested solution for the problem of leakage and
Air ingress. AIRSEAL is an air tight sealing based on multi
layered concept to prevent leakage at high temperature and high
pressure. Its flexible nature controls the leakage through pipe
movements, cracks and joints. AIRSEAL can be applied to any shape
because of its flexibility.

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AIRSEAL Technology:

The AIRSEAL is flexible, air tight sealing made from layers of Ceramic fibre blanket, high
temperature ceramic sealant, a special anti-corrosion ceramic paste all tightened by
steel-mesh, as against conventional castable or plastic which do not prevent cracking due to
expansion/contraction thereby further leakage.

Hi- Temp Ceramic Blanket High Temp. non permeable SEALANT

2nd Layer of Ceramic Blanket

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 3rd Layer of Ceramic Blanket S S Mesh for Mechanical stability

Anti-Corrosive Ceramic Paste

AIRSEAL APPLICATIONS:

AIRSEAL is a flexible sealing technology and can be applied to any shapes and
sizes ranging from pipes, header, expansion joints, arch etc. as against
Castable/Plastic which are difficult to apply in the complicate shape/contour.

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Neelkanth Palms, Thane, Mumbai. Ph: 09951077786, 09550313214