FSSS

The Furnace Safeguard Supervisory System

(FSSS) is designed to ensure the execution of a safe,
orderly operating sequence in the start up and
shutdown of fuel firing equipment and to prevent errors
of omission and commission in following such a safe
operating procedure.

The system provides protection, should there be a

malfunction of fuel firing equipment and associated air
systems. The safety features of the system are
designed for protection in most common emergency
situations.

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 FURNACE SAFEGUARD
SUPERVISORY SYSTEM
(FSSS)
 MONITOR AND CONTROL THE PROPER
SEQUENCE DURING START-UP AND
SHUTDOWN OF FUEL FIRING EQUIPMENT.
 OPERATION OF FUEL FIRING EQPT SUBJECT
TO CERTAIN SAFETY CONDITIONS
 PROVIDES FLAME SUPERVISION
 FULLY ENSURES SAFETY OF BOILER

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Basically the FSSS system is designed to perform the following
functions:
• Prevent any fuel firing unless a satisfactory furnace purge sequence
has first been completed.
• Prevent start-up of individual fuel firing equipment unless certain
permissive interlocks have first been satisfied.
• Monitor and control the proper sequence (Manual or Automatic)
during start-up and shutdown of fuel firing equipment.
• Make continued operation of fuel firing equipment subject to
certain safety interlocks remaining satisfied.
• Provide status feedback to the operator and in some cases, to the
unit control system.
• Provide flame supervision when fuel firing equipment is in service
and affect a fuel trip upon certain adverse operating conditions.
• Initiate a fuel trip when certain abnormal operating conditions
exist.
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OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS OF
FSSS
 FURNACE PURGE SUPERVISION
 SECONDARY AIR DAMPER
MODULATION
 LIGHT/HEAVY OIL SUPERVISION
 MILL & FEEDER CONTROL,
SUPERVISION
 FLAME SCANNER INTELLIGENCE
 BOILER TRIP PROTECTION

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 Boiler protections
Master Fuel Trip is initiated by any one of the following
conditions:
• Less than fire ball and loss of +24V DC(N) at any elevation
in service.
• Drum level very low for more than 5 seconds.
• Drum level very high for more than 10 seconds.
• Both FD Fans off.
• Both ID Fans off.
• Air flow is less than 30%
• Furnace pressure very low.
• Furnace pressure very high.

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 Boiler protections
• Loss of all fuel trip
• Unit flame failure trip
• Both emergency trip Push Buttons pressed (Operator
initiated boiler trip)
• Loss of reheater protection.
• Loss of +24V DC(T) for more than 2 seconds
• All Secondary Air Heaters off.
• Water wall circulation not correct for more than 5
seconds
• Boiler feed pumps tripped for more than 10 seconds

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 Protection philosophy

The Furnace Safeguard Supervisory System has

been designed for Energise to open
and Energise to Close philosophy. However, field
equipments are always on deenergise to close
principle. This means any on/off device or equipment
has to get a continuous command to change its
present state and regain to the original state upon
loss of this command.

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 FIELD EQUIPMENTS

 OIL GUN
 MILLS
 FEEDERS
 OIL VALVES
 SCANNER/SEAL AIR FANS
 SADC

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All fuel inputs are stopped by tripping all the mills, all the
feeders, closing all hot air gates, closing all the nozzle valves
(LO/HO) and trip valves (LO/HO).

In addition to the above,

The upper (elevations K,J,H,G&F) and lower (elevations
E,D,C,B&A) fuel air dampers are opened and transfer to manual.

Transfer the auxiliary air control to manual and open all auxiliary
air dampers.

After a “Master fuel trip” occurs, a “feed forward to furnace draft

control” signal is established for 30 seconds. After 30 seconds this
signal is removed.

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 SADC
The auxiliary air dampers are positioned to
maintain the required wind box to furnace
differential with respect to boiler load.
The fuel air damper control system positions
the fuel air damper in proportion to the fuel-
firing rate.

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