Boiler control

and operation

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Boiler control
and operation

Control techniques are capable of reducing operating

costs while providing greater flexibility in plant
management and control

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Boiler control and operation

Air Flow Control/Oxygen Trim

Steam - Pressure
Steam - Temperature
Feed Water and Drum Level
Fuel Oil Flow Control
Fuel Gas Flow Control

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Combustion control
Tools for burner combustion
control generally include regulation
of excess air, oxygen trim, burner
modulation, air/fuel cross-limiting
and total heal control. The better
burner control systems include all of
these elements.

Air Flow Control/Oxygen

Trim

Excess-air regulation
Oxygen trim
Optimize excess air
Burner modulation
Air/fuel cross-limiting

Combustion control

Figure 1: Excess air must be kept within a suitable range to ensure comple

Combustion control

Figure 2: A cross-limiting combustion circuit allows firing

multiple fuels simultaneously without risking excess fuel.

Steam Pressure Control

sometimes called boiler master

Maintain steam pressure
By adjusting fuel and combustion air
flows
When the pressure drops, the flows are
increased.

Steam pressure sensor acts directly on

fuel and air flow controls.

Final control devices

Fuel: pulverizer
Air: forced draft fan

Steam Pressure Control

Steam Temperature
Control

Factors affecting the steam temperature

Boiler load
Excess air
Feedwater temperature
Cleanliness of heating surface

Steam temperature control

Gas bypass
Buner control
Attemperation
Gas recirculation
Excess air
Divided furnace

Feed Water and Drum

Level

Too low a level may expose boiler

tubes, which overheats and
damages them
Too high a level may interfere
with separating moisture from
steam
The optimum ,half of sight glass
outside the drum

Boiler drum-level control

drum-level control singleelement
drum-level control two-element
drum-level control threeelement

drum-level control
single-element

Figure : Drum-level control with a singleelement module.

drum-level control twoelement

Figure : Drum-level control with a twoelement module

drum-level control threeelement

Figure : Drum-level control with a threeelement module.

Thank You