FUNCTIONS OF WATERWALL

SYSTEM

• PROVIDES FURNACE
ENCLOSURE
• FORMS EVAPORATOR HEAT
TRANSFER AREA
ADVANTAGES OF WATERWALL
SYSTEM
• THEY FORM COMPLETE GAS TIGHT
SEAL
• DUE TO HEAT TRANSFER IN
FURNACE FLUE GAS TEMPERATURE
IS REDUCED TO ACCEPTABLE
LEVELS IN THE SUPER HEATER
REGION
• EASY MAINTENANCE
 Advantages of Spiral
Wound Tube Arrangement
• Each tube in the furnace passes
through similar heat absorbing
areas
• Heat absorption from tube to tube
is uniform
• Number of individual flow path is
less as the tubes are at an angle
• High mass flux with in the tube is
obtained to maintain nucleate
boiling
• THE INSIDE OF WATERWALL
TUBES CAN BE KEPT CLEAN BY
PROPER TREATMENT OF BOILER
WATER

• THE OUTSIDE OF WATERWALL

TUBES CAN BE CLEANED BY
PERIODICAL OPERATION OF WALL
BLOWERS
 FORCES ACTING ON THE
WATERWALL SYSTEM ARE
• THE FURNACE OPERATING
PRESSURE
• PRESSURE DUE TO OCCASIONAL
PUFFS
• LOADS ARISING FROM WIND
PRESSURE
• LOADS ARISING FROM SEISMIC
DISTURBANCES