Presented by

Siddhartha Sankar Bharali

Assistant Engineer
Emp Code : M6B194

Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,

M6B194 1
REQUIREMENT OF STEAM BLOWING
• For the new installed boiler, there will be sand, dirty, rusty plates, welding
slag and so on impurities left inside the pipes during the transportation,
storage and erection process. If these impurities not be cleaned especially in
the main steam and reheat steam systems, they would enter the high speed
turbine blades, which would cause spots on the blades and affect the unit
efficient, or even worse, they would cause the blade break and galloping and
so on serious accident.

Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,

M6B194 2
BOILER PARAMETERS
 Superheated steam flow (t/h) : 440
 Superheated steam outlet Pressure (Mpa) :14.29
 Superheated steam outlet Temperature (℃) : 540
 Reheat steam flow (t/h) : 355.6
 Reheat steam inlet Pressure (MPa) : 2.604
 Reheat steam inlet Temperature (℃) :318
 Reheat steam outlet Pressure (MPa) :2.407
 Reheat steam outlet Temperature (℃) : 540
 Feed water Temperature (℃) : 247

Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,

M6B194 3
CIRCUIT OF STEAM BLOWING
STAGE I STAGE II

 Super heater Circuit.  Stage I + CRH inlet header to boiler.

 Main Steam pipes up to CRH NRV’s.  Reheater , its outlet header, HRH lines.
 CRH line to RH inlet with temporary  HRH steam valves with temporary
exhaust pipes (with provision of target blowing device & piping to atmosphere
plate at the boiler end). (with provision of target plate.)

Superheater system : Reheater System:

•Divisional SH •RH inlet & outlet header
•LTSH •Platen RH
•Platen SH •RH Finish
•SH Finish

Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,

M6B194 4
Contd.

Main Steam, RH and HP bypass system of 9X135MW CPP, Jharsuguda

Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,
M6B194 5
 PREPARATORY WORK REQUIRED FOR
STEAM BLOWING
Following activities should be completed prior to the commencement
of Steam Blowing
 The erection and insulation work of the boiler proper and its auxiliary equipments
 Erection of supporting frames and gauges are completed. Equipments and valves
have been numbered and named.
 Boiler hydro test and chemical cleaning should be completed successfully.
 System check or system trial-run of each equipment is done.
 The steam lines should be completely insulated prior to steam blowing.
 Pressure gauges and temperature indicators should be calibrated and functional.
 Drum water level gauge is complete and clear with adequate illumination.
 The drum, heating surface, flue gas duct and furnace should be clean with no
impurities, no temporary supporting or temporary welding parts.
Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,
M6B194 6
Contd.
 Fire-fighting system .
 Turbine ,condenser system, feed water, deareator systems.
 All the local meters and gauges, control panels, panel gauges and
operation devices have been calibrated and are ready for operation.
 The oil guns and ignition gun of burner are in correct position with flexible
motions. Ignition device has been commissioned; the program control test
and ignition test of the oil guns are successful.
 All the valves, wind baffles have been commissioned.

Trial run of the following equipments should be done :

 Induced draft fan, forced draft fan, primary air fan.
Fuel oil feed equipments
Electric feed pump, condensate pump, demineralized water pump
Instrument air compressor.

Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,

M6B194 7
INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY PIPING
Referring to the diagram
 Temporary piping should be fabricated with flanged joints so that
installation time could be minimized.
 HP bypass governor valve do not participate in the purging, It should be
replace with short pipe. LP bypass valve and pipes are not for purging,
which should be cleaned after the erection. Install temporary baffle at the
pipe opening to the LP bypass.
 To avoid being damaged during the purging, the desuperheating water
system and main steam pipes flow rate measuring devices should not be
erected in advance.
 Temporary control gate is installed at the turbine side.

The main system uses two temporary purging control gates, with 350mm
nominal diameter and pressure be 10MPa, temperature 450℃, full open
and full close time≤60s.
Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,
M6B194 8
STEAM BLOWING PROCEDURE
Boiler Light Up
Preparation before Ignition:
 Operation, erection and commissioning personnel should check the boiler proper,
auxiliary systems, turbine systems, and make sure all the equipments and systems
meet the demand of the ignition.
 Testing of all the steam water valves are done.
 Calibration of gauges are checked.
 Fuel oil system and the oil circulation is checked.
 Each blow down and drainage system is checked.

Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,

M6B194 9
 Start Up of Boiler
 Induced draft fan and forced draft fan is started and the flow rate is controlled
keeping the furnace negative pressure to -50~100 Pa. (purging is continued 5
minutes).
 After the ignition conditions are ready, first opposite 2 oil guns at AA level are put
into operation. Ignition is observed.
 For the boiler first ignition, saturated temperature rising rate should not be more
than 50℃/hr.
 For boiler first ignition, the leakage and expansion of the system is checked
regularly. Boosting is stopped if any abnormity is found. Recover the boosting after
the causes be found out and eliminated.
 When the pressure reached to 0.2MPa,air valves are closed and purge the water
level gauge.
 Furnace outlet gas temperature is controlled below 540℃.
 When the drum pressure reached 0.8-1.0MPa,continuous blow down is put in to
operation.

Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,

M6B194 10
  When the drum pressure reached 1.5MPa,bypass valve of the temporary control
gate is opened to warm the pipes. During the pipe warming,the pipe expansion is
observed .

 Relevant drain valves should be opened to avoid inside water hammer.

Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,

M6B194 11
KEY OPERATION DURING PURGING

Operations

Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,

M6B194 12
PURGING METHOD
 Every step down purging would last about 3minuts. The step down value
should be able to keep the drum saturated temperature decrease not over
42℃. Every one hour, purging is done for 2 or 3 times.
 Boiler purging has two steps:
 The first step, purging is done for 20 times, then it is stopped and the boiler
is cooled down for 12 hours and clean the grain collector.
 Then the second step purging is continued.
 HP bypass part and main system is purged in alternation. Purge for 4 or 5
times and each time lasts for 4-5minutes.
 Purge the desuperheating water system before the pipe purging.

*Datas are referring to 9x135 MW CPP , Vedanta ,

Jharsuguda

Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,

M6B194 13
SOME STATISTICS
First stage:
opened at:
Pressure 5.5-6.0MPa closed at: 3.5-4.0Mpa
Main steam T 380 ～ 420℃
Makeup water volume: 300-400T/H
Second stage:
open at: 5.5-6.0MPa close at: 3.5-4.0Mpa
Main steam T 380 ～ 420℃
Reheat steam T  500℃
Makeup water volume: 300-400T/H
HP bypass: Open at 5.0MPa close at: 3.5MPa

Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,

M6B194 14
 Valves are opened from lower pressure to high pressure
at first few purging, to check the fastness of the
temporary pipes and the makeup method.

First: open at 3.5MPa close at 2.5MPa

Second: open at 4.5MPa close at 3.0MPa.

Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,

M6B194 15
TARGET ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA
 The target to be exposed should be made from aluminium polished on its exposed
surface to a blemish free # 8 finish with a 1 inch by 9.875 inch exposed surface
area.
 The target should be exposed to twenty (20) minutes of a steady flow of steam at the
rate, temperature and pressures as per agreed procedure. Steam blow sequence and
acceptance at conditions should be such that the cleaning force ratio (CFR) is
greater than 1 throughout the system being cleaned.
 The top and bottom ½ inch of the target surface should be disregarded due to the
effects of its attachment on the target inserter ram.
 No impacts larger than 0.4 mm diameter and fewer than 3 impacts with an area of 1
Sq. inch on the central zone of the target plates and there shall not be any
deformation of edges.

Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,

M6B194 16
Siddhartha Sankar Bharali,
M6B194 17