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DEPARTMENT HRSG
Approved:Tai Dechun
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The elevation of boiler chimney is 45 m (148.5ft) and the bypass chimney elevation is
40m;
The flue goes in from inlet flue duct and the direction from horizontal to vertical and from
down to upper, to flush each stage heating surface orderly and finally will be exhausted
from outlet flue duct and chimney.
Exhausted from turbine, the flue gas into bypass inlet flue ductà three way dampers
àbypass outlet flue ductàinlet flue duct of HRSG. In the inlet flue duct, the flue flow is
changed from horizontal to vertical, up into boiler body to flush the 3 rd layer modules, 2nd
layer modules and 1st layer modules and finally exhausted to the air through the outlet flue
duct and chimney.
1st layer modules: LP vaporizer (VLP), HP coal economizer 1 (EHP1), preheater (PREH)
4.1 DEAE system: after passing preheater, the cooling condensing water from
condenser goes into deaerator to deoxygenate;
4.2 LP system: a part of water from deaerator through LP FDW pump goes into LP drum
to separate water and steam; after separated, the saturated water will be back to
downcomers. LP saturated steam will be led out from LP saturated steam outlet pipe at
upper LP drum and then into LP superheaters and finally into turbine LP cylinder for
power;
4.3 HP system: the HP FDW pump will supply another part of feeding water from
deaerator into HP coal economizer 1 (EHP1), HP coal economizer 2 (EHP2) and HP coal
economizer 3 (EHP3); after heated, the water into HP drum. The water, which into HP
drum, will be led into HP vaporizer through VHP downcomers; after evaporated and heat
absorbed, up into HP drum for steam and water separation. Then the separated
saturated water will be back to downcomer. The HP saturated steam will be led out from
HP saturated steam outlet pipe at upper HP drum and then into HP superheater 1,
desuperheater 1 and into HP superheater 2 and finally into turbine HP cylinder for power
as the HP overheated steam.
Article 2 Design Criterion of HRSG
1. Thermodynamic calculation of HRSG (performance
guaranteed working condition).
The designed working condition is 15℃ and 100% load.
Heat
balance at
unit SHP2 SHP1 VHP1 EHP3 SLP1 EHP2 VLP1 EHP1 PREH
flue gas
side
Flue gas 149500 149500 149500 149500 149500 149500 149500 149500 149500
flow kg/h 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flue gas
7912 23077 64533 4561 1903 16963 21806 5168 25936
heat output Mcal/h
Inlet flue
temp. ℃ 541.1 521.6 465.2 304.0 292.4 287.5 244.0 187.4 173.9
Outlet flue
temp. ℃ 521.6 465.2 304.0 292.4 287.5 244.0 187.4 173.9 105.3
Flue gas
temp. drop ℃ 19.5 56.4 161.2 11.6 4.9 43.5 56.6 13.5 68.6
Flue gas
pressure Pa 220.2 204.6 788.3 136.8 37.3 246.3 302.1 203.6 306.4
drop
Flue gas
m/s 16.20 15.85 17.51 12.32 12.94 11.99 11.15 9.90 10.05
flow speed
Heat
balance at SHP2 SHP1 VHP1 EHP3 SLP1 EHP2 VLP1 EHP1 PREH
steam side
Steam 140000
181179 179953 179953 39509.5 179953 330000 179953 278198
(water) flow kg/h 0
Heat absorb
at steam Mcal/h 7872 22962 64211 4538 1894 16878 21698 5142 25807
side
Heat
exchanging % 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5
rate
Stem
(water) inlet ℃ 449.6 292.0 292.4 266.0 172.8 180.9 172.9 153.3 55.0
temp.
Stem
(water) ℃ 523.0 457.3 292.4 286.4 258.5 266.0 172.9 180.9 147.0
outlet temp.
Steam
(water) ℃ 74.0 165.2 0.0 20.5 86.5 85.0 0.0 27.6 92.0
temp. rise
Node
temp. ℃ 17.1 64.4 11.6 17.5 33.1 21.5 14.5 6.5 26.9
Approachin
g point ℃ 5.9 29.3
temp.
Stem
(water) inlet bara 75.3 76.8 77.4 89.3 8.5 89.8 9.1 90.2 10.0
pressure
Stem
(water)
bara 73.0 76.1 77.1 89.1 7.5 89.3 8.5 89.8 8.7
outlet
pressure
Stem
(water)
bara 0.84 0.65 0.34 0.25 0.46 0.44 0.58 0.41 1.29
pressure
drop
Stem m/s 15.74 13.51 3.30 1.31 43.44 1.25 14.10 1.09 1.63
(water) flow
speed
Cubage rate
of flue gas % N2 74.87 O2 13.72 CO2 3.33
content
Humidity 74%
N2 74.87
CO2 3.33
H2O 7.19
O2 13.72
SO2 0.00
Ar 0.89
3. Steam parameter
HP part
LP part
Deaerator
Temp. 213.7 ℃
4.1.1 Illuminations
In order to ensure the qualified steam during boiler normal running, according to N/E
standard, 2 stage steam and water separators are set in drum. 1 st stage one is baffle
separator and the 2nd stage one is wire demister. Also inside the drum, the feeding water
distribution pipes, emergency water draining pipes, intermittent and continuous blowdown
pipes are set. On drum, local water meters, balance tank, electric contact water meters,
pressure gauges, safety valves and other necessary appurtenances and instruments.
Under boiler max. continuous output, the time from normal drum water level to low low
level is:
HP: 3min;
LP: 8min.
Spec. Φ2480×90
Material SA299
Spec. Φ1250×20
Material SA-516Gr70
Spec. Φ3040×20
Material 16MnR
High level I
+500mm
High level Ⅱ +700mm
Fin Fin
Location Pipes Pipes
Name
Type Spec. Materials
type materials
HP superheater 2 No
Stagger Φ38x2.9 SA213- T91 SUH409L
(SHP1) tooth
HP superheater 1 No
Stagger Φ38x2.9 SA213- T22 SUH409L
(SHP1) tooth
HP Vaporizer Open
Stagger Φ44.5x2.6 SA210- A1 08AL
(VHP) tooth
HP coal
Open
economizer 3 Stagger Φ44.5x2.6 SA210- A1 08AL
tooth
(EHP3)
HP coal
Open
economizer 2 Stagger Φ44.5x2.6 SA210- A1 08AL
tooth
(EHP2)
HP coal
Open
economizer 1 Stagger Φ44.5x2.6 SA210- A1 08AL
tooth
(EHP1)
LP superheater Open
Stagger Φ44.5x2.6 SA210- A1 08AL
(SLP) tooth
LP vaporizer Open
Stagger Φ44.5x2.6 SA210- A1 08AL
(VLP) tooth
Open
Preheater (PREH) Stagger Φ44.5x2.6 SA210- A1 08AL
tooth
4 HP drums 41
5 HP system pipes 10
Deaerator
1 32.4
LP system
Model CGC-290K-HYDR-SCH
Oil tanks: 4
Normal Time of complete open /close: 60S (continuous adjustment available)
Flow: 6762m3 /h
4.4.2.1 During simple cycle, the flue gas at outlet of gas turbine will be exhausted to the air
through bypass chimney after passing the bypass inlet flue gas duct;
4.4.2.2 During combined cycle, the flue gas at outlet of gas turbine will be supplied to HRSG
after passing bypass inlet flue gas duct and finally exhausted into air through the main
chimney of HRSG;
The bypass inlet flue gas duct connects the gas turbine outlet spread section with
HRSG bypass system and at the dividing point, a nonmetal soft expansion joint is set
to absorb the displacement during hot running;
3-way damper will divide the flue gas into bypass chimney or HRSG according to
operating mode requirements and at the same time, connect the inlet and outlet flue
duct with bypass flue gas muffle;
4.4.3.3 Bypass flue gas muffle
Bypass flue gas muffle connects 3-way dampers and bypass chimney, which is made
up of stainless steel sheet with damping material inside. The muffle can reduce the
gas turbine exhaust noise created during simple cycle;
When simple cycle adopted, the waste gas from gas turbine will be exhausted into air
through bypass chimney. The chimney adopts inner heat preservation structure and
carbon steel plates are used in outside shell. Also the steps and platforms for
maintenance are equipped;
Bypass outlet flue duct/ dead plate connects bypass system and inlet flue duct of
HRSG. The flue duct adopts inner heat preservation structure. When turbine under
running but the boiler needs maintenance, for safety, the dead plates are erected to
isolate flue gas at the end of bypass outlet flue duct. During combined cycle normal
running, the dead plates will be isolated from flue ducts;
Boiler flue duct connects GT outlet flue duct and HRSG and distribute the flue gas to
all heating surfaces of boiler equably. At the dividing point, a nonmetal soft expansion
joint is set to absorb adown and ahead displacement created in boiler hot running,
which has large absorbing capacity, shock insulation, noise reduction and other
advantages;
Boiler outlet flue duct connects the HRSG flue duct and its chimney;
Boiler chimney can exhaust the waste gas into the air, and on which the survey
points are located to sample and supervise the waste gas content;
The steel chimney inner diameter is Φ5000mm and made up of 16mm~δ10mm steel
plates;
The electric chimney dampers have mechanical safety functions to prevent damaging
HRSG and GT. If over pressure appears in HRSG, the dampers can be opened;
Boiler adopts complete seal structure. The inlet flue duct, vertical flue duct and outlet
duct of boiler are frame cover made up of U shape steel plates. The frame cover is
connected with HRSG steal structure to hold the boiler seal performance and also
increase the rigidity of HRSG.
At the bottom frame cover of horizontal flue duct, an exhaust port is set. When HRSG
stopped, we can check the leakage of HRSG pressure-containing members through
exhaust port;
At the place where header goes through frame cover, an expansion joint is set to
maintain the tightness and overall performance of frame cover and allow the header
to have some expansion displacement compared to frame cover.
Rigidity ≤2.0μmol/L
Oxygen ≤7μg/L
Ferrum ≤30μg/L
Copper ≤5μg/L
Oil ≤0.3mg/L
PH (25℃) 9.0—9.5
Hydrazine \ 10—50μg/L
5.2 Makeup Water Quality
Rigidity ≈0μmol/L
SiO2 ≤20μg/kg
SiO2 ≤2.0mg/kg
PH (25℃) 9.0—10.5
SiO2 ≤20μg/kg
Ferrum ≤20μg/kg
Copper ≤5μg/kg
HP FDW isolating
GT speed﹥
4 100 RPM valves open
MIN1(Combined Cycle)
automatically
HP FDW bypass
GT speed﹥
5 100 RPM isolating valves open
MIN1(Combined Cycle)
automatically
HP FDW adjusting
GT speed﹥
6 100 RPM isolating valves open
MIN1(Combined Cycle)
automatically (startup)
LP FDW adjusting
GT speed﹥
7 100 RPM isolating valves open
MIN1(Combined Cycle)
automatically (startup)
HP main steam
GT speed﹥
8 100 RPM drainage valves open
MIN1(Combined Cycle)
automatically
HP main steam
GT speed﹥ drainage valves open
12 100 RPM
MIN1(Combined Cycle) automatically (if level
low)
HP superheater outlet
31 550 ℃ Trip
temp. high value II
Chapter 2
HRSG System Operation
Article 1 LP steam and water system
1. General Situation
LP steam and water system makes the FDW from LP FDW system circulation in drum. The
saturated steam by vaporizing goes into superheaters to create superheating steam for
turbine LP cylinder, which includes LP FDW system, CV system and LP steam superheating
system. LP FWD system feeds water to LP drum through LP FDW pump which also
provides the backwash water to LP boiler steam headers.
At the outlet of preheater, a recirculation loop and 2 recirculation pumps are equipped, one
for service, one for backup, which can increase the inlet water temp. of preheater to prevent
the condensation on the surface of fin pipes. LP circulating steam system is made up of
drum, one downcomer, LP vaporizer and 12 risers, whose min. circulating times >15.
running but not damaging is 25% of rated flow (the 1 st critical speed of FDW pump should
be 150% higher than the speed corresponding to design working point)
Cooling water quality: the working oil coolers for FDW pumps motors and lub oil coolers
adopt closed cooling water. Under design working conditions, the cooling water temp. is
19 ℃; under check working conditions, the cooling water temp. is 32 ℃ and under hot
season working condition, the cooling water temp. is 46 ℃.
Model GR320-60
Speed 2950r/min
Efficiency 80%
2.2.3 Check lub oil pressure normal and oil return smooth;
2.2.4 Open air relief valve and observe the oil slinger on right position;
2.2.6 Open suction and reject valves to fulfill the liquid into pump (air exhausted in pump
automatically) and then close the reject valve;
2.2.7 Start machine (after startup, stop the PMVR), observe the pump shaft rolling direction
(counter-clockwise); if the direction not correct, change any two polar leads in 3-phase motor;
2.2.8 On DCS or in site, start recirculation pump and open the reject valves of the pump.
The reject valves are not allowed to be closed for long time to prevent pump damaged caused
by overheating;
2.3.4 Open air relief valve and observe the oil slinger on right position;
2.3.6 When conditions satisfied, start the recirculation pump on DCS or in site and open the
reject valves at once. The reject valves are not allowed to be closed for long time to prevent
pump damaged caused by overheating;
2.4.1 Close the reject valves of the pump to min flow and pay attention that the suction
valves are not allowed to be closed to prevent the idle running;
2.4.3 When the pump stopped, close the suction valves tightly;
The min. flow for continuous running but not damaging is 25% of rated flow (the 1 st
critical speed of FDW pump should be 150% higher than the speed corresponding to
design working point. At the inlet pipe of FDW pump, Y type fine filters are equipped
Cooling water quality: the working oil coolers for FDW pumps motors and lub oil coolers
adopt closed cooling water. Under design working conditions, the cooling water temp. is
19 ℃; under check working conditions, the cooling water temp. is 32 ℃ and under hot
In pump unit design, there is a perfect lub oil system and the seller should provide
complete lub oil equipments. The lub oil system includes working oil pump, lub oil
pump, AUX. AC oil pump, working oil cooler, lub oil cooler and oil filter instruments and
meters. The system can ensure all shafts and pads not damaged when auxiliary power
lost;
The thermal resistance adopts Pt100 3-line system (two parse insulation), the thrust
bearing has independent survey points (single Pt100); the analogue signal is 4 ~20mA
DC (the accepted analogue signal by buyer should have isolation functions); the
discrete is dry contact point without resources, and the contact point type is DPDT,
whose capacity is 230V AC, 5A, 220V DC, 3A.
Slid difference 2%
NPSHr 6.937m
Efficiency 81.47%
3.1.1 Confirm the instruments air pressure normal, all relative valves verification qualified and
the power resource of electric valves supplied. The primary and secondary valves of all
meters are opened and the relative control power is supplied;
3.1.3 Open all stop valves on LP FDW pipes and all air valves as well as sampling doors;
3.1.4 If there is no backwash on LP boiler steam header, the backwash valves should be on
close position;
4.1.1 On LP FDW system display, start LP FDW pump and open the pump outlet;
4.1.2 On LP FDW system display, open LP FDW 3-way valves to LP FDW preheater;
4.1.3 Set the automatic adjustment setting value of FDW at startup value and on auto
position;
4.1.5 After water comes out from all air valves, close all air valves;
4.1.7 Start preheater recirculation pump and shift the temp. regulating valve on auto position;
4.2.2 On LP FDW system display, open LP FDW 3-way valves to LP FDW preheater;
4.2.4 Set the automatic adjustment setting value of FDW at startup value and on auto
position;
5.1.2 When the LP drum at normal level, on LP FDW system display, stop LP FDW pump and
close the pump outlet;
5.1.3 After the inlet flue temp. of FDW preheater down to 35 ℃, stop the recirculation pump;
5.1.4 If water draining needed, when LP drum pressure below 0.07MPa, open the water
draining valves;
8.2 Check the pressure gauges indication of LP steam and water system correct;
8.3 Check the remote and local switches of all electric valves and regulating valves on remote
position;
8.6 Check whether all safety valves, LP atmospheric relief valves leakage heavy;
8.7 Check whether CW pump and recirculation pump motor current, inlet filter pressure
difference, all bearings temp., packing seal and vibration normal;
Set
No. Description Unit Action
value
Preheater
Seal water temp. high value II of
6 80 ℃ recirculation pump
Preheater recirculation pump
trip
Set
No. Description Unit Action
value
HP FDW system feeds water to HP drums and provides the desuperheating water and
water resources for HP main steam system and HP boiler steam header backwash
respectively;
2. Equipments Spec.
2.1 HP FDW pump unit
Cooling water quality: the working oil coolers for FDW pumps motors and lub oil coolers
adopt closed cooling water. Under design working conditions, the cooling water temp. is
19 ℃; under check working conditions, the cooling water temp. is 32 ℃ and under hot
season working condition, the cooling water temp. is 46 ℃.
In pump unit design, there is a perfect lub oil system and the seller should provide
complete lub oil equipments. The lub oil system includes working oil pump, lub oil pump,
AUX. AC oil pump, working oil cooler, lub oil cooler and oil filter instruments and meters.
The system can ensure all shafts and pads not damaged when auxiliary power lost;
The thermal resistance adopts Pt100 3-line system (two parse insulation), the thrust
bearing has independent survey points (single Pt100); the analogue signal is 4 ~20mA
DC (the accepted analogue signal by buyer should have isolation functions); the
discrete is dry contact point without resources, and the contact point type is DPDT,
whose capacity is 230V AC, 5A, 220V DC, 3A.
Slid difference 2%
NPSHr 6.937m
Efficiency 81.47%
3.1.1 Confirm the maintenance finished, work sheet terminated, safety facilities removed and
the site is clean;
3.1.2 The primary and secondary valves of all meters are opened and the relative control
power is supplied; the primary and secondary valves of all meters are opened and the
relative control power is supplied;
3.1.5 Open all stop valves on HP FDW pipes and all air valves as well as sampling doors;
3.1.6 The inlet filter of FDW pump installed and the pressure difference of filter below 0.6bar;
3.1.8 Lub oil has been filled into FDW pump and the oil level is normal;
3.1.9 Put the cooling water of the FDW pump, the hydraulic coupler oil cooler and the FDW
pump bearings into service; the water pressure should be normal and the water return is
smooth;
3.1.10 If there is no backwash on HP boiler steam header, the backwash valves should be on
close position;
3.1.11 Check LP drum water level normal and the water level adjustment on auto position;
3.2.2 The FDW pump and hydraulic coupler oil level normal;
3.2.3 Put the cooling water of the FDW pump, the hydraulic coupler oil cooler and the FDW
pump bearings into service; the water pressure should be normal and the water return is
smooth;
3.2.4 Start hydraulic coupler auxiliary oil pump; check the FDW pump, hydraulic coupler and
driving motor bearing oil level normal, and the lub oil pressure over 0.1MPa;
3.2.5 Check the LP drum water level normal and the water level adjustment on auto position;
3.2.6 If there is no backwash on HP boiler steam header, the backwash valves should be on
close position;
4.1.1 On HP FDW system display, open the isolating valves from HP FDW pump outlet pipe to
LP drum;
4.1.2 On HP FDW system display, start HP FDW pump; pay attention to current return time
and stable current value and then open the outlet valves gradually;
4.1.3 Check the motor current, axial displacement, rotating parts vibration and sound normal;
4.1.5 On HP FDW system display, set the automatic adjustment setting value of FDW at
startup value and on auto position;
4.1.6 Set the automatic adjustment setting value of FDW at startup value and on auto
position;
4.2.1 On HP FDW system display, start HP FDW pump; pay attention to current return time
and stable current value and then open the outlet valves gradually;
4.2.2 Check the motor current, axial displacement, rotating parts vibration and sound normal;
4.2.3 When the lub oil pressure over 1.8bar, stop hydraulic coupler
auxiliary oil pump; pay attention to lub oil pressure change and
4.2.4 Adjust the scoop tube open of HP FDW pump and check the rev should be accelerating;
4.2.5 On HP FDW system display, set the automatic adjustment setting value of FDW at
startup value and on auto position;
4.2.6 On HP FDW system display, put the adjustment valve from HP FDW pipes to LP boiler
on auto position;
5.1.2 On HP FDW system display, click the “Stop” button to stop HP FDW pump on DCS and
then the pump electric outlet valves will be closed automatically;
5.1.4 If water draining needed, when LP drum pressure below 0.07MPa, open the water
draining valves;
8.2 Check the pressure gauges indication of HP steam and water system correct;
8.3 Check the remote and local switches of all electric valves and regulating valves on remote
position;
8.6 Check whether all safety valves, LP atmospheric relief valves leakage heavy;
8.7 Check whether CW pump and recirculation pump motor current, inlet filter pressure
difference, all bearings temp., packing seal and vibration normal;
8.9 Check the inlet and outlet pressure and oil temp. of HP FDW pump oil cooler normal;
Set
No. Description Unit Action
value
Set
No. Description Unit Action
value
Pressure difference
between front and back
3 5 bar Alarm
of HP FDW main isolating
valves
Automatically open HP
drum intermittent
4 P drum high level I 500 mm blowdown valves; safely
close HP FDW
regulating valves
Automatically close HP
HP drum pressure below
13 0.5 bar drum air relief valves
low value II
(when startup)
Safely close HP
desuperheating water
HP main steam flow regulating valves and
17 36 t/h
below min. value I automatically close HP
desuperheating water
isolating valves
Automatically open
HPS 2 Inlet draining pipe
18 800 mm HPS2 inlet draining
level high
valves
Automatically close
HPS 2 Inlet draining pipe
19 50 mm HPS2 inlet draining
level low
valves
Automatically open HP
HP main steam draining
23 800 mm main steam draining
pipe level high
valve
Automatically close HP
HP main steam draining
24 50 mm main steam draining
pipe level low
valve
Article 3 Deaerator system
1. General introduction
The deaerator and water tanks are erected on the top of HRSG. During normal running,
the steam resource of deaerator will be provided by HRSG;
The design pressure of deaerator and its water tank will ensure the deaerator operation
safely, and the pressure will not be more than max. heating steam pressure 1.25 times.
The water tank capacity can satisfy the max. continuous vaporizing of HRSG for 10min.
The safety valves are erected on the top of deaerator head and water tank. The max burst
size and reaction force can be calculated according to Power Plant Pressure Type
Deaerator Safety Technology Regulations. The max. burst size should not be less than the
max. input of deaerator.
At the inlet of deaerator, if no oxygen content limit, under startup and various other
operation working conditions, when the output of deaerator within 25%-100% of max.
(6) Interface materials: the contact head of water pipe is steel 20, the contact head of
steam pipe which is over 430℃, is alloy steel;
(7) The spray tray deaerator adopted, the heated tray is stainless steel.
Deaerator temp.
1 105 ℃ Deaerator level set at normal value
over set value I
Deaerator temp.
2 105 ℃ Deaerator level set at startup value
below set value I
Deaerator pressure
3 4.5 bar Alarm
high value I
Deaerator at normal
6 0 mm
level
Deaerator at startup
7 -1550 mm
level
GT HP bypass system is designed that under all operating conditions, the 100% steam from
HRSG can be supplied to condenser directly. Pressure control valves of HP bypass steam
system allow HP steam into condenser through steam pipes to adjust the HRSG steam flow;
1.1.2 During stop, through bypassing HP steam into condenser, control HP pipes steam
pressure;
1.1.3 Hold backup state under normal operating conditions; if GT steam inlet valves closed
suddenly, through bypassing HRSG steam into condenser, control steam pipes
pressure;
1.2.1 Bypass safety protective functions against main steam pipes system
When the following situations happen, bypass can be opened fast automatically in 2s:
1.2.1.1 Main steam pressure over set value; when pressure back to rated value or below,
bypass valves will be closed automatically;
When the following situations happen, bypass can be closed fast automatically in 2s:
1.2.2.4 Bypass vales outlet pressure or temp. higher than set value;
1.2.2.5 Bypass valves desuperheating water pressure lower than set value (bypass outlet
steam pressure)
1.2.3.1 If bypass spray regulating valves can not be opened, the bypass valves will be closed;
1.2.3.2 When bypass valves closed fast, the spray regulating valves will be closed at the
same time or delayed, and the temp. auto control system will be interlocked automatically;
Type angle Z Z
Close
difference MPa 7 2.2 2.2
pressure
Rated
t/h 174.1 47.3 47.3
value
flow
Max.
t/h 205 55 55
2.1.2 Driving devices of HP bypass devices
Name Unit
spray
spray isolating
Bypass valves regulating
valves
valves
diameter mm 200 64 64
stroke mm 105 45 45
Fast
Reacting 2 2 2
Open
time of
S
complete
stroke Fast
2 2 2
close
The hydraulic actuator oil feeding device of each unit bypass device are equipped with
one. The automatic available time of each oil station spare device is 2s. After in service
for 60s, the working oil pressure will be approached. The oil station equipments
technological parameter is as follow table:
Constant pressure
Type
variable
Qty. Set 2
Manufacturer Denison/Parker
Model
Qty. set 1
Model
Materials Fabric
Aperture μm 10
3 filter
Permissive
MPa 0.35
pressure difference
Voltage V 400
Frequency Hz 50
Model/Spec. L/Set
Qty. Set 1
Capacity L 10/25
Buffer
/MPa 9
medium\pressure
Buffer
Regeneration Regeneration
6 Set 1
equipments materials
Regeneration time S
Qty. unit 1
Organic phosphate fire resistance oil is the working medium of hydraulic actuator. The oil
system is made up of 16MPa control oil (driving oil) and 16MPa governing oil. The oil
quality parameter is as the following table:
Oil quality
No. Name Unit
requirements
Organic
1 Oil name EHC
phosphate
5 Viscosity index
Auto flashing
8 ℃ 595
temperature
Water content
10 % 0.15Max
(weight)
chloride content
11 ppm 150
(cl)
Nas1383
Mechanical
12 mg/l
impurity content
Class7
3 Checks before startup
3.1 Checks before cold startup (overhaul):
3.1.6 Verify the mechanical system components in each running valves’ adjusting table;
3.1.7 Verify the electric system components in each running electric table;
3.2.5 Verify the mechanical system components in each running valves’ adjusting table;
3.2.6 Verify the electric system components in each running electric table;
4.2 During sequence startup, if HP bypass pressure regulating valves open over 90% at any
moment, the pressure set value of HP bypass pressure regulating valves will be risen
gradually to limit HP bypass pressure regulating valves open to 90%;
4.3 When turbine HP cylinder loading load, if the turbine main control valves are located
before inlet pressure control mode and the main control valves open over 95%, the set
value of HP bypass pressure regulating valves will be risen gradually to prevent the main
control valves open fully;
4.4 When HP bypass pressure regulating valves open at 10%, DCS transfers GT control
mode from stress control to inlet pressure control and the HP bypass pressure regulating
valves will be closed to 10% open at constant speed;
8.1.3 HP outlet temp. low alarm — when HP outlet temp. equals to or below saturated temp.
over 5s;
8.2 HP bypass will be closed at the following conditions:
One of conditions to
Drain tank temp. over
automatically close
6 saturation before HP steam 50 ℃
pneumatic drain valves
bypass valve
before HP bypass valves
One of conditions to
Drain tank temp. over
automatically close or open
7 saturation before HP steam 50 ℃
drain valves before HP
pipes main steam valves
pipes main steam valves
GT LP bypass system is designed that under all operating conditions, the 100% steam
from HRSG can be supplied to condenser directly. Pressure control valves of LP bypass
steam system allow LP steam into condenser through steam pipes to adjust the HRSG
steam flow;
1.1.2 During stop, through bypassing LP steam into condenser, control LP pipes steam
pressure;
1.1.3 Hold backup state under normal operating conditions; if GT steam inlet valves closed
suddenly, through bypassing HRSG steam into condenser, control steam pipes
pressure;
1.2.1 Bypass safety protective functions against main steam pipes system
When the following situations happen, bypass can be opened fast automatically in 2s:
1.2.1.1 Main steam pressure over set value; when pressure back to rated value or below,
bypass valves will be closed automatically;
When the following situations happen, bypass can be closed fast automatically in 2s;
1.2.2.4 Bypass vales outlet pressure or temp. higher than set value;
1.2.2.5 Bypass valves desuperheating water pressure lower than set value (bypass outlet
steam pressure)
1.2.3.1 If bypass spray regulating valves can not be opened, the bypass valves will be closed;
1.2.3.2 When bypass valves closed fast, the spray regulating valves will be closed at the
same time or delayed, and the temp. auto control system will be interlocked
automatically;
Valves materials 20 20 20
Close
difference MPa 2.2 2.2
pressure
Rated
t/h 36.8 3.9 3.9
value
flow
Max.
t/h 46 4.8 4.8
value
2.1.2 Driving devices of LP bypass devices
Name Unit
spray spray
Bypass
regulating isolating
valves
valves valves
diameter mm 84 64 64
2250 2250
transect square mm2 3450
Working force KN 55 36 36
stroke mm 85 55 25
Fast 2 2 2
Reacting Open
time of
S
complete
stroke Fast 2 2 2
close
The hydraulic actuator oil feeding device of each unit bypass device are equipped with
one. The automatic available time of each oil station spare device is 2s. After in service
for 60s, the working oil pressure will be approached. The oil station equipments
technological parameter is as follow table:
Constant pressure
Type
variable
Qty. Set 2
Rated oil
MPa 16
pressure
Manufacturer Denison/Parker
Model
Qty. set 1
Working
MPa 0.1
2 Oil tank pressure
Working
L 350
capacity
Model
Materials Fabric
Aperture μm 10
3 filter
Permissive
pressure MPa 0.35
difference
Appearance
mm 100*200
Size
Model
Qty. set 2
Power kw 15
Oil pump
Voltage V 400
motor
4
Frequency Hz 50
Model/Spec. L/Set
Qty. set 1
Capacity L 10/25
Working
MPa 16
pressure
5 Charger
Safety valves
MPa 21
action pressure
Buffer
medium\pressur /MPa 9
e
Retain time
Min 3
after power lost
Buffer
Regeneration
Regeneration set 1
6 materials
equipments
Regeneration
S
time
Qty. unit 1
Electric
7 Power kw 1.5
heater
Organic phosphate fire resistance oil is the working medium of hydraulic actuator. The oil
system is made up of 16MPa control oil (driving oil) and 16MPa governing oil. The oil
quality parameter is as the following table:
Oil quality
No. Name Unit
requirements
Organic
1 Oil name EHC
phosphate
5 Viscosity index
Auto flashing
8 ℃ 595
temperature
3.1.6 Verify the mechanical system components in each running valves’ adjusting table;
3.1.7 Verify the mechanical system components in each running valves’ adjusting table;
3.2.5 Verify the mechanical system components in each running valves’ adjusting table;
3.2.6 Verify the electric system components in each running electric table;
4.2 When LP main isolating valves opened fully over 60s, LP bypass pressure adjusting valve
set value will be risen gradually from startup value to the value which is higher than the
operating value related to the pressure when turbine LP control valves open fully;
4.3 When LP bypass pressure adjusting valve set value up to the value over max normal
operating pressure, LP bypass pressure adjusting valve is on close position;
8.1.3 LP outlet temp. low alarm — when LP outlet temp. equals to or below saturated temp.
over 5s;
Set
No. Description Functions Unit
value
Drain tank level high before LP
1 Open drain valves 500 mm
steam bypass valve
2. Water drain and steam exhaust system operation during cold startup:
2.1 Operations before GT ignition:
2.2.1When HP (deae.) drum pressure over 0.5bar, HP (deae.) superheaters air valves will be
opened, which will be closed while the pressure over 2.0bar.
2.2.2Open HPS drain valves and HPS desuperheater drain valve in turn;
2.2.3 When HP drum pressure over 1.5bar, the HP pipe drain valves at HP bypass pressure
regulating valves inlet will be opened;
2.2.4When HP drum pressure over 10bar, HPS and HPS desuperheater drain valves are on
half open state;
2.2.5 When HP drum pressure over 1.5bar and HPS drain valves already on half open
position or fully open position over 3min at least, HP pipe drain valves at superheater
outlet, HP pipe drain valves at HP steam flow element inlet, HP pipe drain valves at
main steam downstream of HP bypass contact and HP pipe drain valves at turbine main
control valves inlet will be opened;
2.2.6 When HP drum pressure over 10bar, HP pipe drain valves at HP steam flow element
inlet and main steam downstream of HP bypass contact are on half open position;
2.2.7 When HP drum pressure over 17bar and HPS drain valves, HPS desuperheater drain
valves and superheater outlet drain valves on half or full open position over 3min at
least, close them in turn (HP pressure at 0.07MPa or steam flow meets requirements,
superheater drain valves can be closed according to Hangzhou Boiler documents)
2.2.8 When HP pipe drain valves at HP bypass HP valve inlet opened over 3min at least and
HP bypass HP valves open over 20%, close the valves;
2.2.9 When HP pipes drain valves at HP bypass pressure regulating valves and turbine main
control valves inlet opened 3min at least and HP pipes drain valves at superheaters
outlet, HP steam flow element inlet, HP bypass contact main steam flow downstream on
half open or full open position for 2.5min at least, HP water draining is finished;
2.2.10 When main control valves open over 30%, the following drain valves turn to full close
position gradually;
2.2.11 When turbine main control valves open at 20% at least, the HP pipe drain valves at
main control valves inlet, HP steam flow elements inlet and main steam flow downstream of
HP bypass contact and the drain isolating valves at reheating system will be closed in turn
and there is 30s delay within every two valves close;
2.2.12 With HP main control valves opening and HP steam into turbine HP cylinder and
deaerator cylinder, LP cylinder inlet pressure will be up too. When LP cylinder inlet pressure
over cooling steam pressure set value, the cooling steam pressure regulating valves will be
closed; with cooling steam pressure regulating valves closing, LP main steam pressure will be
down and turbine LP control valves will be closed. When turbine LP control valves closed to
min position, the inlet drain valves will be opened;
2.2.13 After GT warming-up finished, LPS drain valves, LPS outlet drain valves and LP
bypass pipe drain valves at bypass pressure regulating valves inlet will opened;
2.2.14 After GT warming-up finished, when LP drum pressure over 1bar and LPS drain valves
and LPS outlet drain valves opened for 3min at least, the drain valves at LP steam flow
element inlet and LP steam inverted valves inlet will be opened;
2.2.15 After GT warming-up finished, when LP drum pressure over 0.5barg, LPS air valves
will be opened and after the LP drum pressure over 1.0barg, the air valves will be closed;
2.2.16 When LPS drain valves open for 3min at least and LP bypass pressure regulating
valves open at 20% at least, HRSG LPS drain isolating valves will be closed;
2.2.17 After LPS outlet drain valves and LP steam flow element inlet drain valves opened for
3min at least and LP bypass pressure regulating valves open at 20% at least, they are
allowed to be closed;
2.2.18 When HRSG LPS drain valves, LPS outlet drain valves and LP steam flow element
inlet drain valves opened for 3min at least, LP draining is finished;
2.2.19 After LP main isolating valves opened fully, drain valves at LP inverted valves inlet will
be closed;
2.2.20 When turbine LP control valves open at 20% at least, drain valves at turbine LP control
valves inlet will be closed;
3.2 When condensing water in superheaters out, after about 5-10min, close superheaters
drain valves;
3.3 When GT load loaded, open steam exhaust valves widely to control temp. rise rate
(2.67℃/min at HP part and 22℃/min at LP part);
3.4 When HP and LP main steam pressure and temp. over set value, the atmosphere air
exhaust valves can be closed separately;
4.2 After GT cuts off fuel, the following drain valves will be closed if they are open:
·drain valves at superheaters outlets, HP steam flow elements inlets and main steam flow
downstream of HP bypass contact
6.2 When main control valves open below 20%, drain valves in back of
6.3 After GT cuts off fuel, the following drain valves will be closed if they are open:
·drain valves at superheaters outlets, HP steam flow elements inlets and main steam flow
downstream of HP bypass contact
6.4 On each pressure system, intermittent blowdown valves are used to reduce boiler water
level to min. water level where the level meters can be seen. Close the blowdown valves
and after 5min, feed hot deaerated water coal economizers at every pressure level till the
drum level at highest level. After 5min, repeat the operations;
6.5 When pressure at 0.07MPa, open steam exhaust valves to prevent boiler vacuumized. At
this time, superheaters, vaporizers and coal economizers can start water draining. If the
draining pipes jammed, disposal should take at once.
Article 7 Service water system
1. General Introductions
Service water system is providing the desuperheating water for daring water from
intermittent blowdown flash tank and pipe drain flash tank to circulating water draining pit.
2. Equipments parameter
2.1 Service water pump
3.6 Open suction and reject valves to fulfill the liquid into pump (air exhausted in pump
automatically) and then close the reject valve;
3.7 Start machine (after startup, stop the PMVR), observe the pump shaft rolling direction
(counter-clockwise); if the direction not correct, change any two polar leads in 3-phase
motor;
3.8 On DCS or in site, start discharging water return pump and open the reject valves of the
pump. The reject valves are not allowed to be closed for long time to prevent pump
damaged caused by overheating;
The flash tank is used to collect HP drum continuous blowdown, HPV inlet draining water,
HPE inlet draining water, HPE inlet safety valves draining water, HPE outlet draining water,
HP FDW regulating valves, LP drum continuous blowdown, LP drum intermittent blowdown,
deae. emergency draining water, LPE inlet draining water, LP FDW draining water, LP ST
draining water, preheater CP outlet draining water, preheater bypass draining water,
preheater inlet safety valves draining water, preheater inlet draining water, deae. level meter
draining water, deae. safety valves draining water, LP drum electric contact level meter
draining water, LP drum level indicator draining water, HP drum level indicator draining
water, HP drum electric contact level meter draining water, LP drum safety valve 1 draining
water, LP drum safety valve 2 draining water, HP drum safety valve 1 draining water, HP
drum safety valve 2 draining water, HP ST downstream draining water, HPS 2 inlet draining
water and other pipes draining water;
After all draining water passing intermittent blowdown flash tank, except the steam part
exhausted to the air, other draining water is collected into water collection pit and cooled by
cooling water from service water pumps;
2. Equipment parameter
Intermittent blowdown flash
Parameter Unit
tank
Design
MPa
pressure
Design temp. ℃
Working
MPa
pressure
Working temp. ℃
cubage m3
Action
pressure of MPa
safety valves
Model ---
3.2 Check water level meters, pressure gauges, water level transmitters in service and good;
3.3 Check intermittent blowdown pipes and water discharging bypass complete and good;
3.4 Check service water system operation normal and service water pressure and temp.
proper;
3.5 Open the bottom water discharging valves of intermittent blowdown flash tank and put the
desuperheating valves of intermittent blowdown flash tank water discharging pipes on
auto position;
4.3 Close boiler HP, IP and LP system blowdown and water draining;
4.4 When intermittent blowdown flash tank water discharged out, the water discharged valves
of intermittent blowdown flash tank can be closed;
4.5 Close the discharging water temp. regulating valves of intermittent blowdown;
5.2 Check the open of intermittent blowdown flash tank level regulating valves and drum
continuous blowdown regulating valves on DCS agrees with the open in site;
5.3 Check the intermittent blowdown flash tank level on DCS agrees with the indication in site;
5.8 Before blowdown, check the intermittent blowdown flash tank level normal. Open
blowdown valves gradually and focus on FDW pressure, drum water level and water flow
variety to ensure the drum level normal;
5.9 During blowdown, if boiler accidents happen, stop blowdown at once (except drum level
high or priming)
3.2 Close the water side connecting valves of level meter to make the steam connecting
pipe and level meters be washed by steam;
3.3 Open the water side connecting valves of level meter and close the steam side
connecting valves to make the water connecting pipes be washed by water;
3.4 Open steam side connecting valves and close water discharge valves to recover the
level meters normal operation;
4. Precautions of local level meters wash:
4.1 It is forbidden to close steam and water side connecting valves at the same time. If closed
at the same time, the steam and water can not be into level meters at the same time and
the level meters will be cooled fast. When cooling air back sucked into level meter
through water discharge valves, the cooling speed will be faster. When open steam or
water side connecting valves again, the level meters will be damaged caused by heavy
differential temp.
4.2 When flush level meters under working pressure, the water discharge valves should be
opened small; because pressure in level meter is very different with environmental
pressure, if the water discharge valves opened widely, the steam and water flow will be
very fast caused by expansion and results the mica lamination damage or level meters
explosion;
4.3 When wash meters, pay attention to human safety and prevent steam and water burning
human. The personnel should stand at side of meter and forecast the dodge direction
and way;
4.4 The level should be washed one by one and the washing personnel should strengthen the
communication with supervisors; and the supervisors should focus on drum level variety
and make accidents forecast about drum level high, low and HRSG trip;
5.1 Open local Lv. meter C primary drain valve on HP drum #1 fully and slowly open local Lv.
meter C secondary drain valves on HP drum #1 to make steam side and water side
connecting pipes and local Lv. meter C be washed by steam and water for 1min;
5.2 Close local Lv. meter C secondary drain valve at steam side on HP drum #1 and then
local Lv. meter C secondary drain valve at water side on HP drum #1. Pay attention to the
time to ensure the valves closed at the same time.
5.3 Open local Lv. meter C secondary drain valve at steam side on HP drum #1 slightly to
make the steam connecting pipes and level meter be washed by steam for 30s.
5.4 Close local Lv. meter C secondary drain valve at steam side on HP drum #1 and open
local Lv. meter C secondary drain valve at water side on HP drum #1 slightly to wash
water connecting pipes for 30s.
5.5 Open local Lv. meter C secondary drain valve at steam side on HP drum #1 and local Lv.
meter C secondary drain valve at water side on HP drum #1. Pay attention to the time to
ensure the valves closed at the same time.
5.6 Close local Lv. meter C secondary drain valve on HP drum #1 and then the primary drain
valves on HP drum #1. After the wash finished, recover Lv. meter normal operation.
Chapter 3
Accidents and Faults Disposal of HRSG
Article 1 Accidents disposal principles
1 If accidents happen, the operators should dispose the accidents as soon as possible
according to shift engineer command;
2 After accidents happen, take any method to prevent accidents expansion and to limit
accidents scope or remove real causes;
3 If any faults not on regulations happen, the operators should judge the faults correctly
according to meters and instruments and equipments reflection adding the operation
experience and then take some effective measures to dispose the faults in time;
4 According to the characteristics of combined gas-steam cycle unit, when accidents happen,
the operators should notice the situations to and cooperate with each other and then report
to shift engineer and the relative leaders;
5 When accidents happen, except operators, only the following personnel are allowed to be
into the site, but who can not affect the accidents disposal:
5.1Plant leaders and relative directors, engineers, technicians and safety men;
6. After accidents disposed, the operators should record the accidents time, phenomena and
disposal measures on Log Books clearly and explain to the next shift personnel. And the
relative unit should organize an accident analysis.
Article 2 Emergency shutdown
If any of the following conditions satisfied, shutdown the boiler emergency, GT emergently
and steam turbine interlocked, and then close HP main steam valves and LP regulating
valves, open steam turbine HP and LP bypass:
6. Boiler steam and water pipes burst and elements damaged, which may risk equipments
and human safety;
1. HPV and LPV, HPE and LPE, HPS and LPS pipes leak;
2. Boiler FDW, boiler water and steam quality exceeds standard and can not be recovered
after various regulation;
3. HP and LP drum level transmitters damaged and only local Lv. meters under running;
6. Superheaters drain valves can not be opened and cause superheaters water drain not
good;
7. Coal economizers vaporization appears due to pressure down suddenly and not
disappears after working conditions regulated.
Article 4 Accidents disposal
1 Overfeed of water into boiler
1.1 Causes:
1.1.1 Auto regulating devices of FDW unavailable or regulating actuators on fault, which not
found and disposed in time;
1.1.3 Load increased suddenly which results in boiler steam pressure down and water level
up;
1.2 Phenomena:
1.2.1 Boiler Lv. meter and Lv. meter sensors indicate too high value and high water level
signals alarm;
1.2.4 When overfeed heavily, steam temp. is linear decreased and steam pipes have water
surge;
1.3 Disposal:
1.3.1 When level up to +75mm (compared with normal level), level high value I alarms; focus
on the level and if necessary transfer auto regulation to manual to reduce FDW flow
properly;
1.3.2 When level up to +150mm, level high value I alarms; the emergency water discharge
valves should be opened automatically. The operators should go to the site to confirm
the valves opened;
1.3.3 If the disposal is not useful and level up to high value III, boiler high Lv. protection will
act automatically and trip turbine interlocked; if the protection not act, shut down the
boiler manually;
1.3.4 Open the drain valves on turbine main steam pipes and at the same time, open electric
drum intermittent blowdown valves and focus on drum level;
1.3.5 If the water level indicates on level meter again, close the electric drum intermittent
blowdown valves properly or fully. Maintain normal level and after causes found and
removed, recover the boiler normal operation;
2 Lack of water
2.1 Causes:
2.1.1 Auto regulating devices of FDW unavailable or regulating actuators on fault, which is not
found and disposed in time;
2.1.5 Boiler pressure up and safety valves not back to seat after turbine load rejection;
2.2 Phenomena:
2.2.1 Water level indicates low and water level low signals alarm;
2.3 Disposal:
2.3.1 When level down to -75mm (compared with normal level), send out level low alarm; at
this time, the operators should judge the causes and take disposal;
2.3.3 If the disposal not available, when level down to low value II, level protection will act and
boiler trips first and then trips turbine and GT interlocked;
2.3.4 If the protection not acts, shut down the boiler manually;
3 Priming
3.1 Causes:
3.1.1 Boiler water quality not satisfies the standard: too much suspended substance or salt
content;
3.1.2 Blowdown not taken as regulation;
3.2 Phenomena:
3.2.1 Drum level waves hurried and when heavily, the drum level can not be seen clearly;
3.3 Disposal:
3.3.2 Open continuous blowdown valves fully and if necessary open emergency water
discharge valves and other blowdown valves;
3.3.4 Open superheaters and steam pipes drain valves and relative turbine drain valves;
3.3.5 Inform chemical operators sample, analyze and take measures to improve boiler water
quality;
3.3.6 Before boiler water quality not improved, it is forbidden to increase boiler load;
3.3.7 After fault removed, the boiler drum level meters should be washed;
4.2 Causes:
4.2.1 Before steam fed, water draining is not taken in steam pipes which results in water
surge;
4.2.2 During feeding steam, the valves are opened too fast;
4.2.4 The coal economizers’ inlet flue temp. too high, which causes FDW temp. too high and
results in water vaporized and boiled and then the water surge;
4.3 Disposal:
4.3.1 If water surge sound heard during feeding steam, close the valves to stop feeding
steam; then drain water in pipes and finally open valves slowly to feed steam;
4.3.2 If the vibration caused by horizontal pipes brackets loosened, fix the pipes brackets and
straps;
4.3.3 If the water boiled in coal economizers, reduce GT flue temp. and increase FDW
properly.
5 Auxiliaries faults
5.1 General disposal principles
5.1.1 After auxiliaries trip on fault, check whether all auxiliaries in service automatically; if not,
put the auxiliaries into service manually;
5.1.2 If the auxiliaries abnormal in operation, such as abnormal sound, vibration heavy,
bearing temp. high, output deficit, lub oil leakage and so on, report to shift engineer at
once, transfer the spare auxiliaries and inform the maintainers to take disposal;
5.1.3 After auxiliaries trip, the operators should go to the site the check the equipments and
restart the equipments after no abnormity confirmed;
when erected
impellers (b)
24 Axial thrust force too large Install new pump seal ring
No. faults disposal
Notice:
(c) The fault can be removed through modify the impellers diameter;
a. Start pumps;
a. Pumps not started;
b. Check motors;
b. Speed too low;
c. Clean impellers flow
c. Impellers jammed; passage
No water
out from
d. Suction inlet jammed; d. Clean suction
pumps
pipelines;
e. Impellers damaged;
e. Change impellers;
f. Rotating directions not
correct f. Change direction
rotating direction
Notice: NPSH means pure suction head. The suction head is higher than
the value of hydraulic vaporization pressure transported by pumps. So
when pumps under running, the NPSH of devices are not allowed to be
smaller than pump NPSH.
6.1.1 At flue outlet, there is hot wave surge and the flue temp. increased abnormally and over
200℃;
6.2 causes:
6.2.2 After shutdown, the fuel stop valves and isolating valves not closed tightly;
6.3 Protective measures against secondary combustion:
6.3.1 GT is not allowed to be running with low load for long time and focus on flue temp.;
6.3.2 After GT shutdown, check whether fuel leaks into flue duct;
6.3.3 After GT shutdown, supervise flue duct temp. variety closely. If the flue temp. up to
200℃, take analysis and judgment at once. If temp. increased rapidly, take fire
extinguishing.
6.4 Disposal:
7.1.1 Superheated steam flow decreased and smaller than FDW flow;
7.1.4 There is steam flow surge sound near superheaters and vaporizers and if heavily, there
is white smoke at flue outlet;
7.2 Causes:
7.2.1 Supervision is not good; the steam and water separators structures are not good or
have bugs, which result in steam not qualified and scaling in superheaters which is not
cleaned thoroughly and cause pipes walls temp. increasing;
7.2.3 The pipe materials welding of superheaters and vaporizers not qualified: there are
impurities jammed in pipes;
7.3 Disposal:
7.3.1 Report at once and strengthen the checks and focus on accidents development;
7.3.2 If not damaged heavily, it is allowed to maintain normal running for a short time and
apply for boiler shutdown for maintenance;
7.3.3 If damaged heavily, shutdown the boiler to prevent from damaging adjacent pipes and
accidents developing by lots of steam sprayed out from crevasse.
7.3.4 After shut down boiler, the normal drum level should be retained;
8.1.1 FDW flow is abnormal more than steam flow and when it is heavy, boiler drum level will
be down;
8.1.2 There is steam (water) surge sound in coal economizers’ flue duct;
8.1.4 There is leakage sound at burst place on economizers and steam spraying out from
unsealed place and even water leaks from bottom of flue duct if it is heavy;
8.2 Causes:
8.2.1 FDW not qualified which results in scaling and rusting in coal economizers’ pipes;
8.2.2 FDW temp. is changed frequently, so there are endurance cracks on metal which results
in pipes burst;
8.3 Disposal:
8.3.1 If the leakage is slight, strengthen FDW to maintain normal level and apply for boiler
shutdown;
8.3.2 If it is heavy and normal level can not be maintained, dispose the problem after shut
down the problem;
9.1.2 If pipes burst, there is loud sound and steam and water sprayed out;
9.1.3 Steam and FDW flow is changed abnormally. If the burst place in front of flow meter, the
meter indication will be decreased; if in back of the meter, the indication will be
increased;
9.2 Causes:
9.2.2 Steam pipes are running with over temp. and the creep exceeds the limit or the
operation time is too long, the metal intensity is down;
9.2.5 The brackets of pipes are not erected correctly which affect free expansion of pipes;
9.2.6 The pipes are not erected correctly or pipes have bugs, materials or welding not
qualified;
9.3 Disposal:
9.3.1 When the steam and FDW pipes leak slightly, if the boiler FDW can be held and the
faults won’t be extended, the shot-time operation can be taken;
9.3.2 If the faults even worse and may risk human or equipments safety, the disposal should
be taken after shut down boiler;
10.1.1 Safety valves not act when action pressure is arrived at;
10.2 Causes:
10.3 Disposal:
10.3.1.1 Open atmosphere steam exhaust valves at once and if necessary, open turbine
bypass and reduce GT load;
10.3.1.3 If the pressure increasing speed too fast and can not be controlled, shut down the
boiler at once;
10.3.2.1 Reduce GT load and then reduce steam pressure to make safety valves back to
seat;
10.3.2.3 If safety valves still not back to seat and not result in boiler trip, apply for boiler
shutdown for disposal;
10.3.2.4 If safety valves still not back to seat and result in boiler trip, dispose the problem as
boiler emergency shutdown caused by unit trip;
10.3.2.5 During disposal, focus on drum level, steam temp. and temp. difference between up
and down drum walls;
11.1.2 The 400V running motors stopped, LV protection act and send out alarm;
11.1.3 The I&C and electric instruments related to 400V indicate abnormally; electric valves
and regulating valves can not be operated;
11.3 Disposal:
11.3.1 Confirm 400V Aux. power lost, stop GT emergently and report to shift engineer and
relative leaders;
11.3.2 Reset tripped auxiliaries’ switches and transfer all auto regulation to manual; the
electric valves and electric actuators should be operated manually;
11.3.3 Focus on boiler level, steam temp. and pressure and take the corresponding
operations in time;
12.1.1 Electric actuators abnormal; opening back to zero and the remote control not available;
12.1.2 Instruments indication abnormal; alarm signals light and sound not on;
12.2 Causes:
12.2.2 Switches and knife-switches on fault; spare power not in service automatically;
12.3 Disposal:
12.3.2 Transfer the equipments to manual control, observe instruments and meters in site and
take communication in time;
12.3.3 Request I&C and electric personnel dispose the problem fast and recover the power
supply as soon as possible;
12.3.4 Supervise drum level closely and shut down boiler emergently if necessary;
12.3.5 If I&C power resource can not be recovered in time, shut down boiler;
13. DCS on fault
13.1 Phenomena:
13.1.2 All valves and instruments indicate abnormal and can not be regulated;
13.2 Causes:
13.3 Disposal:
13.3.2 If DCS ring net on fault, take shutdown at once: except pressing emergency boiler
shutdown button, the operators should go to the site to decide whether the FDW pumps
should be stopped according to local level meters to prevent from equipments damage by
water overfed or lack of water in boiler drum;
13.3.3 If it is DCS parts cards on fault, regulate the operation mode or transfer to spare
equipments according to fault situations;
13.3.5 Supervise drum level, main steam temp., pressure closely and shut down boiler if
necessary;
13.3.6 If DCS faults can not be removed in time and may affect normal operation, apply for
fault shutdown;
14.1.2 The aux. power switches trip caused by cable faults; spare power resource not in
service automatically;
14.1.3 Faulty operation by operators;
14.2 Disposal:
14.2.1.1 Transfer to spare pumps and regulate boiler parameters and if necessary, reduce
load;
14.2.1.2 Check spare pumps operation and if needed, the original operating pump should be
isolated;
14.2.1.3 Control drum level strictly; if water level low value II caused by FDW pumps trip, shut
down boiler emergently;
4. Participants
The hydraulic boiler set should be taken according to Electric Industrial Boiler Supervision
Regulations, which is charged by maintenance director or some appointed personnel. The
relative personnel should participate in and the shift engineer command operators; but the
overpressure test should be presided over by general engineer and relative personnel
should participate in;
5.2 LP system hydraulic set scope: all heating surface system from LP FDW pipes operation
panel to electric valves and bypass valves on LP main steam outlet pipes, including FDW
preheater, LP drum, LPV, LPS and supplementary pipe system of LP system;
5.3 During overpressure test, close continuous blowdown primary and secondary valves, de-
paralleled level meters and level transmitters and then isolate safety valves (removed or
replaced with blind flange);
5.4 During overpressure test, close isolating secondary valves of survey meters; after the test,
wash the instruments pipes to prevent sundries into pipes;
6.2 The sundries in boiler heating surface modules, boiler top, flat, ladders, 0m ground,
furnace and flue duct have been cleaned and the chunnels are expedite without sundries;
6.3 The scaffolds and lighting for checks in boiler have been finished and qualified;
6.4 The hydraulic test instruments and meters are prepared and qualified in precision and Lv.
6.5 Check the expansion indicators on drum have been installed correct and the indicating
panel is convenient for observation and the finger at zero;
6.6 The expansion gaps of boiler heating surface have been regulated as diagram size and
requirements; moreover, the survey record available;
6.7 The shift engineer commands the hydraulic set preparation and takes some measures to
prevent water into turbine;
6.8 The temporary facilities for hydraulic set finished and the isolating boards erected;
6.9 Prepare enough DM water and if in winter, the DM water should be heated to 45 ℃;
6.10 If the pressure resource at downstream of inverted valves, the core of inverted valves
should be removed;
6.11 Inform maintainers to put all meters related to test and all meters have been verified
advanced;
7.2 After flush qualified, close bottom water discharge valves and open the air relief valves;
7.6 Make up water to condenser to normal level and stop condensing water pump;
7.7 Start condensing water pump, open condensing pump outlet electric valves, regulating
valves on condensing pump recirculation pipes to control FDW speed to LP drum;
7.8 When LP drum at affusion level, start HP and LP FDW pump to feed water to HP and LP
drum;
7.9 When all system full of water and water leak from air relief valves, close air relief valves
one by one. Stop FDW pump, condensing pump and close condensing water regulating
valves and electric valves to stop FDW;
7.10 Check boiler hydraulic system completely and check whether leakage and abnormity
exist and then make record;
8 HP hydraulic set:
8.1 Re. to hydraulic set system valves status table, operate valves to hydraulic set position;
8.2 Start condensing pumps, HP FDW pumps, open isolating valves and isolating valves in
front and back of FDW bypass regulating valves to boost pressure to HP system;
8.4 When pressure up to 10% of test pressure, HP system is 1.634MPa, pause boost to take
primary checks; if no leakage or abnormity, keep on boosting; if slight leakage found,
record the leakage parts and then continue boosting;
8.5 When pressure up to working pressure, HP system is 10.89MPa; stop boosting to check
completely; make signs and record the found bugs and leakage and then report to
leaders; if no leakage or other abnormity, keep on boosting;
8.6.2 Check DCS display and boiler top pressure gauges indication: HP system test pressure
takes HP drum pressure as standard;
8.6.3 Supervise drum wall temp. on DCS and ensure the temp. ≥21 ℃;
8.7 When pressure up to overpressure test pressure, HP system is 11.34MPa; close outlet
valves of HP FDW pumps as well as FDW pump at the same time and record time; hold
the pressure for 5min to observe pressure drop;
8.8 After test pressure held for 5min, reduce pressure to working value, then take a complete
check and make record; after checks finished, reduce pressure slowly and then the HP
hydraulic set finished;
9.2 Start condensing pumps, Deae. FDW pumps, open isolating valves and isolating valves in
front and back of FDW bypass regulating valves to boost pressure to Deae. system;
9.4 When pressure up to 10% of test pressure, Deae. system is 0.414MPa, pause boost to
take primary checks; if no leakage or abnormity, keep on boosting; if slight leakage
found, record the leakage parts and then continue boosting;
9.5 When pressure up to working pressure, HP system is 2.76MPa; stop boosting to check
completely; make signs and record the found bugs and leakage and then report to
leaders; if no leakage or other abnormity, keep on boosting;
9.6.1 All test participants should stop pressure-containing members’ checks and be out of
furnace or dangerous zones;
9.6.2 Check DCS display and boiler top pressure gauges indication: Deae. system test
pressure takes Deae. drum pressure as standard;
9.6.3 Supervise drum wall temp. on DCS and ensure the temp.≥21℃。
9.7 When pressure up to overpressure test pressure, Deae. system is 4.14MPa; close outlet
valves of Deae. FDW pumps as well as FDW pump at the same time and record time;
hold the pressure for 5min to observe pressure drop;
9.8 After test pressure held for 5min, reduce pressure to working value, then take a complete
check and make record; after checks finished, reduce pressure slowly and then the HP
hydraulic set finished;
10.4 When pressure up to working pressure, LP system is 0.76MPa; stop boosting to check
completely; make signs and record the found bugs and leakage and then report to
leaders; if no leakage or other abnormity, keep on boosting;
10.5.1 All test participants should stop pressure-constraining members’ checks and be out of
furnace or dangerous zones;
10.5.2 Check DCS display and boiler top pressure gauges indication: LP system test pressure
takes LP drum pressure as standard;
10.5.3 Supervise drum wall temp. on DCS and ensure the temp. ≥21℃。
10.6 When pressure up to overpressure test pressure, LP system is 1.14MPa; close outlet
valves of LP FDW pumps as well as FDW pump at the same time and record time; hold
the pressure for 5min to observe pressure drop;
10.7 After test pressure held for 5min, reduce pressure to working value, then take a complete
check and make record; after checks finished, reduce pressure slowly and then the LP
hydraulic set finished;
12.2 After water discharged, dispose the found bugs in test according to criterion and make
record;
12.3 After test finished and when boiler water discharged out, add bag type driers in HP, IP
and LP drums to protect drums;
14 Precautions in test:
· The test can not be taken in rainy days;
· During a system hydraulic test, the relative valves should be hanged with warning signs,
locked or removed with handle wheels;
· During pressure holding, pressure rising should be defended which caused by thermal
expansion;
· When leakage points found out, take signs and then take maintenance after pressure
release; when the maintenance finished, take the hydraulic set;
· During the hydraulic set, the inspectors can not stand in front of welded end cap, side face
or welding line of flange;
· After hydraulic set finished, the water for the test should be diluted by water to PH value
within 6-9 and then the blowdown can be taken to prevent environment pollution;
· Before overpressure test, the parts which not in the test must be de-paralleled and some
measures should be take to prevent safety valves open;
15 Qualified standards:
15.1 After FDW stopped, pressure drop value is 0.098MPa/min and preheater pressure drop
value is 0.049MPa/min;
15.2 There is no moisture, bead or leakage on metal walls and welding lines of pressure-
containing members;
3.3 The safety valves floating takes the local pressure gauges as standard;
3.4 The local personnel should wear safety helmets, gloves and earplugs;
3.5 Check the communicating facilities good and the relative personnel have good
communicating signals;
3.6 Close the electric valves of boiler main steam header pipes;
3.7 Vacuumize turbine and put condensing water system into service;
3.9 Control boiler boosting within regulated value; during floating, keep pressure up and down
gradual and if the pressure approaching to action pressure, it should be more gradual;
3.10 After pressure 2bar more than floating value, if the safety valves not act, open bypass to
take disposal;
4. Process:
4.1 The maintainers should set the action pressure at floating value according to relationship
between spring stroke and pressure under cold state;
4.2 Except verified safety valves, other safety valves should be locked by thimbles to prevent
faulty action;
4.3 The safety valves floating sequence is from high floating value to low one;
4.4 After safety valves floating finished, record the floating results and release pressure as
normal speed (<1bar/min);
4.5 During safety valves floating, if abnormity found, stop the test at once and after the faults
removed, keep on the floating;
HP
HP drum safety
2 8.5 MPa 8.156MPa 88t/h
valve 1
part
HP drum safety
3 8.57MPa 8.348MPa 90t/h
valve 2
2.1.1 Scope
2) FDW system
Measures:
Nitrogen is very dangerous; human maybe die if into fulfilled nitrogen drum;
When drum need clean, open all manholes and before into drum the drum should be
blew by air for 2 days;
When check in drums, the one should accompanied by some others, so if some
problems, the alarm can be reported at any time;
Pay attention that Nitrogen can be spread, so the operators in plant should take
relative safety measures;
The boiler corrosion is oxygen corrosion whose type is the anomalistic oxidized
streak located on metal surface;
During boiler shutdown, if the maintenance not proper, the electrochemical reaction
will be acting:
When ferrum contacts water, the reaction (1) will be acting. When metal (anode)
absorb negative electron, Fe 2+ will be water-soluble and after the metal polar has
polarity, the reaction will be stopped;
The electron from anode (reaction 1) has tendency to into metal cathode: reaction (1)
balance will be broken and the ion will be water-soluble continuously to be Fe 2+;
2.3. General principles
According to above theories, only when water and oxygen exist at the same time, the
corrosion will happen. The two below measures can remove one of the two factors:
Corrosion - Nitrogen blanketing wet maintenance
Speed
- Nitrogen blanketing dry maintenance
If it is shut down for short time, such as weekend shutdown, because certain
pressure kept, no maintenance is needed;
When temp. below zero, in order to anti-freeze, dry protection must be adopted. From
other view points, dry protection has a special disadvantage, viz. refeed water into
boiler before boiler startup. So the water demand is huge and it will take long time to
recover original boiler load. This measure will be adopted for long time shutdown;
Partial wet protection has obvious advantage: no drain water in boiler, so it is easy to
recover the original load;
Important Notice: No matter wet or dry protection adopted, hot flue gas is not allowed into
HRSG.
3 Wet protection
Two Types:
3.1.1 Standard:
Only used after hydraulic set;
It is properly used when shutdown time within 6 weeks and pH value over 10.5, so it is
better to take DM water and dosing ammonia as (150ppm, to rise pH value) hydraulic set
water;
If the succedent boiler commissioning takes place after 6 weeks, water drain must be
taken and then adopt dry Nitrogen blanketing protection;
3.2.1 Standard:
It is properly used after shutdown or maintenance (examines and repairs) and the climate
conditions permitted (if air temp. low, dry protection adopted)
In order to prevent static water stayed in boiler for long time, the protection time limit is 2
weeks normally according to boiler water chemical characteristics;
Main parameters are the pH value and oxygen content in FDW and boiler drum water.
The protection limit is as the following table:
<20ppb 2 weeks
9<pH<10
Dry Nitrogen blanketing
>20ppb
protection
If the shutdown time over above limit, water drain must be taken and dry Nitrogen blanketing
protection should be adopted.
4. Nitrogen blanketing
During Nitrogen blanketing, the furnace pressure should be 10-50 mbar more than
atmosphere pressure;
Whether Nitrogen blanketing will be adopted can be decided before
boiler shutdown, so Nitrogen blanketing will be started boiler hot
state;
If Nitrogen blanketing started under cold state (unintended shutdown), special Nitrogen
blanketing in instruction book should be undertaken;
4.1 Nitrogen blanketing operation under boiler hot state
At 2h before boiler unloading, dose NH 3 to ensure boiler water pH value over 10, so the
being shutdown boiler water quality will be good. Pay attention that if condenser
materials have aldary, pH value should be controlled at 9.2, so the partial wet nitrogen
blanketing maintenance time just is 2 weeks. Moreover, if aluminum contained in any part
of condenser or steam and water circulation, the chemicals should be decided by
chemical personnel research because of special requirements;
Reduce GT load and isolate HRSG and turbine through steam bypass station;
Through steam bypass, control HP and LP drum pressure drop gradient (max.:
-2bar/min, make the inner pressure of shutdown boiler drum down to 10bar (psig);
During shutdown, the following water drain and air relief valves should be kept on
close position:
The nitrogen blanketed can be supplied by fixed or mobile devices which should be
connected with nitrogen blanketing pipes and at the nitrogen supply side, pressure
reducing valves should be equipped;
If the safety can be ensured, the soft pipes which can support 10-50 mbar nitrogen
pressure can be used to connect nitrogen valves with boiler proper nitrogen blanketing
points. When boiler pressure within 2-5bar (psig), the nitrogen pipes should be fixed
and nitrogen blanketing isolating valves should be opened to prevent air in when boiler
pressure and temp. down;
With steam condensed and furnace pressure down, nitrogen will be sucked into
equipments;
The most important point of succeeding nitrogen blanketing is ensuring the boiler
sealed completely. If seal not good, nitrogen will be lost due to leakage;
Moreover, nitrogen content should be 1% lower than oxygen content (as volume ratio);
In order to get the above requirements, keep drum nitrogen pressure over atmosphere
a little bit (10-50mbar);
During HRSG shutdown maintenance, check the water quality and nitrogen periodically;
As far as boiler under warm state, steam in superheaters and steam pipes will be kept
on condensed; due to the volatility of ammonia, condensing water pH value is lower than
drum water pH value, so the anti-corrosion ability against superheaters is weak;
Open the following superheaters drain valves for a few minutes to drain out the
condensing water and then close the valves:
If the shutdown time of HRSG exceeds above max. period (2 weeks according to
chemical characteristics of boiler water), the boiler is required to discharge water
completely and to be kept under dry nitrogen blanketing state. At this time, we suggest
closing all manual isolating valves for instruments, water drain and steam exhaust pipes
to ensure boiler air tightness;
This partial wet maintenance mode is adequate for short-time shutdown and the
sampling and analysis should be taken every week;
4.1.8.1 pH value over 10 or within 9 and 10 and oxygen content lower than 20ppb;
4.1.8.2 CL-<2ppm
4.1.8.3 SO4≤1ppm
4.1.8.4 NaOH<0.5ppm
It should be avoided to deviate from above target heavily or long time to ensure good
protection for boiler;
When this protection used under cold state, the following steps should be taken to ensure
boiler air exhausted out:
4.2.1 Feed DM water (pH value over 10) into drum to high high level;
4.2.2 Blanket Nitrogen into superheaters and air exhausted from main steam drain pipes:
blanket nitrogen intermittently till oxygen content below 1%. Enough nitrogen pressure is
required during the operations;
4.3.1 Used standard: it is used in long-time shutdown situation, which can not only be used
directly after boiler shutdown, also can be used after partial wet protection or boiler
maintenance;
If environmental temp. below zero and boiler parts are easy to be frozen to affect safety,
dry protection can be used;
Reduce GT load and isolate HRSG and turbine through steam bypass station;
During shutdown, the following water drain and air relief valves should be kept on close
position:
The nitrogen blanketed can be supplied by fixed or mobile devices which should be
connected with nitrogen blanketing pipes and at the nitrogen supply side, pressure
reducing valves should be equipped;
If the safety can be ensured, the soft pipes which can support 10-50 mbar nitrogen
pressure can be used to connect nitrogen valves with boiler proper nitrogen blanketing
points. When boiler pressure within 2-5bar (psig), the nitrogen pipes should be fixed
and nitrogen blanketing isolating valves should be opened to prevent air in when boiler
pressure and temp. down;
With steam condensed and furnace pressure down, nitrogen will be sucked into
equipments;
The most important point of succeeding nitrogen blanketing is ensuring the boiler sealed
completely. If seal not good, nitrogen will be lost due to leakage;
Moreover, nitrogen content should be 1% lower than oxygen content (as volume ratio);
In order to get the above requirements, keep drum nitrogen pressure over atmosphere a
little bit (10-50mbar);
When boiler pressure a little low (psig <2bar), drain boil water out. In order to ensure
draining smooth, open all regulating valves and drain valves of heat exchangers. Then
the boiler water will be drained out and replaced by nitrogen. What keep certain nitrogen
pressure in drums can prevent air in.
During HRSG shutdown maintenance, check the water quality and nitrogen periodically;
As far as boiler under warm state, steam in superheaters and steam pipes will be kept
on condensed; due to the volatility of ammonia, condensing water pH value is lower
than drum water pH value, so the anti-corrosion ability against superheaters is weak;
Open the following superheaters drain valves for a few minutes to drain out the
condensing water and then close the valves:
When take dry nitrogen blanketing protection under cold state, the following methods
should be taken to ensure no residual air in boiler parts:
4.4.9 Feed DM water (pH value over 10) into drum to high high level;
4.4.10 Blanket Nitrogen into coal economizers and superheaters, then air or water
discharged from main steam drain valves: blanket nitrogen intermittently till oxygen
content below 1%. Enough nitrogen pressure is required during the operations;
4.4.11 Keep nitrogen pressure and take coal economizers and drums water draining.
Reduce the times into boiler during shutdown maintenance; moreover, arrange maintenance
schedule well to reduce the time of air into all pressure parts. Actually, there is no protection
when boiler opens to the air;
If boiler will be in service in 2 days after repaired, refeed the treated water into boiler and the
water quality should be controlled strictly;
If the boiler will not be in service in 2 days after repaired, some proper measures should be
taken to protect boiler: according to local conditions, choosing dry or wet nitrogen blanketing
protection;
If partial wet nitrogen blanketing protection is adopted, refeed treated water into boiler (water
pH value over 10, because oxygen contained in the water). But the limit of this method is 4
weeks. If time exceeds, dry nitrogen blanketing protection should be used;
6. Boiler reverted to service
Close the following isolating valves on nitrogen blanketing pipes, open isolating
valves on phosphate dosing pipes of drums, and then FDW to boiler:
0.0009 6.699
0.0015 12.737
0.0019 17.204
0.0024 20.779
0.0029 23.755
0.0034 26.362
0.0039 28.645
0.0044 30.69
0.0049 32.53
0.0058 35.83
0.0069 38.66
0.0078 41.16
0.0088 43.41
0.0098 45.45
0.0108 47.33
0.0118 49.06
0.0127 50.67
0.0137 52.18
Steam pressure Mpa Saturated temperature ℃
0.0147 56.60
0.0196 59.67
0.0245 64.56
0.029 68.68
0.039 75.42
0.049 80.86
0.0588 85.45
0.0686 89.45
0.0784 92.99
0.088 96.18
0.098 99.09
0.108 101.76
0.118 104.25
0.127 106.56
0.137 180.74
0.147 110.79
0.157 112.73
0.167 114.5
0.176 116.33
Steam pressure Mpa Saturated temperature ℃
0.186 118.01
0.196 119.62
0.206 121.16
0.216 122.64
0.225 124.08
0.235 125.45
0.245 126.79
0.255 128.08
0.265 129.34
0.275 130.55
0.284 131.73
0.29 132.88
0.30 134.00
0.31 135.08
0.32 136.14
0.33 137.18
0.34 138.19
0.35 139.18
Steam pressure Mpa Saturated temperature ℃
0.36 140.15
0.37 141.09
0.38 142.02
0.39 142.92
0.4 143.81
0.41 144.68
0.42 145.54
0.43 146.38
0.44 147.20
0.49 151.11
0.588 158.08
0.686 164.17
0.784 169.61
0.88 174.53
0.98 179.04
1.078 183.21
1.176 187.08
1.27 190.71
Steam pressure Mpa Saturated temperature ℃
1.37 194.13
1.47 197.37
1.57 200.43
1.67 203.36
1.76 206.15
1.86 208.82
1.96 211.39
2.06 213.85
2.16 216.24
2.25 218.53
2.35 220.76
2.45 222.90
2.55 224.99
2.65 227.01
2.75 228.98
2.84 230.89
2.94 232.76
3.14 236.35
Steam pressure Mpa Saturated temperature ℃
3.33 239.77
3.53 243.04
3.73 246.17
3.92 249.18
4.12 252.07
4.31 254.87
4.51 257.56
4.71 260.17
4.90 262.90
5.39 268.69
5.88 274.28
6.37 279.54
6.86 284.17
7.35 289.17
7.87 293.61
8.33 297.86
8.82 301.91
9.31 305.80
Steam pressure Mpa Saturated temperature ℃
9.80 309.53
10.78 316.53
11.76 323.15
12.75 329.31
13.73 335.10
14.71 340.57
15.69 345.75
16.67 350.67
17.65 355.35
18.63 359.81
19.61 364.10
mmH2
N/m2 Bar kgf/cm2 atm mmHg psi
O
0.001333
133.322 0.00136 0.001316 13.6 1 0.019336
22
7.355E
735.5 75 1 632.415 2509.6 542.476
9
0.000398
0.293 2.93E6 0.0299 0.251996 1 0.21616
5
1.3558 1.356E
0.1383 0.001843 1658 4.6263 1
2 7
0.000947
1 1E7 0.102 3.777E-7 2.778E-7 0.000239 0.73756
8
264780
2.65E13 270000 1 0.7355 632.415 2509.63 1.953E6
0
360000
3.6E13 367100 1.36 1 860 3412.14 2.655E6
0
4.187E1
4186.8 427 0.00158 0.001163 1 3.9684 3088
0
1.055E1 0.000293
1055 107.6 0.0003985 0.251196 1 778.17
0 1
0.0035335
0.001 1000 1 61.013 0.21997 0.2642 6.874E-3
6
0.0000163 0.0163
16.39 0.0005787 1 0.003604 0.004329 127E-4
9 9
m cm mm ft in scruple yd
1 100 1000 3.2808 39.37 314.96 1.0936
0.3149 1.09361E-
0.001 0.1 1 3.28083E-3 0.03937
6 3
0.00317 3.47222E-
0.3175 3.175 0.0104166 0.125 1
5 3
1 (lb)=0.4536 (kg)
1. Purpose
Regulate operators to take spare and running equipments test and transferring
periodically to find out equipments faults and potential problems and test the correctness
of main equipments and auxiliaries protections in and out to ensure equipments normal
backup and long-time safe and reliable running according to 3 sheets and 2 systems;
2. Scope
The system is adequate for main equipments and periodically test and transferred
equipments in Zhangjiagang Huaxing Electric Power Co., Ltd.
3. System Execution
According to detail test items, test methods, operation steps, relative rules and requirements
of relative operation regulations, the trial operation department lists periodically transferred
and test items table. After authorized by all relative departments and general engineer, the
operators should carry out as this system;
4. Executing process
4.1 Periodical test and transferring should be compiled according to operation times and
healthy conditions of spare and running equipments and also the intervals of last
equipments maintenance;
4.2 Before equipments periodical test and transferring, detail transferring and test plans
should be made. Also the accidents forecasting and protective measures should be
taken.
4.3 Before periodical test, the test plan should be compiled according to test equipments, last
test sequence, contents and results. The important tests must be reported to relative
leaders and departments for authority;
4.4 During equipments transferred, start important equipments firstly and then stop them, viz.
transferring load, to prevent system waving and unstable;
4.5 Important equipments transferring and test should be arranged at low load period;
4.6The periodical tests and transferring which need maintenance and other departments’
cooperation should be informed to relative departments before operation. After the
departments get ready, the tests or transferring can be done;
4.7 All periodical tests and transferring should be recorded on Periodical Tests and
Transferring Record (including tests results and transferring mode);
4.8 After periodical tests and transferring finished, take detailed checks and parameters
analysis on transferred equipments and relative system;
4.9 If there is abnormity during equipments periodical transferring or test, stop the operations
at once and try to correct or remover original safety running mode and then record the
equipments running state, abnormal phenomena and disposal process on Appendix
column on Periodical Tests and Transferring Record; at the same time, report the
problems step by step and contact relative departments for disposal. If the problems can
not be removed in short time and the normal running mode can not be recovered, take
necessary safety measures and accidents forecast;
4.10 After disposed, the equipments periodical tests and transferring abnormity should be
analyzed and the relative protective measures should be undertaken;
4.11 During periodical tests and transferring, Operation Supervision Regulations and relative
regulations of safety work rules should be carried out strictly; the operations should be
taken according to items on periodical tests and transferring record;
4.12 The relative temporary safety measures should be compiled and carried out after
authorized by relative leaders for periodical tests and transferring under special running
conditions;
4.13 The operations of equipments periodical tests and transferring should be taken by two
persons in principle and the important equipments tests and transferring should be
operated by shift engineer;
4.14 For some reasons, if the equipments can not be tested or transferred as scheduled, after
authorized by shift engineer, the operations can be delayed properly (not over 3 days
normally) but the detailed reasons should be recorded on appendix column on period test
and transferring record. When test and transferring conditions satisfied, take the
operations as soon as possible as well as the record;
4.15 If some spare equipments which are on fault or under maintenance state can not be
tested or transferred on time, the operators should strengthen the inspection and check
on running equipments which are waiting for test or transferring;
1st day
1 HP FDW pump
16th day
2nd day
2 LP FDW pump
17th day
3rd
Recirculation Pump of
3 Preheater
18th day
Wash on
Local level meters of 4th day
HP and LP drum of
4 boiler #1 and
deaerator Wash on
19th day
Wash on
Local level meters of 5th day
HP and LP drum of
5 boiler #2 and
deaerator Wash on
20th day
Wash on
Local level meters of 6th day
HP and LP drum of
6 boiler #3 and
deaerator Wash on
21st day
The elevation of boiler chimney is 45 m and the bypass chimney elevation is 40m;
The flue goes in from inlet flue duct and the direction from horizontal to vertical and from
down to upper, to flush each stage heating surface orderly and finally will be exhausted
from outlet flue duct and chimney.
Exhaust from turbine, into bypass inlet flue ductàthree way dampersàbypass
mufflesàbypass chimney of HRSG
Exhausted from turbine, the flue gas into bypass inlet flue ductà three way dampers
àbypass outlet flue ductàinlet flue duct of HRSG. In the inlet flue duct, the flue flow is
changed from horizontal to vertical, up into boiler body to flush the 3 rd layer modules, 2nd
layer modules and 1st layer modules and finally exhausted to the air through the outlet flue
duct and chimney.
3rd layer modules: HP superheater 2 (SHP2), HP superheaters 1 (SHP1);
1st layer modules: LP vaporizer (VLP), HP coal economizer 1 (EHP1), preheater (PREH)
4.1 DEAE system: after passing preheater, the cooling condensing water from condenser
goes into deaerator to deoxygenate;
4.2 LP system: a part of water from deaerator through LP FDW pump goes into LP drum to
separate water and steam; after separated, the saturated water will be back to
downcomers. LP saturated steam will be led out from LP saturated steam outlet pipe at
upper LP drum and then into LP superheaters and finally into turbine LP cylinder for
power;
4.3 HP system: the HP FDW pump will supply another part of feeding water from deaerator
into HP coal economizer 1 (EHP1), HP coal economizer 2 (EHP2) and HP coal
economizer 3 (EHP3); after heated, the water into HP drum. The water, which into HP
drum, will be led into HP vaporizer through VHP downcomers; after evaporated and heat
absorbed, up into HP drum for steam and water separation. Then the separated
saturated water will be back to downcomer. The HP saturated steam will be led out from
HP saturated steam outlet pipe at upper HP drum and then into HP superheater 1,
desuperheater 1 and into HP superheater 2 and finally into turbine HP cylinder for power
as the HP overheated steam.
Chapter 2 Preparation before Operation
1. Checks before operation
After boiler erected but not started yet, a series of checks should be taken to ensure boiler
and GT primary startup successful. The checks do not request all equipments erected but
the instruments, electric and compressed air system is necessary. The needed main
checks are as following according to power plant equipment erection.
2. Summarization
Check whether all parts and zones erected, flue gas ducts connected well, inner lining,
flue dampers and pressure members expand freely and all scrap iron and other rubbish
cleaned out; check whether separators in drum erected correctly and internals, such as
pipes supported firmly; check whether all pipes supports fixed correctly, boiler weight
loaded by base completely and all bolts of steel structure erected firmly; the pipes
supports should be signed with cold and hot state set value, after boiler at basic load,
recheck and confirm the thermal state set value;
3. Valves
Check whether all valves erected in right position; then check the valves stroke, valves
seats and gland packing tightness. Before boiler startup, all electric and pneumatic valves
and equipments should be trial operated to remove all electric or mechanical problems.
Check electric and instruments air; the exhausted steam and drained water from safety
valves should be led to discharge place where valves free expansion won’t be disturbed;
4. Control equipments
Check all control equipments erected correctly, properly and reliably; check maneuverability
of electric system (electric and control) and control air supply system; regulate valves
opening and electric signals relationship within valves full stroke through control panel.
Check whether the signals sent out from the electric transmitters (flow, level, pressure and
temp.) accepted by terminal equipments (controllers and monitors). Check the polar and
transmitting correctness of water meter column/level meters components which should be
taken when level transmitters are being checked; check local pressure gauges/temp.
meters applicability and erection correctness;
Warning: it may damage boiler if drum at low low level, so the boiler should be shut down
emergently;
Chapter 3 Hydraulic Boiler Set
1. General Introduction
After erected, hydraulic set must by taken on each pressure stage of boiler and all inner
connecting pipes regulated in ASME criterion by install department and supervised by AI;
Within boiler life, if any modification or recovery taken within the scope regulated by ASME
criterion, after the modification or recovery, the test should be done;
2.2 Check the hydraulic set regulations from pressure safety valves manufacturer. When test
pressure over design pressure, the valves must be isolated (removed or replaced by
blind flange);
2.3 If test pressure not over design pressure, the safety valves can be tested at the same
time, but SEPCO III will not take the responsibilities about safety valves damage;
2.4 Use best quality water to take test. We suggest taking softened, deoxidized or refined
cooling condensing water (treated by antiseptic, such as 10mg/l ammonia or
200mg/lhydrazine). The medicals should be dosed with complete mixing up; if stainless
steel parts contact hydraulic set medium, the chloride content can not be more than
30ppm or the parts are excluded in hydraulic set;
2.5 The large capacity feeding equipments should be used to finish FDW into boiler as fast
as possible and then exhaust air with best mode.
2.6 During FDW, all air relief valves should be opened to exhaust system air;
2.7 If it is a potential icy day, feed hot water (Notice: there are max. permissive metal temp.
regulations for hydraulic set in ASME criterion); in order to prevent freezing, we can adopt
inner heating or other measures. Anti-freeze measures are not considered in the 2 nd
phase project in Nigeria;
2.8 After the test, correct boiler maintenance must be taken to prevent rusting or freezing;
unless treated water adopted during hydraulic set and chemical maintenance adopted
during maintenance, boiler water must be drained out to keep boiler quit dry;
2.9 During boiler water draining, the correct protective measures should be taken to ensure
water drained out completely;
Warning: hydraulic set water may cause boiler rusting or freezing damage if it is remained in
boiler;
Chapter 4 Chemical Cleaning before Operation
1. General Introduction
To clean pipes inner is to make inner surface of pipes clean and be passivated equably.
Passivation is forming a Fe3O4 protective layer on wet surface which can prevent inner
Oil, grease and rust may cause Fe 3O4 layers unequal or flaking away. So before running,
2. Clean mode
According to boiler conditions, operating scopes and local equipments, there are various
clean techniques. But the general cleaning methods are as following and the final
cleaning can be parts or all of them:
It the first step of cleaning. Open manholes of all headers and drums and try to clean out
grease, oil and other sundries. Careful manual clean can reduce other clean time;
After manual clean, any other residual organic matters (such as oil, grease or pipes
protective layers) must be cleaned from inner surface of boiler, otherwise the residual
organic matters will disturb the heat exchanging, metal normal passivation and acid clean.
Moreover, the sundries left on pipes inner surface must be washed. If there is oil or
grease, acid cleaning can not be used and alkali clean is necessary before acid clean;
Some pipes which human can go into can be cleaned with mechanical method, such as
vaporizers, HP water gun or scraper;
3. Alkali Clean
3.1 Feed alkali solution into boiler and coal economizers to normal running level: 1.8KG
Na2HPO4-7H2O, 3.6KG Na4PO4-12H2O and scaler (prepared according to capacity
3.2 Start GT and load to rotary load and according to boiler selected pressure, it may be
1.0Mpa in 4 hours. During this time, the drum level will be up, so the blowdown value
should be controlled to prevent water level over level meter top. During complete alkali
cleaning, the drums pressure should be remained at 1.0Mpa and sample saturated
steam from sampling nozzles to supervise steam purity (conductivity) that low indication
means there is no water in steam. The alkali solution should be sampled every hour and
analysis about alkalinity, phosphate and dissolved solid should be taken as well as oil
content in sampling. If boiler water alkalinity and phosphate concentration down to half of
original value, dose alkali cleaning chemicals to remover original concentration;
3.3 If alkali solution analysis shows that alkalinity, phosphate and dissolved solid get balance
and no oil content in sampling, stop GT and release HRSG pressure;
3.4 HRSG pressure down to zero and alkali solution cooled down to normal temp. and then
take water draining. After alkali solution discharged completely, feed heated 77 ~ 82℃
clean water into boiler to top of level meters glass. During feeding clean water into boiler,
take backwash on superheaters through superheaters outlet headers with condensing
water or DM water (Precautions) till water overflows to drums. Because there are residual
chemicals, superheaters should be fed with condensing water or DM water and the wash
water can be discharged after being cooled down enough in boiler;
Solid chemicals should be avoided for cleaning. From heat transmitting and rusting
viewpoints, it is harmful if there are settled solids in superheaters. If there are hydrate and
chloride in stainless steel superheaters, there is obvious damage on the stress corrosion;
If alkali cleaning failed and grease still exists, then the following acid cleaning will be
invalid. So after alkali cleaning failed, check boiler drums and down water drums inner; if
not clean enough, repeat the alkali cleaning;
4. Acid cleaning
4.1 The acid cleaning takes diluted (about 5% weight ratio) anticorrosive hydrochloric acid as
base;
We suggest that the acid cleaning is started as soon as alkali cleaning and checks
finished. Feed clean water into boiler o normal level. Because of unequal cooling speed
between thin pipes, thick drums and thick headers, considering thermal capacity and loss
of boiler metal, before acid solution into boiler, the metal temp. should be controlled at
82℃. After boiler water discharged, close all furnace doors apertures and dampers to
keep heat;
4.2.1 Superheaters are full of cooling condensing water or DM water and no residual alkali
cleaning matters sampled at superheaters water draining and vent outlet;
4.2.3 Open all steam exhaust valves on drums; except special illumination, the positions of
valves should be as the same as in alkali cleaning;
4.3 When metal temp. at 77℃, feed anticorrosive acid solution (5-6% hydrochloric acid) into
to boiler. We suggest that according to poidometer, dose 0.25% hydrofluoric acid
(NH4HF2) into anticorrosive acid solution as energizing agent and silica scavenging
agent. The mixed up solution temp. by diluted acid water and steam should be kept
within 71~77℃;
4.4.1 Although nitrogen is not harmful, human breath can not be satisfied. After nitrogen used
during boiler discharging water, if human into boiler, ventilation must be taken firstly;
4.4.2 After cleaning finished, start boiler at once. If inner devices and orifice plates of boiler
not started at once after erected, the condensing water which contains 200PPm
hydrazine at least should be dosed into boiler and superheaters and then regulate PH
value to 10 through ammonia; moreover, boiler should be fed with positive pressure
4.4.3 Before dosing acid into boiler, the validity of anticorrosive agent in acid should be
checked. One method is a simple test: soak a lucidus carbon steel card in acid whose
concentration is properly regulated and temp. at 82 ℃; if there are one or more bunches
of air bubbles but not dissociative air bubbles appearing, the acid is not available till
enough anticorrosive agents supplied and test qualified. Another method is that soak one
artifactitious surface square known boiler steel test sample in anticorrosive acid whose
concentration and temp. are the same as cleaning acid for 30min; then survey the weight
loss and the weight loss in each square centimeter should not be more than 1mg. The
acid cleaning must be operated by experienced personnel;
4.4.4 Potential accident in acid cleaning is partial metal temp. may be too high. Most
hydrochloric anticorrosive agents are not available if temp. over 88 ℃; moreover, too high
temp. also will increase corrosion. The valid cleaning temp. is at 66 ℃ at least, so pay
attention to confirm proper metal and solution temp.;
4.4.5 The steam exhausted from GT may transmit heat to parts of boiler and even establishes
boiler water circulation, which may cause partial metals of inner pipes over heated. So if
the boiler contains any acid solution, it is forbidden to start GT;
4.4.6 Take chemical analysis (conductivity, PH value) on using water to prevent pollution;
4.4.7 After cleaning finished and before GT startup, sample and check draining water at HPS,
LPS and steam pipes to prevent pollution;
4.4.8 During chemical cleaning, if alkali or acid solution overflowed into superheaters by
mistake, before ignition permitted, it must be backwashed with enough flow to ensure all
residual acid and alkali solution cleaned out;
4.4.9 During alkali cleaning, commercial detergent is used mostly, when whose concentration
over 0.1% (as cubage), the formed bubbles may bring alkali solution into superheaters.
Because stainless steel may create stress crack, pay attention and prevent lots of alkali
solution from being brought into. Because there are too many concentrations (water
dilution) in commercial detergent, if suggested concentration by manufacturer over 0.1%,
take negotiation with manufacturer;
4.4.10 All external pipes used during cleaning, including FDW storage/treatment equipments
should be cleaned when boiler being cleaned; if they can not be cleaned, it is better to
clean oxide skins after unconsolidated sediment in FDW removed;
4.4.11 The regulating valves, orifice plates, and other equipments which may be damaged in
cleaning process should be removed or bypassed during cleaning;
4.4.12 The cleaning contractor should provide necessary glass level meter for cleaning and
also they should be informed the max. working temp. and pressure of the temporary level
meter;
Warning: the glass level meters for cleaning commonly can not be used in operation, which
may hurt people caused by breaking up or damage due to pressure;
4.4.13 Because the cleaning solution circulated in boiler may be cooled down, supervise
control the cleaning solution temp. at inlet and outlet of boiler to keep valid temp. and
prevent external air into flue ducts (cover chimney and close manholes) to reduce boiler
heat loss. The cleaning medium is heated by outlaid heaters by cleaning contractor;
4.4.14 The cleaning contractor must ensure cleaning solution circulated in all boiler parts,
especially avoid the solution in vaporizers passing low resistance pipes, such as
downcomers, but not the correct pipes, so it is requested to silt up the downcomers
during chemical cleaning;
4.4.15 During chemical cleaning, the inner parts of drums can be cleaned with drums, but pay
attention that the metal mesh is made up of stainless steel plates; if the cleaning solution
is harmful to the metal mesh, it should be taken out before cleaning and then put in
before steam blowing and operating; chevron separators should be erected as the same
way if they are taken out for checks or additional cleaning;
4.4.16 The sampling pipes must be closed during steam blowing or chemical cleaning to
prevent from jamming;
4.4.17 The records of all cleaning techniques including chemicals should be saved well by
users;
4.4.18 After cleaning finished, the owners and cleaning contractors should check whether the
unit cleaned out and all tube windows water drained out;
4.4.19 The disposal cost about cleaning solution is one of important parts. The cost may be
changed when weak cleaning solution into a long-time circulation, so there may be more
corrosion/acid solution discharging fees;
4.4.20 When dispose any dangerous liquid and take acid cleaning, pay attention to human
safety specially;
Warning: after acid cleaning, flush with water thoroughly to avoid damage;
3) Flush any loose deposits on drums inner surface and in centrifugal separators inlet box
with water from drums to collecting headers and the drain water will be discharged through
acid cleaning pipes;
5.2 Check drums and wash any sediment in drums with water through drums blowdown
pipes;
5.3 As required, check any opened header and wash them with water from opening end;
5.4.4 Remove or close all acid cleaning connecting pipes with valves;
5.4.5 Remove all temporary acid cleaning pipes connected from drums;
5.4.6 After drums cleaning finished, take a complete check to ensure there is no external
impurities staying in drums;
5.4.7 Feed water into drums, coal economizers and but only DM water or condensing water
can be fed into superheaters, superheaters;
5.4.8 Reduce drums level to suggesting value and then sample boiler water and analyze
sodium, chloride, all solids. If sodium over 5PPm, chloride over 5PPm or all solids over
10PPm, then take boiler water draining and refeed water into boiler. After that, repeat
sample and analysis till required value reached;
5.4.9 When blowing steam pipes, dispose boiler water with volatilizable chemicals and keep
boiler water pH value within 8.5 and 9.0 with ammonia and all solids below 2.0PPm.
Some external impurities may be left in pipes during pressure parts maintenance, so the
pipes should be flushed too after maintenance;
2. Responsibilities
Because pipes flush is taken to avoid turbine accidents, the complete flush techniques
should be confirmed by users. The temporary pipe system design, produce, erection and
protections of overpressure or over temperature of pipe flush are the users’
responsibilities;
Steam blow adopts high speed steam passing steam pipes to get enough cleaning rate
(CR: flush coefficient is the rate of CR: steam density (ρ) and steam speed squared (V 2)
under steam flush condition and basic design condition)
CR=-----------------
(ρV2)design
Because the shearing force is in direct proportion to flow speed drop of common medium
passing pipes, the larger the cleaning rate is, the larger the shearing force is (the better
the pipes are cleaned). Generally, the generating boiler request 1.6 times cleaning rate at
least, sometimes LP system accepts smaller cleaning rate but not below 1.2;
If LP high speed flow adopted, the water consumption can be reduced, so LP medium is
better when cleaning pipes;
Also all steam pipe branches should have correct cleaning rate and steam pipes at
different positions have different cleaning rate;
4. Precautions
4.1 There are some abnormity in boiler and steam pipes during flush. The rapid temp. variety
during flushing will cause heavier damage than during normal running, such as that there
is over heat stress in thick wall parts of drums, headers and pipes;
4.2 During flushing stop all main fuel burning, but the combustion of igniters or boiler
warming-up oil guns can be held, to recover flushing pressure fast;
4.3 The temporary steam pipes design pressure may be below the boiler vaporizing section
pressure, so the overpressure should be avoided during flushing operations. We suggest
taking overpressure protective measures on flushing pipes, such as take safety valves
floating as temporary pipes design pressure;
4.4 During steam pipes flush, it is hard to avoid water and solid impurities in drums into
superheaters during steam flushing. If the impurities settled down in superheaters, from
heat transmitting and corrosion viewpoints, it is harmful. Even caustic alkali (corrosive)
and chloride contained a few, the stainless steel is easy to be damaged; so the boiler
must be disposed with volatilizable chemicals, including keeping boiler water pH value
within 8.5 and 9.0 with ammonia and all solids below 2.0PPm. The boiler water analysis
should be taken to ensure the above conditions can be satisfied when flushing steam
pressure reached;
After all equipments checked and expansion displacement supervised, take slower boiler
startup than normal startup. After GT is started, the furnace outlet flue gas temp. should
not be risen too fast, not over 538℃ before turbine rolling. During pipes flush, the drums
level will have heaviest wave: when temporary flush blowdown valves opened, the drums
level will be risen fast, even over level meters glass top till out of sight; but when flush is
kept going, the drums level will appear again and even down to the glass bottom of level
meters till out of sight;
Firstly, rise relative drums pressure to preset value, and then open the fast flush valves at
pipe tail end to create high speed steam through reducing drum pressure. When drum
pressure recovered and below calculated design value (1.6 min. cleaning rate), close
flush valves to boost boiler pressure and then repeat the operations. The intermittent
steam flush is adopted over 100 times when makeup water not enough during continuous
steam flush. Generally speaking, intermittent steam flushing coasts more time and
humans;
Continuous steam flush is making boiler under decompressing running in certain period.
During decompressing running, high speed steam will pass steam pipes continuously, so
at the end of temporary steam flush pipes, there is a valve erected to hold the required
pressure. Compared with intermittent steam flush, continuous steam flush can
economize the time and humans, but this type flush need a lot of treated water. During 4-
hour flushing, the FDW can be interrupted;
Notice: steam flush should be taken even GT not in service. Under this situation, an
auxiliary boiler must be prepared to create enough steam (flow, temp. and pressure);
If there is no makeup water for long time and the soft water demand not satisfied
for steam flush, we suggest renting auxiliary soften equipments;
Generally, steam flush pipes can not reach basic load steam temp. But
superheating steam parameter should be below boiler design value and temporary
pipes design value;
The power plant can adopt flexible methods to optimize steam flush, such as rise
HP drums pressure possibly to transmit more heat into LPE during LP system flush.
But all pressure system pipes should be cooled down enough during steam flush;
The temporary desuperheaters in steam flush pipes can help with controlling
temporary pipes not over design temp. At the same time, through desuperheating
medium discharged from boiler and reducing steam flow, the temporary pipes noise
can be reduced;
Boiler steam flush running is a short operation, which requests boiler operators pay
more attention. The drum level will be waved heavily if valves opening changed
during intermittent and continuous steam flush;
When two units running under header pipes system, two boilers may be under
running at the same time to satisfy the header pipes cleaning rate. And be careful,
there are no large pressure difference between two units;
During steam flush, the main steam valves must be opened 100% to prevent seal
surface worn away. The check valve core should be taken out during steam flush. If
the core not taken out and results in the check valves damaged, Wuxi Boiler Factory
will not take any responsibility;
If possible, the steam sampling devices should be taken out from steam pipes to
prevent sampling pipes jammed and the devices damaged;
If the temp. not request to be controlled in steam flush, isolate the desuperheaters
in steam pipes during steam flush;
Venturi steam flow meters (or other steam survey equipments) should be taken out
and replaced with other temporary pipes before steam flush;
Insert target plates to test whether boiler cleaning qualified; if not, insert the plates
and then restart boiler to take steam flush till it is qualified;
During steam flush, the steam can not be exhausted through main startup valves,
viz. spheroidal regulating valves which
may be damaged when dirty steam is passing them. When create steam through
startup boiler, there a temporary steam flush valve should be erected to control
pressure boosting speed;
8. Precautions:
8.1 An important principle of boiler blowing is that: at the outlet of vaporizers, the mixing up
speed of steam and water should not be over 35m/s at any situation to prevent cavitation;
The operating restricted area of drums is as the following chart: these running limit lines
will limit GT load in pipes flush;
8.2 During flush, the pressure drop of superheaters and steam pipes will become larger;
8.3 During complete steam flush operations, the design pressure and temp. of temporary
steam exhaust pipes and valves can not be exceeded;
After flush finished, take safety valves floating, suspension bracket tightening and other
debugging according to relative operating regulations.
Chapter 6 Safety valves calibration
1. Conditions:
1.1 Boiler overhauled;
3.3 The safety valves floating takes the local pressure gauges as standard;
3.4 The local personnel should wear safety helmets, gloves and earplugs;
3.5 Check the communicating facilities good and the relative personnel have good
communicating signals;
3.6 Close the electric valves of boiler main steam header pipes;
3.7 Vacuumize turbine and put condensing water system into service;
3.9 Control boiler boosting within regulated value; during floating, keep pressure up and down
gradual and if the pressure approaching to action pressure, it should be more gradual;
3.10 After pressure 2bar more than floating value, if the safety valves not act, open bypass to
take disposal;
4. Process:
4.1 The maintainers should set the action pressure at floating value according to relationship
between spring stroke and pressure under cold state;
4.2 Except verified safety valves, other safety valves should be locked by thimbles to prevent
faulty action;
4.3 The safety valves floating sequence is from high floating value to low one;
4.4 After safety valves floating finished, record the floating results and release pressure as
normal speed (<1bar/min);
4.5 During safety valves floating, if abnormity found, stop the test at once and after the faults
removed, keep on the floating;
Designed Designed
System No. Name Acting Reseating Release value
pressure pressure
HP drum safety
HP part 2 8.5 MPa 8.156MPa 88t/h
valve 1
HP drum safety
3 8.57MPa 8.348MPa 90t/h
valve 2
LP drum safety
LP part 11 1.2 MPa 1.148MPa 15.64t/h
valve 1
LP drum safety
12 1.3MPa 1.244 MPa 26.319t/h
valve 2
Chapter 7 Startup program of HRSG
When all equipments of GT/boiler satisfy operation conditions, the unit can be started, but the
following boiler equipments and services must be reliable and proper:
Regulating valves;
Electric valves;
Blowdown system;
FDW system;
During startup, certain parameters are required to be retained, so the operators should joint
in;
1 General Introduction
During boiler startup and stop, the heat stress will be created: the faster the temp. is rising,
the larger the stress will be created, so if not controlled, the boiler will be fatigue and the
life also be reduced;
1.1 The boiler input heat is controlled according to supervision of saturated temp. rising
speed (temp. rising speed) in drums of boiler each pressure system. The temp. rising
speed will be controlled by the following factors: 1) through steam exhausting during
startup or on main steam pipes or other pipes; 2) through limiting GT load, control heat
flow into boiler;
1.2 Start GT when boiler temp. at highest value. Before startup, circulate hot deoxidized
water in boiler to rise temp. approaching to saturated temp.;
1.3 The key point of boiler startup and operation is to keep correct drum level. High level
operation may cause superheaters damage but low level operation will cause vaporizers
walls overheating and damage or even forced shutdown;
1.4 The startup steam exhaust valves must be opened fully during cold startup and GT
ignited and closed after the temp. rising speed over regulated value; the startup valves
can be closed during fast startup but temp. rising speed not over value and are forbidden
to be running under any situation when the opening below 10%;
Warning: the regulating valves can not be operated when the opening below 10% to
prevent the seal surface of valves damaged;
1.5 The startup regulations of boiler service depend on the situations before unit startup. The
three situations are as the following:
Cold startup: water temp. in drums is down and below 100 ℃ (not positive pressure in
drums);
Warm startup: water temp. in drums equals to or is 55 ℃ lower than saturated temp.
under basic load normal working pressure but the water temp. still over 100 ℃ (positive
pressure);
Hot startup: the water temp. in drums has been 55 ℃ higher than saturated temp. under
basic load normal working pressure;
To adopt startup regulation according to different situations, which can reduce startup
time, protect system from damage caused by responding heat stress;
2.1 Check and clean sundries in boiler flue ducts and chimney; all manholes, flue gas ducts
connection and inspection doors must be tight and firm;
2.2 Check whether the boiler is ready; compare DCS display with local value; check manual
valves in site, especially the isolating valves which may affect certain important function
of boiler;
Notice: Some high temp. units have draining bypass pipes between HPS (hot) drain valves,
so the valves must be opened to ensure the draining pipes can be cooled down
sufficiently;
2.3 High quality water (thoroughly deoxidized, softened, heated and pretreated water) should
be fed into HP, IP and LP system and the large capacity pumps for boiler FDW as fast as
possible can help to exhaust the air in pipe; during boiler feeding water, the temp.
difference of water and pipes walls should be low and must be below 55 ℃. Make for
startup, the initial water feeding must be cold to satisfy the temp. difference of water and
pipes walls; but during the complete feeding process, the water temp. should be raise
and when the drums full of water, the water temp. should be over 100 ℃;
2.4 Open Startup steam exhaust valves to release air; feed water continuously till water level
just in bottom observed scope or over low low level;
2.5 If there is any maintenance after lat hydraulic set, the leakage test must be taken;
2.6 If the manholes have been removed, when pressure at 0.15Mpa, they must be tightened
again and sealed completely;
2.7 If there is chimney dampers, before GT primary startup, the dampers must be opened,
otherwise they may cause boiler expansion joints damage or human injury;
Warning: if the boiler damaged during running caused by chimney dampers closed, Wuxi
Boiler Factory will not taken any responsibility;
2.8 Look up the startup limit requirements in all boiler safety measures;
Notice: in order to prevent steam pipes creating heat vibration, at the primary period of
startup, the downstream steam pipes in Wuxi Boiler Factory supply scope should be
preheated;
3. Cold startup
The article states the unit cold startup regulations when boiler under
3.1 If the unit has been fed with water for a while, consider opening the drain valves of coal
economizers and vaporizers till the settled slugs discharged out; check drums level alarm
system and set points, open superheaters drain valves to ensure all condensing water
discharged;
3.2 Start FDW pump and open the HP, IP and LP FDW shutoff valves, observe drums level at
normal value and open HP, IP and LP startup steam exhaust valves completely;
3.3 Regulate any necessary valves position according to power plant regulations;
3.4 At this moment, boiler satisfies the operation conditions and GT can be ignited and load
minimum load;
3.5 Supervise HP, IP and LP drums temp. and level; when each stage pressure system get
boiling, the drums level will be up which means the steam has been created. During
boiler primary startup, the drums level control is on auto position and the level is set at
200mm below normal level to ensure the max. level not over high high value after boiler
started. In future startup, regulate the primary startup level of drums to make the max.
value of drums level wave approaching to normal level;
3.6 After boiler started, LP part can reach rated pressure first and then IP part, HP part will be
the last one. The boiling time is about 10-45min, which depends on the startup temp. and
GT speed whereas the time reaching basic load depends on startup temp., GT speed
and unit load variety ratio;
3.7 When HP and IP part pressure at 0.07Mpa and LP part pressure at 0.035Mpa or steam
flows of each part satisfy the requirements, the operators can increase load; at this
moment, the drain valves of superheaters can be closed;
3.8 GT loading regulations and startup auto steam exhaust valves adjustment should be
taken base on the same temp. rising speed: HP part below 3.5 ℃/min, IP part below
16.5℃/min and LP part below 22℃/min;
Warning: when auto steam exhaust valves opening below 10%, it will result in seal surface
worn which may cause leakage;
3.9 The isolating valves of desuperheaters should be opened as steam output reaching 25%
of basic load, which can ensure the steam heat can vaporize the spray water;
3.10 According to power plant facilities, there are a few methods to load full load. The most
important point is to control boiler parameters not exceeding above parameters limit. The
full load reaching time depends on GT loading arrangement whereas steam exhaust
valves position regulation depends on the power plant;
3.11 When boiler under stable operation, check the whole boiler. During running, steam flow,
pressure and temp. can not exceed design conditions regulated by design institute;
3.12 At primary startup, pay attention to parameters variety to take improvement in future
startup, especially the system boiling time and highest expansion value of drums water
level, which will be the standard for next FDW level;
4. Warm startup
In this article, we talk about the startup regulations when drums have positive pressure
and water temp. in drums is 55℃ higher than saturated temp. under basic load conditions;
also article 2.7-2.8 must be satisfied;
In order to reduce the startup pressure to min., before heating unit, the startup steam
exhaust valves and superheaters drain valves are not suggested to be opened;
4.1 Check water level alarm system functions and all drums level; start FDW pump and
open HP, IP and LP FDW stop valves then according to power plant regulations, regulate
the valves position;
4.2 Start GT igniting; GT starts cranking and then decelerate to flameout speed; once GT
fired, it starts full speed with no load condition (FSNL). When GT flue temp. at saturated
temp. of boiler HP drums, open superheaters drain valves in all pressure system. The
system pressure will discharge the condensing water out from superheaters. After that,
about 5-10min, close the superheaters drain valves and at the same time, open valves to
the opening where steam can be created;
4.3 Warning: cooling steam must pass superheater before boiler inlet flue temp over 370 ℃;
4.4 When superheaters drain valves and startup steam exhaust valves opened, the drums
may be expanded, so the operators should observe the drums level closely during
operating;
4.5 According to startup conditions, drums pressure may be down with FSNL; at this time,
load more GT load till the drums pressure falling stopped;
4.6 Start increasing load and regulate the startup steam exhaust vales to satisfy the basic
load; at the same time, observe HP, IP and LP drums temp. rising speed at 3.5 ℃, 16.5 ℃
and 22℃ respectively. When GT load is increased, the opening of startup steam exhaust
valves should be wider to control startup temp. rising and ensure more cooling steam
through superheaters;
4.7 After unit taking basic load, operate according to Article 3.10-3.13 in cold startup ;
5. Hot startup
In this article, we talk about the startup regulations when drums have positive pressure
and water temp. in drums is 55℃ lower than saturated temp. under basic load conditions;
also article 2.7-2.8 must be satisfied;
5.2 During hot startup, the boiler drums water temp. speed has no limit and the unit permits
instantaneous temp. rising at 55℃, however, the unit won’t be damaged. But the enough
steam flow should be ensured to pass superheaters;
Warning: cooling steam must pass superheater before boiler inlet flue temp over 370 ℃;
This operation is out of the manual scope. The shelving time, inner and external
conditions, valves and instruments will affect the work; the boiler can be started only after
complete checks. Wuxi Boiler Factory can help with checks and compiling this procedure.
Chapter 8 Safety measures of boiler operation
In this chapter, we will talk about general safety principles and detailed
operators safety;
1. General Introduction
1.1 FDW must be enough to maintain drums level within permissive scope;
1.3 There must be a logic control system controlling boiler and shutting down equipments
automatically when design parameters exceeded;
1.4 The necessary instruments which provide control system with accurate data must be
under good working condition;
1.5 The relative operation and design requirements in O&M Manuals must be obeyed;
2. Detailed introduction
The follow is the protective requirements during boiler under running. If the requirements
deviate from protective requirements, the boiler guarantee by Wuxi Boiler Factory will be
invalid. The operators must know other equipments performance and human safety
requirements. On the other side, the requests for equipments and human safety should
be compiled specially according to local conditions;
During operation, when one drum level below low low and cause pipes and headers
overheated, GT must be shut down;
When low level alarms, operators should take some measures to avoid low low level;
When operating drums level over high high level, it may cause superheaters pipes and
other downstream equipments polluted (scaled); when high high level reached, start auto
regulating devices should be started to reduce water level;
When high level alarms, operators should take measures to avoid high high level;
Warning: when drums level below low low or over high high value, it may cause boiler
damage and quality guarantee invalid;
Warning: when design pressure exceeded during running, it may cause the quality
guarantee invalid and the pressure parts damaged;
The outlet temp. of HPS 1 can not be over 457.3 ℃ whereas HPS 2 outlet steam temp.
must be controlled by desuperheaters but not over 523.0 ℃;
Warning: if the temp. over above value, it may cause the quality guarantee invalid and
the pressure parts damaged;
The steam exhaust static pressure between GT and flue duct inlet can not be more than
500mmH2O whereas the steam exhaust static pressure in chimney can not be over
125mmH2O. When above values reached, GT must be shut down forced. Consider
installing the alarm devices, so the devices can alert operators when values reached;
Warning: during running, when exhaust steam pressure over design value, it may cause
the quality guarantee invalid and the expansion joints or other boiler parts damaged;
A part of pipes resistance may exceed design value but the total backpressure can not
exceed above limit. So during operations, the total backpressure must be supervised
and recorded. If pressure up, take checks at once: first the instruments, then inner
checks or resistance test to confirm blocking position. Once position confirmed, continue
supervising resistance in blocking zone. When the whole pipes resistance over 2 times
of designed steam side pressure drop, GT must be shutdown;
Warning: too much steam side pressure drop may damage pipes supporting parts, so it
may cause the quality guarantee invalid under this running condition;
Warning: When boiler running with dampers closing, the boiler casing, expansion joints
and other parts may damaged and the quality guarantee will be invalid;
Moment switches and position switches have already been erected and there is no need
taking further adjustment;
Notice: If the valves, motors and relative parts damage caused by default set value
adjusting in site, Wuxi Boiler Factory will not take any responsibility;
The vibration insulation bracket is used to reduce pipes vibration caused by flue gas
flowing, which can not be used as hanging or other fixed load supports;
Notice: Wuxi Boiler Factory will not take any responsibility, if humans, brackets, pipes
damaged caused by incorrect using vibration insulation brackets;
The design of superheaters pipes and connecting pipes do not consider the
overtemperature caused by desuperheaters fault. All desuperheaters must be
supervised to confirm whether they are normal running. When same level
desuperheaters located paralleled, if one is on fault, we can not increase another
desuperheaters output to control total outlet steam temp. When desuperheaters are on
fault, GT load must be controlled to ensure heating surface temp. within normal scope;
When GT flue temp. is rising, HPS pipes can not be in dry combustion. When temp. over
370℃, there must be steam passing HPS pipes for cooling down pipes walls. If steam
flow inadequate, the short-time overtemperature may be caused and finally the pipes
invalid;
Notice: when flue temp. of GT over 370℃, if no steam passing HPS pipes to cool
down pipes walls and cause pipes overtemperature and gradual deformation,
Wuxi Boiler Factory will not take any responsibility;
In this boiler, some parts materials contain 9%Cr (SA-213 T91, SA-335 P91, SA-387
Grade P91, SA-234 F91 and so on). Check relative diagrams to confirm where these
materials used;
Because the materials have special welding, manufacturing and thermal treatment
techniques, unless you have ASME certificate and authorized welding skills, the
materials are not allowed to be welded (including spot welding and temporary auxiliaries
welding). DC Prod magnetic powder inspection are not allowed as well as the incorrect
unqualified welding on them, otherwise Wuxi Boiler Factory will not take any
responsibility; If there are unexpected arc welding craters, they should be rubbed and
then take nondestructive evaluation (NDE) confirm the materials not damaged;
Warning: DC Prod magnetic powder inspection are not allowed as well as the incorrect
unqualified welding on them, otherwise Wuxi Boiler Factory will not take any
responsibility;
The undissolving scale and sediments in boiler will be discharged into blowdown flash
tanks, which should be washed and drained very often to prevent sediments damaging
the tanks;
When boiler started, we advise recirculation pumps into service after GT load loaded up
(95% load). The recirculation pumps are designed to be running under steady working
condition whereas under load changing condition, they are not allowed to be put into
service. The reasons are as following:
2.12.1 During boiler startup, GT exhausting heat will be absorbed by boiler front parts but the
temp. in FDW preheaters is not increased. The relative recirculation regulating valves
opening is 100% to control water temp. in preheater at 60 ℃;
2.12.2 The recirculation pumps are designed to be operated under certain outlet
pressure which equals to working substance static pressure plugging pressure drop at
preheaters working substance static pressure side. At primary period of startup, the working
substance flow passing preheaters will be small and the relative pressure drop also is small;
At primary period of startup, due to 100% opening of recirculation regulating valves and
small preheaters passing-by working substance flow, the recirculation pumps will
deviate from power curves and damage recirculation pumps motors;
If put recirculation pumps during load changing, even the motors can adapt the
condition but may be damaged, too. Go to further, recirculation operation in this period
will increase power plant additional load but no benefit;
2.12.3During boiler running, recirculation pumps can not be running with full load. At this time,
the unit has been on steady running state for enough time and the boiler even the boiler tail
has been heated completely, which is adaptable. The outlet temp. of preheaters has been
risen and higher than inlet temp. and then regulate the relative recirculation regulating valves
to supply enough outlet pressure, ensure the pumps can be operated on safety state. Wuxi
Boiler Factory suggests recirculation regulating valves opening over 10%; At load
continuously reducing period, according to partial load running conditions, the boiler tail have
more heat to absorb, so the preheaters outlet temp. can be raise and over normal running
value. The recirculation pumps are designed to running better within certain temp. scope.
When over design temp., the pumps will have cavitation (details on water pumps factory
information). In such as case, the pumps should be closed;
Select proper blowdown rate correctly to held qualified boiler water quality and take
changing with local FDW quality and chemical treatment. The blowdown rate is the rate
of TDS in water and drums (i.e.: if drums max. permissive TDS is 50ppm and 1ppm in
water, the blowdown rate is 2%);
Water treatment: the water treatment tests should be taken to confirm blowdown rate,
intermittent blowdown time and sampling time according to TDS and purity in water and
max. TDS in drums;
Notice: different stage pressure may request different dosing valueit is very important;
Warning: All pressure-stages adopt one water treatment that will not satisfy the
requirements, which may cause boiler inner surface damage; some certificated
personnel check drums inner and other access zones to ensure crashing water
treatment. We suggest supervising ferrum content on line to know boiler
corrosion degree.
2. Regulation of GT load
GT load affect the safety and economy of boiler and even the whole power plant, so the
regulation should be adapted to external load requirements;
2.1 Purpose:
2.1.1 Ensure boiler steam temp., pressure and evaporation capacity stable and normal;
2.1.2 GT should take basic load possibly. If due to grid system or other reasons, the preselect
load should be as high as possible to take sufficient heat;
2.2.1 According to grid system load, keep GT base load to ensure max. HRSG thermal
efficiency and also keep the general efficiency of combined cycle max.
2.2.3 When load changed, pay attention to regulate HRSG drums level within normal scope
and prevent trips caused by water level over set value;
2.2.4 When load changed, pay attention to regulate deaerator level of HRSG within normal
scope and prevent trips caused by water level over set value;
2.2.5 When GT transferred from base load to preselect load, pay attention to regulate HPS
steam outlet temp. not overtemperature;
3.2 All level meters must indicate correct. If there two or more in service, they should be
compared with local indication in each hour. The drums high and low level instruments
and alarm (alarm signals) should be reliable and verified periodically;
3.3 During normal running, when FDW in service automatically, strengthen supervising water
level meters; if FDW changed heavily, transfer to manual regulation to prevent lack of
water or water overfed;
3.4 When take boiler intermittent blowdown, strengthen supervising and regulating water
level;
4.1.1 During normal running, make temp. wave within required scope; within 70%~100% of
evaporation capacity, the superheater outlet steam temp. is 523+5℃;
4.1.2 Ensure superheaters and pipes walls at each section not over alarm value regulated by
protective setting value;
4.2.1Regulate superheating steam temp. through spray desuperheaters at steam side which
have simple structure, small thermal lag, flexible regulation, easy auto control and other
advantages;
4.2.2 In design, control the superheating steam temp. just through the spray desuperheaters.
But in actual running, when coal changed heavily, the superheating steam temp. also
can be changed through changing furnace flame center;
4.3 Protection
In order to ensure that there is steam for cooling inside and boiler safety during boiler
startup and shutdown, the unit is equipped with independent 100% HP bypass protective
system and LP bypass protective system to ensure enough steam passing by during
startup and shutdown, to ensure boiler safety and reliable and even accelerate startup
and shutdown speed and emergency disposal ability;
Methods:
5.2 Control continuous and intermittent blowdown valves and ensure boiler water salt content
below its critical salt content at steam parameter;
5.3 Control drums level ±100mm in normal scope and supervise the variety of drums level to
avoid abnormal level;
5.4 Avoid unit load loading up and steam pressure falling down heavily and suddenly;
During the patrol and inspection, the unit state should be known, at
6.1.1 Check whether all closed valves tightly; when valves seal closed, pay attention to avoid
leakage which may cause corrosion. The leakage from valves stems through gland
should be repaired as fast as possible;
6.1.2 Find out any water and steam leakage resource and take maintenance at once;
6.1.3 Check whether startup steam exhaust valves leak, because the valves are used more
often than other valves;
6.1.4 Compare the pressure and temp. indication recorded in control room with local meters,
record the difference and take adjustment;
6.1.5 The unit and the complete structure of auxiliaries should be checked;
6.1.6 The glass level meters should be blown down twice in each shift to prevent scaling;
6.1.7 Pay attention to whether there is flue gas leakage and arrange the maintenance in next
shutdown period. Especially, the headers outlets and inlets and the drain pipes which are
through boiler casing should be check to confirm whether there is leakage over there;
7.1.1 The intermittent blowdown time is decided according to boiler water sampling results;
we advise each shift to take blowdown once;
7.1.2 All pipes should be drained and blown down periodically to check whether they are
clean;
7.1.3 Boiler startup and shutdown parameters (i.e.: startup water level) acquisition and
reduction should be taken to improve startup and shutdown parameters setting;
7.1.4 The control room log books which record main maintenance, operation and running data
should be saved. DCS running parameter can show some problems such as pollution
and turbine recession. The operators should check data periodically to find out any
changes of unit running performance;
7.1.5 Before shutdown, notice maintainer for maintenance. The operator should look up
shutdown maintenance manuals. If the unit shut down for long time, read shutdown
chapter and articles;
7.1.6 Organize reviewing complete O&M Manuals, including auxiliaries once in each year.
Chapter 10 HRSG Performance parameters
The design performance of this boiler will be satisfied when external input conditions
satisfied. The influence of some external conditions variety will be talked about hereinafter.
The unit and auxiliaries running and mechanical conditions can not be confirmed if there is
not complete analysis on system;
CTG is the primary heat resource of boiler. The steam exhausting flow and temperature can
affect boiler heavily. In order to reduce NO X, steam feeding flow, GV adjustment under part
load, fuel content, atmosphere pressure, humidity and CTG mechanical conditions will
affect running conditions and even boiler. Other auxiliaries, such as GT rotors coolers and
fuel heaters, may increase or reduce heat from GT into boiler. Any of above conditions may
cause boiler heat output changing;
Generally speaking, GT exhaust flow or temp. reduction may cause boiler steam flow and
temp. decreasing. Rising one parameter and reducing another will cause steam flow
increasing or decreasing;
The boiler running parameters and equipments conditions may affect performance
differently. Especially when running pressure down, steam flow will be increased but the
superheating temp. will be down. The FDW temp. must approach to design temp. to avoid
problems. Steam/water leakage or drain valves opened may reduce certain steam value
although it is not obvious. The superheating steam leakage can not be seen commonly but
it is very dangerous. The leakage at flue gas side will reduce boiler performance heavily.
Besides that, the pollution on pipes surface will reduce the heat exchanging and then
reduce steam flow.
Chapter 11 HRSG Shutdown operations
The shutdown speed depends on whether immediate maintenance is needed. The normal
shutdown procedure should be used for those boilers which have normal maintenance,
long-time shutdown or shutdown but without maintenance. If immediate maintenance is
needed, take emergency shutdown procedure. In any case, cool down boiler rapidly will
cause boiler heat stress, so it should be avoided possibly. Other factor which may cause
shutdown speed/modes are: local water draining and FDW devices, environmental temp.
and boiler antifreeze protection;
If the unit will be shut down for long time, the shutdown maintenance contents in this
manual should be looked up. In any case, boiler should held positive pressure which may
be realized through steam or nitrogen blanketing;
Sometimes, unexpected accidents may cause the whole power plant shutdown. In this
case, the following measures which mentioned in advanced shutdown chapters can not be
carried out. In any case, take water draining and blowdown while boiler has positive
pressure to ensure draining and blowdown pipes not jammed.
1.1 Increase 10% continuous blowdown and double bottom blowdown frequency;
1.2 According to water treatment professors’ suggestion, increase boiler eater alkalinity and
chemicals dosing;
1.3 Under pressurized, open each blowdown valves shortly to discharge accumulated
sludge to check whether the pipes jammed;
1.4 Before cut off boiler heat resource, guarantee the correct deoxidizing of FDW system;
2. Normal shutdown
When GT is shut down, boiler begins cooling down. Unless boiler maintenance required,
reduce boiler heat radiated and keep working substance side pressure. If the boiler
requires maintenance after normal shutdown, take the following procedures:
2.1 After CTG shutdown, close boiler main steam valves. Keep drums level over low low level
till HP drums pressure down to 0.07Mpa;
2.2 Through self ventilation cooling boiler from CGT to boiler, the startup motor of GT can
keep low speed or be shut down at the same time. The chimney dampers should be
closed as well;
2.3 In above casing, within about 24 hours, HP drums pressure may be down to 0.07Mpa;
2.4 When HP drums pressure below 0.07Mpa, boiler air relief and water draining can be
taken and if some jammed blowdown pipes found in detection before boiler shutdown,
take maintenance at this time;
3. Emergent shutdown
Only the boiler which requests intermediate maintenance can be shut down emergently.
Normal maintenance does not require emergency shutdown because emergency shutdown
will increase boiler heat stress;
3.1 Close climate flue dampers, open bypass flue dampers and isolate boiler water side;
3.2 In each pressure system, intermittent blowdown valves are used to reduce drums level to
min. seeable value. Close blowdown valves and wait for 5min and then feed hot
deoxidized water to each pressure-stage coal economizers till drums level at highest
value. After 5min, repeat the operations;
Warning: During emergency shutdown, FDW for coal economizers must be deoxidized
water at or over 100℃;
3.3 Keep on above steps till pressure at 0.07Mpa; then open air relief valves to prevent boiler
vacuumizing. At this moment, superheaters and coal economizers pipes can take water
draining. The draining pipes must be expedite and cleaned at once if jammed;
3.4 After that, boiler can take air cooling: open all draining and air relief valves to accelerate
cooling speed; open the inspection door nearest by GT for cooling through fans;
3.5 If it is needed to take maintenance on the top of boiler, take individual force ventilation
against boiler top parts to increase cooling: compressed air blowing boiler top parts;
4.2 Drain and discharge all pipes which may accumulate water to prevent being eroded and
frozen;
5. Stop Disposal
During stop, no matter before or after operations, the proper boiler shutdown maintenance
must be taken to prevent corrosive and freezing damage. Because during running, the
pressure elements inners contact water, corresponding to flue gas side, the stop disposal at
boiler working substance side should be paid attention to specially (take periodical checks
on boiler flue gas side to ensure stop disposal requirements satisfied). The disposal
procedures and methods (wet or dry) at boiler working substance side should be confirmed
according to local detail conditions and while compiling, read the following instructions.
Chapter 12 HRSG maintenance after boiler shutdown
1. Maintenance purpose
1.1 If the intervals of unit startup is longer (over a week), the valid measures must be taken to
prevent thermal equipments damaged by rust, rotating machines stuck and so on to
make the unit under normal cold backup state;
2.1.1 Scope
2) FDW system
Measures:
Nitrogen is very dangerous; human maybe die if into fulfilled nitrogen drum; When drum
need clean, open all manholes and before into drum the drum should be blew by air for 2
days; When check in drums, the one should accompanied by some others, so if some
problems, the alarm can be reported at any time; Pay attention that Nitrogen can be
spread, so the operators in plant should take relative safety measures;
If there is no proper maintenance during boiler shutdown, it will be eroded heavily. If there
is a ferric oxide layer, the metal surface won’t be rusted easily; The boiler corrosion is
oxygen corrosion whose type is the anomalistic oxidized streak located on metal surface;
During boiler shutdown, if the maintenance not proper, the electrochemical reaction will be
acting:
When ferrum contacts water, the reaction (1) will be acting. When metal (anode) absorb
negative electron, Fe2+ will be water-soluble and after the metal polar has polarity, the
reaction will be stopped;
On surface of metal (cathode), reaction (2) and (3) will be acting; The balance of the
2.
2.1 General principles
According to above theories, only when water and oxygen exist at the same time, the
corrosion will happen. The two below measures can remove one of the two factors:
If it is shut down for short time, such as weekend shutdown, because certain pressure
kept, no maintenance is needed;
When temp. below zero, in order to anti-freeze, dry protection must be adopted. From
other view points, dry protection has a special disadvantage, viz. refeed water into boiler
before boiler startup. So the water demand is huge and it will take long time to recover
original boiler load. This measure will be adopted for long time shutdown;
Partial wet protection has obvious advantage: no drain water in boiler, so it is easy to
recover the original load;
The general principle of shutdown maintenance is to prevent boiler water causing metal
oxidizing. If partial wet protection adopted, according to boiler water quality, when over
certain period, take water draining and then adopt dry protection;
Important Notice: No matter wet or dry protection adopted, hot flue gas is not allowed into
HRSG.
3. Wet protection
Two Types:
3.1.1 Standard:
It is properly used when shutdown time within 6 weeks and pH value over 10.5, so it is
better to take DM water and dosing ammonia as (150ppm, to rise pH value) hydraulic set
water;
If the succedent boiler commissioning takes place after 6 weeks, water drain must be
taken and then adopt dry Nitrogen blanketing protection;
3.2.1 Standard:
It is properly used after shutdown or maintenance (examines and repairs) and the climate
conditions permitted (if air temp. low, dry protection adopted)
In order to prevent static water stayed in boiler for long time, the protection time limit is 2
weeks normally according to boiler water chemical characteristics;
Main parameters are the pH value and oxygen content in FDW and boiler drum water.
The protection limit is as the following table:
<20ppb 2 weeks
9<pH<10
Dry Nitrogen blanketing
>20ppb
protection
If the shutdown time over above limit, water drain must be taken and dry Nitrogen
blanketing protection should be adopted.
4. Nitrogen blanketing
During Nitrogen blanketing, the furnace pressure should be 10-50 mbar more than
atmosphere pressure;
Whether Nitrogen blanketing will be adopted can be decided before boiler shutdown, so
Nitrogen blanketing will be started boiler hot state;
If Nitrogen blanketing started under cold state (unintended shutdown), special Nitrogen
blanketing in instruction book should be undertaken;
being shutdown boiler water quality will be good. Pay attention that if condenser
materials have aldary, pH value should be controlled at 9.2, so the partial wet nitrogen
blanketing maintenance time just is 2 weeks. Moreover, if aluminum contained in any
part of condenser or steam and water circulation, the chemicals should be decided by
chemical personnel research because of special requirements;
Reduce GT load and isolate HRSG and turbine through steam bypass station;
Through steam bypass, control HP and LP drum pressure drop gradient (max.:
-2bar/min, make the inner pressure of shutdown boiler drum down to 10bar (psig);
During shutdown, the following water drain and air relief valves should be kept on close
position:
The nitrogen blanketed can be supplied by fixed or mobile devices which should be
connected with nitrogen blanketing pipes and at the nitrogen supply side, pressure
reducing valves should be equipped;
If the safety can be ensured, the soft pipes which can support 10-50 mbar nitrogen
pressure can be used to connect nitrogen valves with boiler proper nitrogen blanketing
points. When boiler pressure within 2-5bar (psig), the nitrogen pipes should be fixed and
nitrogen blanketing isolating valves should be opened to prevent air in when boiler
pressure and temp. down;
With steam condensed and furnace pressure down, nitrogen will be sucked into
equipments;
The most important point of succeeding nitrogen blanketing is ensuring the boiler sealed
completely. If seal not good, nitrogen will be lost due to leakage;
Moreover, nitrogen content should be 1% lower than oxygen content (as volume ratio);
In order to get the above requirements, keep drum nitrogen pressure over atmosphere a
little bit (10-50mbar);
During HRSG shutdown maintenance, check the water quality and nitrogen periodically;
As far as boiler under warm state, steam in superheaters and steam pipes will be kept on
condensed; due to the volatility of ammonia, condensing water pH value is lower than
drum water pH value, so the anti-corrosion ability against superheaters is weak;
Open the following superheaters drain valves for a few minutes to drain out the
condensing water and then close the valves:
If the shutdown time of HRSG exceeds above max. period (2 weeks according to
chemical characteristics of boiler water), the boiler is required to discharge water
completely and to be kept under dry nitrogen blanketing state. At this time, we suggest
closing all manual isolating valves for instruments, water drain and steam exhaust pipes
to ensure boiler air tightness;
This partial wet maintenance mode is adequate for short-time shutdown and the
sampling and analysis should be taken every week;
4.1.8.1 pH value over 10 or within 9 and 10 and oxygen content lower than 20ppb;
4.1.8.2 CL-<2ppm
4.1.8.3 SO4≤1ppm
4.1.8.4 NaOH<0.5ppm
It should be avoided to deviate from above target heavily or long time to ensure good
protection for boiler;
4.2 Partial wet nitrogen blanketing protection under cold state
When this protection used under cold state, the following steps should be taken to ensure
boiler air exhausted out:
4.2.1 Feed DM water (pH value over 10) into drum to high high level;
4.2.2 Blanket Nitrogen into superheaters and air exhausted from main steam drain pipes:
blanket nitrogen intermittently till oxygen content below 1%. Enough nitrogen pressure is
required during the operations;
4.3.1 Used standard: it is used in long-time shutdown situation, which can not only be used
directly after boiler shutdown, also can be used after partial wet protection or boiler
maintenance;
If environmental temp. below zero and boiler parts are easy to be frozen to affect safety,
dry protection can be used;
At 2h before boiler unloading, open drum continuous blowdown valves fully to discharge
water-soluble slat and alkali. Before boiler shutdown, dose phosphate all the time into
drums;
Reduce GT load and isolate HRSG and turbine through steam bypass station;
Through steam bypass, control HP and LP drum pressure drop gradient (max.:
-2bar/min, make the inner pressure of shutdown boiler drum down to 10bar (psig);
During shutdown, the following water drain and air relief valves should be kept on close
position:
The nitrogen blanketed can be supplied by fixed or mobile devices which should be
connected with nitrogen blanketing pipes and at the nitrogen supply side, pressure
reducing valves should be equipped;
If the safety can be ensured, the soft pipes which can support 10-50 mbar nitrogen
pressure can be used to connect nitrogen valves with boiler proper nitrogen blanketing
points. When boiler pressure within 2-5bar (psig), the nitrogen pipes should be fixed and
nitrogen blanketing isolating valves should be opened to prevent air in when boiler
pressure and temp. down;
Open HP drum nitrogen blanketing valve: 11HAH10 AA452
With steam condensed and furnace pressure down, nitrogen will be sucked into
equipments;
The most important point of succeeding nitrogen blanketing is ensuring the boiler sealed
completely. If seal not good, nitrogen will be lost due to leakage;
Moreover, nitrogen content should be 1% lower than oxygen content (as volume ratio);
In order to get the above requirements, keep drum nitrogen pressure over atmosphere a
little bit (10-50mbar);
When boiler pressure a little low (psig <2bar), drain boil water out. In order to ensure
draining smooth, open all regulating valves and drain valves of heat exchangers. Then
the boiler water will be drained out and replaced by nitrogen. What keep certain nitrogen
pressure in drums can prevent air in.
During HRSG shutdown maintenance, check the water quality and nitrogen periodically;
As far as boiler under warm state, steam in superheaters and steam pipes will be kept
on condensed; due to the volatility of ammonia, condensing water pH value is lower
than drum water pH value, so the anti-corrosion ability against superheaters is weak;
Open the following superheaters drain valves for a few minutes to drain out the
condensing water and then close the valves:
When take dry nitrogen blanketing protection under cold state, the following methods
should be taken to ensure no residual air in boiler parts:
4.4.9 Feed DM water (pH value over 10) into drum to high high level;
4.4.10 Blanket Nitrogen into coal economizers and superheaters, then air or water discharged
from main steam drain valves: blanket nitrogen intermittently till oxygen content below 1%.
Enough nitrogen pressure is required during the operations;
4.4.11 Keep nitrogen pressure and take coal economizers and drums water draining.
Chapter 13 HRSG Daily Maintenance
During boiler running, the operators should take checks at the same time; moreover, in
order to ensure unit safe and normal running and extend the unit life, the boiler shutdown
checks are necessary. Usually, the shutdown checks will be carried out when GT takes
annual shutdown checks;
The detailed check lists should be compiled according to check and maintenance
instruction books of fitting parts provided by manufacturers and manuals by Wuxi Boiler
Factory.
2. Min. requirements
As the minimum requirements, the checks should include the following contents:
2.1 Confirm boiler has been isolated from external steam and water resources;
2.2 Open all inspection doors of flue ducts to ensure safety maintenance in boiler;
2.3 FDW into boiler and boost pressure to check whether boiler leaks; after leakage test, held
pressure to drain water. Each header should take draining individually to ensure all
draining pipes not jammed; when all pipes draining finished, clean those jammed pipes
(back flush with compressed air or exchange pipes);
Once pressure leakage checked out, before next running, they must be repaired and the
leakage causes should be analyzed. the analysis should include the following items at
least:
2.4 All blowdown pipes draining checked and the boiler can take draining;
2.5 Check boiler inner pipes whether they have dust stratification, corrosion or fins or pipes
damaged. In flue ducts, check whether there are damaged or broken off inner lining,
cards, traverse baffles or heat preservation and so on. Check whether the bottom, top
and side flue gas dampers loosened or broke off;
2.6 In drums, check whether all inner parts have surface corrosion, scaling or mechanical
damaged; ensure the integer of steam separating devices and check the closure gaskets
at the ends of FDW pipes, blowdown pipes and dosing header pipes;
2.7 The safety valves must be maintained and checked as relative regulations once two
years. After checks and maintenance, take trial trip under certain pressure to ensure the
normal acting;
2.8 All instruments, transmitters, thermocouple and other equipments should be tested and
calibrated. Check whether the impulse pipes jammed and valves leak;
2.9 Check valves and actuators; check whether valves operation flexible; check stroke limit
switches, interlocks and gland; check I/P positioners, calibrate zero point and scope,
clean and erect the regulating devices of air filters;
2.10 Check electric contact and other electric resistance level meters; take out polar for
leaning and replace gaskets; remove the level meters glass to clean the inner surface
and replace the gaskets; check whether all pipes expedite and whether valves leak;
2.11 eck whether control panels and junction boxes have mechanical damage, whether leads
overheated and whether the places where bolts fix leads have loose and corrosion;
moreover, some special operations should be operated as maintenance instruction book
provided by fitting manufacturers;
2.12 Check whether manual valves flexible and leak; according to power plant decisions:
(a)Break off the blowdown valves and other valves, which are used to control flow, to
check whether the valves seats eroded;
(b)Break off steam check valves to check whether the valves cores eroded and act freely;
2.13 Check boiler all outside surface, pipes, electric and pneumatic lines and operation
panels;
2.14 Repair and maintain as relative check and maintenance instruction measures regulated
or commended by suppliers;
2.15 Replace inspection doors seal gaskets and close the inspection doors;
2.16 After boiler final check finished, keep boiler on spare state;
3. 3. Process
3.1 Usage of casing and inspection doors and gaskets seal;
3.1.2 Clean both sides of old inspection doors gaskets with wire brushed;
3.1.3 Fix treated plate on boiler casing with RTV or other materials;
3.1.4 The gaskets thickness is 3mm at least and width 50mm at least. The gaskets should be
stuck on the surface flat without folding but the materials which contain Teflon and semi
liquid layer can not be used;
3.1.5 Flat doors and fix bolts manually; tighten bolts till gaskets sealed completely (wrench
torque is 55-80N-M); no pneumatic wrench used on bolts whose diameter over 12.5mm;
If the anhydrous dissolved grease should be fed into drums supports for lubricating by
nozzle tip once 3 or 4 months; the boiler columns sliding panels can be fed by the same
method;
3.3.1 Open manholes and clean the covers and the gaskets on covers thoroughly; check
whether there is any steel pit or flute on all manholes covers and the gaskets seal
surfaces; if the pit diameter on manhole gaskets surfaces over 4.75mm or nick deepness
over 0.25mm, it should be repaired with welding or polishing instructed by ASME NB
engineers. If manholes covers damaged, replace them with new ones. The surfaces of
wound gaskets should be processed to 125RMS;
Check whether new manholes covers have bugs; the steel pit or the flute over 0.25mm
deep are founded on new ones;
3.3.2 While erecting manholes, the gaskets which meet table 3.1 and
If the manholes covers are not articulated, the covers must be put into drums before
gaskets mounted and then connect manholes covers, gaskets and isolation links with
bolts, finally screw down the bolts. Before installation, the plate can not be bent, twisted
or deformed, otherwise the gaskets will be damaged and hardly to keep structure integer;
take gaskets alignment and lift covers to proper height to regulate gaskets position.
When covers and gaskets are in center, screw down the four diagonal bolts once a circle
till all bolts at 55N-M;
Notice: when nuts over 12.7mm, the heavy impulse driving wrench can not be used;
when screwing down nuts, it should be once a nut and once a circle as diagonal nuts till
the nuts screwed down; it is forbidden to screw the two adjacent nuts one after the other;
3.5 Now, we can boost boiler pressure. If gaskets leak, screw down nuts one by one once a
circle (as above process) till leaks stopped. With boiler heating, the inner pressure will
work on manholes covers and compress gaskets. If they are mounted correctly, the seal
established, but due to heat/boosting, the nuts should be screwed down more tightly. If
there is still leakage when the torque at 170N-M, repeat above process and mark the
leakage points. However, the slow water leakage is permitted in cold boiler. When unit at
preselected pressure, screw nuts at 170N-M;
Notice: When unit under pressure condition, the nuts can be screwed down beginning
from side if there are some protective measures;
Table 3.1 300mm×400mm gaskets
Pressur
e
Manholes Type Hardware Gaskets Type
barg
Wrought
THERMAL-
manholes
SURETACKYCLOTH#62501”
<7 “N”LENAPE covers, nuts,
(width) x 3/16” (nominal
bolts and
thickness)
articulations
Pressur
e Manholes
Hardware Gaskets Type
Type
barg
Wrought
THERMAL-
Mechanical manholes
SURETACKYCLOTH#62501”
<7 processing covers, nuts,
(width) x 3/16” (nominal
“S”LENAPE bolts and
thickness)
articulations
The gaskets on any pressure stage should be FlexitallicstyleCG type (or equal to) spiral
wound gaskets whose material is 304SS compressed fibres or coordinate;
The gaskets should be placed on flat board flatly without any superposition or materials
replicating;
3.8Seal packing
All pipes connecting which is through casing should be sealed with gland to ensure the
seal connection;
3.8.1 Gland materials are woven ceramic fibre and the design temp. of gland is the flue gas
temp. at gland mounting place, 600℃ at least;
3.8.2 All seal connecting should be sealed with gland over 3 circles at least, normally 4
circles, but there is no upper limit;
3.8.3 Others
The packing in glass level meters should be carried out according to fitting manufacturers’
instruction book;
Notice: The gaskets and glands which contain asbestos can not be used.
Chapter 14 HRSG maintenance process
1. General Introduction
In this chapter, we will talk about the general maintenance process of HRSG and the
maintenance instructions of all equipments but no detailed equipments operations;
2. Safety rules
When any equipments or auxiliaries of HRSG need maintenance, check forcibly whether
there is residual pressure inside, as well as upper and down stream of equipments to
ensure equipments on cold state and isolated from upstream or downstream equipments.
In order to avoid human injured, the rules should be carried out forcibly;
3 Maintenance
For safe and reliable operation, the equipments should be at their best, so the equipments
need periodical checks and maintenance. The present maintenance process includes the
following items:
The maintenance engineers should take visual determination on the whole boiler and
auxiliaries to check whether the equipments running normally and then decide whether
they need maintenance or repair;
Survey points: whether there is water/steam and flue gas leaking and whether pumps and
motors noise normal;
Some parts need checks and/or maintenance every 6 month, every year or others. Details
on maintenance plans;
3.4 Annual major inspection
Generally, annual checks, maintenance and unit shutdown are taken while MSC unit
stopped, which include boiler inner, pressure parts inner and flue gas ducts inner checks;
According to national regulations, some checks and tests need official personnel in site
which must be taken with annual major inspection or overhaul;
3.6 Overhaul
Pay attention to a very important question in HRSG maintenance: water quality. Details
about water quality on special instruction;
Notice: this part just refers to out company equipments whereas other companies’ equipments
refer to their maintenance manuals;
4.1.1 Before into inlet flue duct, enough time should be provided for casing cooling down;
4.1.2 When some one into boiler first time, another one should wait outside in order to
send out alarm when some problems taken place;
4.1.4 In order to restart boiler, before close inspection doors, confirm no staying in
boiler;
In order to check whether pipes leak, feed water into HRSG completely (including
superheaters). The heat exchangers should held pressure for 2h at least and then boost
pressure with FDW pumps. Pay attention that the pressure can not be over running
pressure and then personnel can go into boiler to check whether pipes leak;
Into each layer casing, check whether there is corrosion caused by condensed acid in flue
gas. The phenomena are at coldest part of boiler, exactly in front of chimney;
Notice: when boiler checks required, open all drums manholes and release drums
air (at both sides) carefully for 2 days before checks. When inspectors are in drums,
some personnel should accompany outside for sending alarm if some problems
happen. Pay attention nitrogen is harmful to environment and it is fatal if human into
fulfilled nitrogen drums;
5.1 Enter into drums to check their inner. The drums inner should be (black) covered by
ferroferric oxide; once they are red which means that the water quality not qualified;
5.2 Enter into drums to check whether there are cracks around pipes connecting (suggest
checking after 10 years);
5.4 Check whether demisters clean; if there is dust, remove them for cleaning (water wash or
brush clean) and then erect them back on drums;
5.5 Before close inspection doors for restarting boiler, ensure there is no one and external
equipments in drums;
Attention: if blowdown flash tanks request for checks, their manholes must be open
to release air for a few days before inspectors into tanks. While inspectors are into
tanks, some personnel should accompany outside for sending alarm if some
problems happen.
6.2 Enter into blowdown flash tanks to check whether there are cracks around pipes
connecting (suggest checking after 10 years);
6.3 Before close inspection doors for restarting boiler, ensure there is no one external
equipments in tanks;
7.1.6 All valves should be opened and closed fully very often (once a year at least); if they are
electric valves, check limit switches and torque switches;
The regulating valves, working valves under flash evaporating conditions and HP
differential valves (over 30bar) must be taken off to check. If the valves seats flushed, they
should be replaced; if the valves clacks flushed but the seal still complete and good, take
check in next maintenance;
Any problems about instruments (i.e.: indications between local instruments and
transmitters differ), operate as the following sequence:
8.1.2 Check the auxiliaries of transmitters: pressure leads, isolating valves and so on. Zero
position fault is often caused by incorrect erection, different height balancers, dirty
valves or dirty parts of survey elements;
8.1.3 Check transmitters. If necessary, regulate zero and adjustment scope (details on
manufacturers’ manuals). After zero regulated (based on transmitters erection), we
advise recording the transmitters zero value (close inlet and outlet valves, open balance
valves and at the same time feed water into balance pipes to condensing tanks height);
8.2 Overhaul
8.2.1 Through opening drain valves, flush pressure pipes between equipments and
transmitters on cold and micropressure state (avoid steam and survey elements
contacting, otherwise the survey elements will be damaged)
8.2.2 In order to check fringe damage, the orifice boards must be removed. If the damage
over 0.4% of the diameter, they must be replaced; if they are in good, they can not be
removed in next maintenance;
8.2.3 Open drain valves to flush level meters. The drain valves must be closed at once after
opened. If open clod state level meters when HRSG on hot state, the glass of level
meters will be damaged by overstress;
In order to refeed water into pressure pipes, take operations as following sequence:
8.3.5 Open positive pressure side inlet valves slowly to make water through balance valves
enter into survey devices at positive and negative pressure side;
Notice: Of transmitters which connected to steam pipes, the steam is not allowed to
touch the survey devices. The condensing water columns should be held always,
otherwise they should be provided through small manual pumps;
Before enter into casing or flue ducts, there should be enough time provided to cool
down metals. Through opening all manholes, the cooling speed will be increased. While
inspectors are into boiler, some personnel should accompany outside for sending alarm
if some problems happen. Ensure GT can not be started at this moment and before
close inspection doors for restarting boiler, ensure there is no one in boiler;
9.1.2.1 Check whether chimney fixed and whether there are fixed screws loosened;
9.1.2.3 Check whether suspenders on each layer pipes and heat exchangers loosened
according to striking sounds with hammers; it is very important to upper heat
exchangers and if necessary, readjustment can be done;
9.1.2.4 Check whether the casing eroded; survey the casing thickness in inlet and
outlet flue ducts with ultrasonic instrument at the same point. The corrosive ratio is
calculated through comparing several years casing thickness;
9.1.2.5 Remove the heat preservation of outlet flue ducts and then check whether there are
cracks at casing welding lines. This special method will be done once 10 years;
9.1.2.6 When close manholes, use new gaskets and before close inspection doors for
restarting boiler, ensure there is no one and external equipments in boiler;
During HRSG normal running, periodically check the pipes suspenders between hot and
cold state position; if not, reset the suspenders on cold state (20 ℃ in drums);
10.2 Overhaul
Check whether the pipes and suspenders on each layer loosened according to strike
sound with hammer; it is very important to upper heat exchangers and if necessary,
readjustment can be done;
PH Periodical 1/shift
Phosphate or chemical
- 1/shift
additives
Half a
Shift Day Week Month Year Others Remarks
year
Heat exchangers # #
Creep supervision #
Superheaters
3 years
metallurgy detection
drums # #
Continuous supervision
#
of main parameters
Chemical analysis #
HP FDW 1 # # # # #
Vibration record # #
Lubricate bearing #
HP FDW 2 # # # # #
Vibration record # #
Lubricate bearing #
HP FDW 3 # # # # #
Vibration record # #
Lubricate bearing #
Check electric heaters #
LP FDW1 # # # # #
Vibration record # #
Lubricate bearing #
LP FDW2 # # # # #
Vibration record # #
Lubricate bearing #
LP FDW3 # # # # #
Vibration record # #
Lubricate bearing #
Recirculation pump of
# # # # #
PREH 1
Vibration record # #
Lubricate bearing #
Recirculation pump of
# # # # #
PREH 2
Vibration record # #
Lubricate bearing #
Open/close valves # # #
Check tightness #
Regulating valves
Actuator # #
Lubricating #
Check fire-resistance #
Re-lubricate 6-8
(open/close valves) years
Re-lubricate 2-3
(open/close valves) years
Continuous blowdown
# # #
valves
Safety valve # # #
Intermittent and
continuous blowdown #
flash tanks
Chimney #
Check bolts #
Climate dampers #
Muffles #
Visual determination #
Heat preservation #
Visual determination #
Transmitters # #
Recalibrate #
Steel structure #
Visual determination #
Bolts connection:
#
sliding phenomena
attachment strap: no
#
sliding phenomena
Painting: no overstress
#
phenomena
Appearance: no
#
bending