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Kurzfassung After having passed 168 hours of trial op- while, this system has also established a
eration, the 2 x 600 MW coal-fired units in solid foundation for flexible operation of
Plasmazündsysteme für das Kraftwerke power plant Zetes in Turkey were put into retrofit projects of some coal-fired units. It
Zetes in der Türkei und ihre Vorteile commercial operation on July 19th, 2016 belongs to the best available technologies
im veränderten Energiemarkt and August 27th, 2016 respectively. Already (BAT) in accordance with European stand-
during their construction, the units inte- ards and will play an important role in ener-
Nach 168 Betriebsstunden wurden die zwei grated the plasma ignition system deliv- gy-saving, emission reduction and the con-
600-MW-Kohleblöcke des Kraftwerks Zetes in
ered by the China Yantai Longyuan Power struction of green power coal-fired plants.
der Türkei in den kommerziellen Betrieb über-
nommen. Bereits im Planungsstadium wurde Technology Co., Ltd (YTLY). The whole
fuel-oil system has been renounced. The
der Einbau eines Plasmazündsystems integ-
power plant realised oil-free start-ups dur-
Introduction
riert. Auf die Zündfeuerung mit einem Ölsystem
wurde verzichtet. Dies vermeidet den Einsatz ing the boiler commissioning, which In 1990s, based on the research in China
von Öl als zusätzlichen Brennstoff und bietet helped to save abundant oil, prevented the and abroad, Yantai Longyuan Power Tech-
zudem erhebliche ökonomische Vorteile im Be- by non-application of ESP while burning nology Co., Ltd. (YTLY) developed the
trieb. Das installierte Plasmazündsystem bietet oil at the ignition stage, and brought tre-
zudem weitere Vorteile für den flexiblen Betrieb plasma ignition and combustion stabilising
mendous economic and environmental system (PICS) with its own intellectual
von Kohlekraftwerken. l benefits for the power plant. property right through independent R&D
Along with a dozen years of development and continuous settlement of key technical
and practice, the plasma ignition system of issues. By the end of October, 2016, the sys-
YTLY; being installed at about 800 power tem is successfully integrated in nearly 800
plants, has reliable performance and ma- coal-fired units with a total installed capac-
tured application. The plasma ignition sys- ity of 350 GW. In China, 52 coal-fired pow-
tem is ready to replace oil-systems in coal- er plants have completely cancelled fuel-oil
fired power plants for realising oil-free systems, meanwhile, two overseas fuel-oil
power plant operation, which is regarded free power plants are built and in opera-
as the inevitable element of future coal- tion, namely Zetes in Turkey and Dushanbe
fired power industry development. Mean- in Tajikistan.
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Authors
Zhang Ke
R&D engineer
Liu Lin
International project manager
Yantai Longyuan Power Technology Co., Ltd.
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Hans-Christian Schröder
TÜV Süd
Mannheim, Germany
Feng Guoqing
Dragon International GmbH
Bad Vilbel, Germany
Fig. 1. View of the Zetes power plant in Turkey.
Carrier air system Fig. 5. Carrier air system for the plasma ignition system.
Carrier air is the medium of the plasma arc,
with a certain flow rate, it helps to make
the plasma arc available. Therefore, PICS
is equipped with the carrier air system. Isolating
LYZKG-400 Plasma generator
In order to ensure a stable operation of transformer
plasma generator, the carrier air should be
clean, oil-free, and pressure-persistent.
Three-phase AC DC output
In the Zetes power plant, Turkey, the DLZ-
200 series plasma generator utilises instru-
mental compressed air as the carrier air
source. The pressure of the assembly at
the inlet of plasma generator is 5-10kPa
Control system
and the flow rate is about 60 Nm3 / hr.
(F i g u r e 5 )
Fig. 6. Power system for the plasma ignition system.
Power system
mation to increase the burnout of the pul- realise oil-free operation by burning single
The plasma generator uses DC power. The verised coal and the combustion efficiency fuel as coal, bringing huge economic ben-
power system consists of AC-DC converter of the boiler, meanwhile, reduce the flue efits along with enhanced safe operation.
device and others, it can produce DC power gas pollution. In a word, the flame-image (F i g u r e 7 )
to maintain stable plasma arc. There are monitor system helps to supervise inner
two types of the AC-DC converter, LYZKG The use of PICS in oil-free power plant con-
furnace combustion, guide relevant adjust- struction will bring huge economic benefits
and LYKG. LYZKG-400type power system is ment and optimise the boiler operation
used in the Zetes project with supporting and enhance safety operation. Taking a sin-
therefore to realise a stable, economical gle 600 MW, tangential-fired boiler as an
isolation transformers. (F i g u r e 6 ) and clean combustion. example,, the conventional oil system in-
Cold-furnace pulverising system vestment is nearly 10 million RMB, oil con-
sumption during commissioning is over
The cold-furnace pulverising system is in- Advantages of the oil-free 3,000 to 4,000 t, being replaced with PICS
tegrated in Zetes project in order to satisfy power plant with PICS system, in accordance with oil-free power
the pulverising conditions when the boiler
plant design, equipment investment would
is at cold-state. One set of Air heater is add-
Economic efficiency analysis be recovered before the unit is put into
ed at the inlet of the mill to warm up the
commercial operation, meanwhile, a large
primary air by utilising boiler’s auxiliary Coal-fired power stations normally have
amount of oil will be saved. The economic
steam, therefore the mill is initiated from complex and expensive fuel oil systems.
analysis during construction is as listed in
cold-state directly to provide necessary The investment of the fuel oil system for a
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with plasma burners. PICS have been in lion kWh (approx. USD 44,000 ) in each years, clean energy is steadily increasing in
service from first fire through initial plant cold start. power industry, coal-fired units are in-
start-up. The financial benefits during clined to shift the major role into peak-load
commissioning is significant. Compared to Because of different prices conditions of regulating. The flexibility retrofit for coal-
unit 3 there are 2.7 Million litres diesel fuel the diesel fuel in Europe, the saving poten- fired is also put on the agenda, for exam-
(~710,000 gallons) with value of 7,508 tial will be much higher as in China. The ple, Germany and Europe have implement-
million kWh (~US$ 6.6 million) saved. Ta b l e 2 describes the cost submit for a ed the energy conversion policy of prior
power plant of 600 MW in Germany. The grid connection for renewable power.
During commercial operation, for the units
Saving in operation cost in one year will be (F i g u r e 8 )
which have frequent start-ups and espe-
about 780,000 EUR. The pay back period Under this background, many coal power
cially those have to run at low load in the
for capital cost of PICS with 4 burners is ap- plants, which are designed as base load
long-term, the economic efficiency with
prox. 15 months. plants, will be used as the puffer-load units.
PICS is still far beyond the units with regu-
lar oil system, because the PICS system can Besides, considering the investment and Those Plants have more start-ups, stops
work promptly to stabilise the consump- operation cost of firefighting, when real- and longer low load combustion, which re-
tion without any support from oil, only ised single fuel operation, the fire pump quires highly reliable ignition system to
Summary
Nuclear
Accumulated Percent Import balance Hydropower Biomass energy Lignite Hard coal Gas Oil Others
Pump srorage Seasonal Wind Solar
85.14 storage
80.00
With advanced PICS system applied on the
70.00 2 x 600 MW units, the Zetes oil-free power
60.00 plant in Turkey is successfully built up. Tre-
mendous oil was saved, besides, the ESP
Qutput in GW
50.00
could work from the ignition stage, so envi-
40.00 ronment pollution was greatly restrained,
30.00 moreover, since the oil system was
canceled, the power plant had safer opera-
20.00
tion.
10.00
Along with continuous development of rel-
0.00 evant technologies, PICS has reliable per-
Date formance, matured application, it has the
Date source: 50 Hertz, Amprion, Tennet, TransnetBW, EEX
unparalleled advantages than traditional
Last update: 13 Dec 2015 00:18 Source: Fraunhofer ISE
oil system on the economic efficiency, safe-
ty as well as environmental protection and
Fig. 8. Electricity generation in Germany with operational need for flexibility.
flexibility of load regulation. Therefore, the
ensure timely input. We take a power ble, electric arc is persistent, and mainte- construction of energy-saving, safe, oil-free
plant with 800 MW in German as an exam- nance is easy. As an internal combustion power plant with coal as the single fuel is
ple, the numbers of warm start and cold type burner, the plasma burner has the the inevitable direction of coal-fired power
start must be increased to 30 and 20 each merits of fast fire rate, high initial burnout industry development. All these PICS ad-
year compared to the original design of 2 rate, wide adaptability of coal-gas flow, vantages will make PICS to the best availa-
and 5. controllable temperature and stable com- ble technologies (BAT) in accordance with
bustion, moreover, it has excellent anti- the European Industrial Emissions Direc-
The second goal for increasing the flexibil- tive (2010/75/EC) and will provide a solid
ity is reducing minimum of technical load coking and anti-burning features. The PICS
system can work promptly to stabilise the foundation for flexible coal-fired units ret-
of currently 50 % to 30 % or more part load rofit in the changed circumstance of energy
in future. When regulating the low-load for consumption without regular oil system.
market in Europe too. l
coal-fired units, the main problem is to The Ta b l e 3 describes that the unit con-
guarantee boiler’s stable combustion un- tinuous loading/unloading rate in the
der low-load conditions. PICS technology power plant Zetes Turkey can reach to 5 %
offer exactly the perfect solution, with its per minutes of the Rated Power Output,
help, the unit can realise cold-state start- while the normal power plants are de-
up, moreover, it can be used as the ignition signed per 2 %. Minimum Continuous Rat-
source to achieve stable combustion under
extreme low load (0 to 30 % BMCR). (F i g -
ure 9) Tab. 3. Ignition properties of Zetes Power Plant Phase III.
100 100
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