Kusile Training Teil 2 File-064 - Soot Blowers - 20170116
Kusile Training Teil 2 File-064 - Soot Blowers - 20170116
Soot Blowers
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Soot Blowers
Grommes - 20170116
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Note:
This training book provides a detailed overview of all training topics. It was issued with the
intention to support the trainees with basic and detail knowledge about coal fired steam
generators and the applied technique. However it must be read in conjunction with the
project specific descriptions, drawings and manuals of the steam generator manufacturer.
Depending on the training class, slides applied for training might differ from those shown
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Contents
1 General ...................................................................................................... 1
2 Water lance blowers (WLB) for furnace cleaning .................................. 2
2.1 System description............................................................................................................... 3
2.2 Operation ............................................................................................................................. 8
2.2.1 Furnace optimisation system FACOS .................................................................................. 8
2.3 Control of water cannons ................................................................................................... 11
2.3.1 Operation modes ............................................................................................................... 11
2.4 Compensation of load due to water cannon operation ...................................................... 15
3 Steam soot blowers for HP and RH surfaces and economiser .......... 16
3.1 Arrangement of steam soot blowers .................................................................................. 16
3.2 Principle and design of RK-SL ........................................................................................... 19
3.3 Holding steam temperature ............................................................................................... 19
3.4 Flushing and sealing air fans ............................................................................................. 20
3.5 Arrangement of sootblowers .............................................................................................. 20
3.6 Operation of the Steam Sootblower System ..................................................................... 20
3.6.1 Start Conditions for Sootblowing ....................................................................................... 21
3.6.2 Soot blowing procedure ..................................................................................................... 21
3.6.3 Soot blowing cycle ............................................................................................................. 21
3.7 Temperature maintaining during operation ........................................................................ 22
3.7.1 Alarms during sootblowing ................................................................................................. 22
3.7.2 Interruption during sootblowing .......................................................................................... 22
3.8 Shutdown ........................................................................................................................... 23
3.9 Principle and design of RK-SB .......................................................................................... 24
4 Air heater sootblowers ........................................................................... 27
4.1 System Description and Design parameters ..................................................................... 28
4.2 Design data and equipment of the air heater sootblower system ..................................... 28
4.2.1 Bases (Design data) (HCB60-64) ..................................................................................... 28
4.3 Pressure Reducing Station (HCB 60) ............................................................................ 29
4.4 Operation of the air heater steam sootblower system ....................................................... 29
4.4.1 Soot blowing procedure ..................................................................................................... 29
4.4.2 Conditions for start of steam sootblowers.......................................................................... 30
4.4.3 Start-up of steam sootblowers ........................................................................................... 30
4.4.4 Interruption of air preheater soot blowing operation .......................................................... 30
4.5 Alarms ................................................................................................................................ 31
5 Operation of sootblowers ...................................................................... 32
5.1 Disturbances during boiler soot blowing ............................................................................ 32
5.2 Operation of the steam soot blowers ................................................................................. 33
6 Maintenance ............................................................................................ 34
6.1 General: ............................................................................................................................. 34
6.2 Smart Cannon System ....................................................................................................... 34
6.3 LONG RETRACTABLE SOOT BLOWER.......................................................................... 39
6.4 HELICAL SOOT BLOWER ................................................................................................ 43
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1 General
The soot blower system for the boiler is designed to clean the furnace walls, the econo-
miser (Eco) tubes, and the HP and RH heating surfaces of ash deposits.
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The WLB-CB 100 water lance blower is specifically designed for the removal of slag de-
posits from furnace walls of coal-fired boilers.
water jet
tube wall
water / steam
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The cleaning effect is based on the fact that the impinging water which penetrates the top
layer evaporates abruptly, thus the slagging is broken up and removed from the surface.
connection box
drive module
blowing tube
frame
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The blowing jet is produced in a special nozzle in the head of the blowing tube.
The blowing tube can swivel horizontally and vertically with the help of the 2 drive modules
so that the water jet impinging on the furnace wall describes a meander-shaped path.
This is controlled by heat flux sensors.
The heat flux measurements will be analysed with a frequency and amplitude function, to
determine the slagging characteristics. Due to the result the area will be cleaned. Due to
the evaporation of the water within the deposit, it chips off in blocks from the tube wall.
Time and place of cleaning are software-controlled. To prevent pipe damage due to unin-
tentional cleaning of correspondingly risk-prone boiler sections, individual boiler areas can
be marked with "NO CLEANING“. In the other areas, all sensors are permanently in use
the effects of the cleaning cycles in terms of fatigue phenomena are calculated and incor-
porated in the control.
To cover the entire combustion chamber, the installation of 8 water lance blowers in 2
levels is necessary: at the rear wall at level 27,1m and 60,5m and at the front wall at level
30,7m and 60,5m.
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The water for the water cannons is taken from the potable water system. Movements,
nozzle cross section, and cleaning effect are to be optimised upon commissioning. The
blower pressure is adjusted for the appropriate blower level by two redundantly set-up,
speed-controlled booster pumps HCC02/03 AP001. The pressure downstream of the
pumps is set within FACOS, measured and shown in the control room. Opening of the
electro-pneumatic valves (e.g. HCC31 AA201) in front of the water cannon is controlled by
control pulses, as a function of this pressure.
The necessary equipment, including piping, booster pumps, valves and strainers are de-
signed on the basis of the water cannon application conditions.
Design parameters
Pressure [MPa] Temperature [°C]
Upstream pump 1,0 60
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Only one water cannon is used at once, and therefore the volumetric flow of this case was
used as basis for the design.
instrument air
sealing & cooling air fan potable water from booster pumps
pressure measurement
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Each of the eight WLB is equipped with its own sealing/cooling air fan (e.g. HCC 21 AN
001). This fan must be in continuous operation and is only shut down if FD-Fan and ID-
Fan are off. During start-up these fans are put into operation before starting the ID and
FD-fan.
Operational data
Upstream of pump Downstream of Min blowing pres-
pump sure
Potable water pres- 0,2 – 0,5 MPa 1,9 – 2,7 MPa 1,6 MPa
sure
Operating temperature = 20 °C operating mass flow = < 11 kg/s
Downstream of the pumps the system is united again. The minimum flow is ensured for
the pump in operation by means of free-wheel non-return flaps. By means of drain valve
HCC10 AA501 the total system may be drained and vented by means of the valves
HCC11/12 AA451.
On each level a supply line branches off from the main line. From these lines branches
lead to the respective water lance blowers.
The water supply is controlled by means of the pneumatically pilot-controlled quick-closing
valves ( e.g. HCC21 AA 201). During operation of the water cannons the following disturb-
ances may occur:
Deposits in the nozzle and the respective nozzle is to be replaced
Pressure drop after the quick-closing valves due to dirt in the dirt trap. This requires
closure of shutoff gate valve prior to the dirt trap and replacement/cleaning of filter.
Malfunction of the pump in operation. This requires change-over to other pump and
repair of defective pump.
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2.2 Operation
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FACOS detects the fouling condition of the individual furnace section by means of the 28
heat flux measurements.
FACOS determines individual areas of the combustion chamber for cleaning depending
on signals of the heat flux sensors.
Possible detections are:
Area clean Area lightly contaminated Area contaminated
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The condition is communicated to the boiler monitoring system (BMS) in order to guaran-
tee a co-ordination of all cleaning operations. Time and place of cleaning are software
controlled.
Each WLB is programmed with a specific number of blowing patterns.
Blowing patterns are also activated automatically through the signals received from the
heat flux sensors.
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The furnace screen shows, e.g. the boiler load, furnace exit temperature, average and
individual heat flux as well as conditions of cleanliness.
The water cannons are subdivided into 2 levels with 4 blowers on the front and rear wall
each. Each blower cleans the half of the opposite wall and half of the left and right side
wall. The blowing sequence within the single levels is determined as follows:
- front wall
- rear wall
- right side wall
- left side wall
Each is programmed with a specific number of fixed cleaning zones. Only one water can-
non is in operation at any point in time. First the water supply is activated by starting the
pump. After that the water cannon is put into operation. The stop time between the cleaning
zones can be adjusted as per requirement in the FACOS system.
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2.3.1.3 Automatic operation with boiler monitoring system and FACOS (normal
operation)
During operation with boiler monitoring and FACOS, the cleaning zones are activated au-
tomatically through the signals received from the heat flux sensors. FACOS detects the
fouling condition of the individual furnace section by means of the 28 heat flux easure-
ments. The fouling is communicated to the boiler monitoring system (BMS) in order to
guarantee a coordination of all cleaning operations. The areas are cleaned with optimised
blowing parameters determined by FACOS. If FACOS determines an area requires clean-
ing, it requests a permission release from the BMS before it continues. In the event that
there is no permission response from the BMS for a period exceeding 30 minutes, FACOS
is deactivated and all queued items are cleared. If permission is granted, blowing time and
water pressure are set by FACOS depending on the required cleaning effect. The opti-
mised parameters determined during the cleaning are stored and used as initial starting
parameters for the next cleaning cycle.
FACOS transmits information about the fouling rate to the DCS. During this operation FA-
COS determines individual areas of the combustion chamber for cleaning.
The blowing control assigns the water cannon to specific dirty areas. The control of the
water pumps are carried out by DCS with the optimum operating pressure of the water
cannon defined by FACOS system.
Facos starts the potable water booster pumps and will set the blowing time and water
pressure depending on the required cleaning effect.
The amount of water introduced into the furnace during cleaning is approx. 10-12,5 kg/s,
with one WLB in operation.
The condition is communicated to the boiler monitoring system (BMS) in order to guaran-
tee a co-ordination of all cleaning operations. Time and place of cleaning are software
controlled.
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The furnace screen shows, e.g. the boiler load, furnace exit temperature, average and
individual heat flux as well as conditions of cleanliness.
2.3.1.4 Automatic operation with boiler monitoring system but without FACOS
Boiler monitoring can only assist in detecting the overall furnace condition. A complete
clean of the furnace could markedly affect the furnace exit gas temperature with corre-
sponding effects on the water/steam side. For this reason only a limited number of areas
should be cleaned at once. The following procedure is foreseen for commissioning pur-
poses and can be optimised through operational results.
The cleaning cycle for the complete furnace consists of 5 levels with 28 cleaning zones. A
new cleaning cycle starts, when all sections have been cleaned once.
When the cleaning request for the complete furnace from the boiler monitoring system is
given all cleaning zones of one level are activated via the water cannon control and
cleaned. Preferably the latest blowing parameters that were optimised by FACOS are used
for the cleaning actions.
Otherwise standard parameters are used, which must be determined during commission-
ing.
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B114116-10-01-IB01-00001-AC
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When the drive motor is switched on, the sootblower carriage moves forward and pushes
the lance tube helically into the flue gas pass.
The sootblower valve is opened as soon as the two nozzles have passed the boiler wall.
Blowing process starts.
Technical data :
Travel speed 2,7m/min Blowing time 400s Blowing mass flow
2,188kg/s
Travel 9628mm Design blowing pressure 1,6 MPa
The long retractable soot blowers (RK-SL) of the SH1/SH3, SH3/RH2, RH2/SH2,
SH2/RH1 and RH1 are arranged at the levels 75,6m; 78,5m; 81,6m, 86,0m, 89,4m in
groups of four on the left and right side wall (LSW/RSW).
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The eight helical blowers (SB) of the economiser at level 92,85m are arranged on the left
and right side wall (LSW/RSW).
Downstream the pressure reducing station, the supply line HCB10 BR010 is divided into
two supply lines, HCB20 BR010 to supply the steam blowers of the left and HCB40 BR010
so supply the steam sootblowers on the right side wall or, respectively, the related soot-
blowers of the ECO on the rear wall. The steam is distributed in each supply line to the
sootblowers in operation which are arranged over 7 levels.
The blowing pressure is adjusted at each sootblower individually to approx. 0.6 – 1.0 MPa.
However under no circumstances the blowers are allowed to be operated individually be-
low the minimum required blowing pressure due to lance protection reasons. The steam
is superheated sufficiently, that after relaxation downstream the nozzle the steam doesn’t
drop too much the saturation temperature.
The heating surfaces are cleaned level by level, with 2 sootblowers maximally on the same
level being used simultaneously. In operation via central control, the levels are normally
cleaned in flue gas direction.
The steam sootblower system is preheated via a connecting line via the fully opened
shutoff valve HCB51 AA101 to the BBDV. In standby mode, it is kept hot to reduce the
thermal losses via a line to the feed water tank. In this case, the shutoff valve HCB51
AA101 is closed and the shutoff line to the BBDV is drained via the steam trap HCB51
AA601
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For warming-up after prolonged standstill, the drain and warm-up pipe to the BBDV will be
used.
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2 Group 2 RSW x 3
3 Group 3 LSW x 2
4 Group 4 RSW x 1
5 Group 5 LSW x 4
6 Group 6 RSW x 2
7 Group 7 LSW x 2
8 Group 8 RSW x 4
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FIRE OFF
Soot blowing is terminated temperature downstream of last sootblower
HCB20/40 CT001-002
< 230 °C
Run of current soot blowing, then reheating of the system live steam mass flow
HAH40 FF901
< 150 kg/s
Run of current soot blowing and then further soot blowing is terminated pressure down-
stream of reducing station
HCB10 CP001
> 2.1 MPa
(30 s)
Soot blowing is terminated pressure downstream of reducing station < .2 MPa Soot blow-
ing is terminated
HCB10 CP001 (30 s)
pressure cold reheat HAJ05 CP001
< 1.6 MPa (30 s)
Soot blowing is terminated
Utmost caution is required in case of an alarm due to the pressure downstream of the
reducing station HCB10 CP001 in case of any malfunction of the pressure control the
sootblowers may cause great damage in the heating surfaces!
3.8 Shutdown
After termination of a soot blowing process, the sootblowers are shutoff. The system is
continued to be kept hot. Depending on the steam temperature, the steam is either dis-
carded or returned to the feed water cycle (regular case in normal operation). The system
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is entirely shut down only in case of a boiler standstill. In that case, first the pressure control
valve HCB10 AA001 is closed, and then the motor shutoff valve HCB10
AA101. Temperature maintaining to the feed water tank is closed, and the connection to
the start-up flash tank / blow-down vessel LCL10 BB001 is opened.
The helical sootblower is equipped with a blowing tube installed in the flue gas pass and
is helically moved forward and backwards.
The blowing tube is on its entire length equipped with Venturi nozzles and the rear end of
the blowing tube is fastened to a lance tube.
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Figure: Sootblower-valve
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The air heater is provided with one sootblower each for the hot and the cold flue gas path.
The blowing tube remains in the flue gas pass.
Temperature maintaining is provided via a connection line to the start-up flash tank / blow-
down vessel LCL10 BB001.
Permanent hot holding is not planned due to the regular blowing cycles with long breaks
in between. Prior to using the sootblowers at steam supply from RH2, the motor valve for
system heating HCB61/64 AA101 is opened and the line heated up until a temperature
HCB61/64 CT002 of > 350 °C is reached. The temperature maintaining steam and the
collecting condensate are diverted via a bypass throttle to the boiler BBDV.
The required superheated steam for sootblowers of air heaters is taken from the inlet
header of RH2. In the reducing station, the pressure applied there is reduced by a control
valve to the pressure required for the sootblower.
The required blowing pressure is monitored. Upstream of the single sootblowers the pres-
sure is means of throttle once again reduced to 0.6 MPa at steam supply from RH2.
The design parameters are in accordance with those of the RH 2 inlet. Design parameters
in front of reducing station:
P Design: 6.64 MPa
T Design: 487 °C
Operating parameters upstream and downstream of pressure reducing station HCB60
AA001 during steam supply from HRH:
BMCR 100% 80% 60% 40%
Up- Down Up- Down- Up- Down- Up- Down-
strea strea stream stream stream stream stream stream
m m
Pressure 5,32 1,7 4,1 1,7 3,08 1,7 2,05 1,7
[Mpa]
Temperature 482 462 487 474 490 483 487 485
[°C]
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4.5 Alarms
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5 Operation of sootblowers
The appropriate blowing program can only start when the following conditions are met:
Release criteria for boiler soot blowing
Live steam mass flow HAH40FF901 > 160 kg/s
Temperature before drainage HCB20/40 CT001/002 > 240 °C
Pressure downstream of reducing station HCB10 CP001 < 2,1 MPa.
(30 sec.)
Pressure downstream of reducing station HCB10 CP001 > 1,7 MPa.
(30 sec.)
The heating surfaces are cleaned level by level, normally in flue gas flow direction.
All boiler steam soot blowers are operated with two soot blowers of one level simultane-
ously.
The blowers of SH1/SH3 (HCB20/40AA061-064) and the economiser soot blowers
(HCB20/40AT011-014) are however operating individually because of the higher steam
consumption.
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6 Maintenance
6.1 General:
The supplier’s instructions for maintaining the equipment to enable the recommended
maintenance to be performed must be followed.
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Water cannons are permanently installed on the boiler to clean slagged furnace walls by
means of a high pressure water jet.
The water cannon’s, using a high pressure nozzle, produces a greatly concentrated jet of
water which impinges on the targeted boiler wall across the combustion chamber, and
cleans off any slag deposits which may have accumulated.
The water cannon can be swiveled horizontally and vertically, and cleans specifically the
fouled areas identified by heat flux sensors.
If the heat flux drops below a certain value in the area of a measuring point, the area is
cleaned by jetting with the water cannon, causing thermal shock within the deposits and
their removal from the furnace wall.
There are 8 water cannons per boiler installed:
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SAFETY REQUIREMENTS:
Before attempting work on any equipment, it is essential that all requirements of the Eskom
Plant Safety Regulations (GGR 0992) are met – i.e. plant is correctly isolated and safe to
work on, and a permit to work document has been issued and signed by the person re-
sponsible for the work.
It is a further requirement that all dangerous conditions and incidents must be reported as
soon as possible to the person in charge of the plant.
SPECIAL SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS:
The water cannon operates at a blowing pressure of 1,5-2,0 MPa, and is powered by two
drive motors – one for vertical movement, and one for horizontal movement of the cannon
and nozzle assembly.
The operation of the water cannons is automatically triggered by signals from the heat flux
measurement devices, and the system is therefor to be considered as LIVE at all stages
of boiler operation.
NOTE: Service frequencies are based on an 8 hour blowing interval
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The long retractable soot blower is used for cleaning of platen and bank heating surfaces
of the Superheater 1, Superheater 3, Reheater 2, Superheater 2 and Reheater 1 banks of
tubes.
The blowing element of the long retractable soot blower is a lance tube at the tip of which
is a nozzle head with two Ventui nozzles arranged180˚ apart.
The lance tube moves into the flue gas pass, changes the direction of movement in the full
forward position and returns to its initial position whilst the lance tube (and nozzles) is
rotating. Thereby the nozzles carry out a helical movement.
Since the nozzles are offset by 180˚, the distance of the helicoids formed by the blowing
jet of steam is only half of this distance. Due to the conical spreading of the blow jets, a
closed cleaning effect across the entire blowing distance is ensured.
The lance tube is driven by the soot blower carriage which is guided in the track beam.
The blowing medium is fed to the lance tube through the soot blower valve and the fixed
feed tube.
There are 40 long retractable soot blowers per boiler, each supplied with steam from either
Cold Reheat system or from the auxiliary steam system at pressure between 15 and 18
bar and 290-365˚C.
The Nash-Elmo sealing and scavenging air fan is considered maintenance free.
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Figure: TYPE: RK / SB
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The retractable soot blower is used for cleaning the tube bank heating surfaces of econo-
miser.It is equipped with a blowing tube installed in the flue gas pass and is helically moved
forward and backwards.
The blowing tube is equipped on its entire length with Venture nozzles, and the rear end
of the blowing tube is fastened to a lance tube. The helical movement of the lance tube is
effected by the chain drive at the soot blower carriage, which is driven by a geared motor.
There are 8 Helical soot blowers per boiler, each soot blower having 11 nozzles of 16mm
diameter and a blowing pressure of 0,6-0,8 MPa.
The sealing/scavenging air fans are considered maintenance free.
SPECIAL SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS:
The soot blower range functions with a steam pressure greater than 6.0 MPa, and temper-
ature greater than 350˚C and is fully charged at all times during Unit operation.
Great care must be taken in ensuring proper isolations prior to the commencement of any
work.
NOTE: Service frequencies are based on an 8 hour blowing interval
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