how to lay up boiler? and why we do that?

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JeremyUnfollow Follow Jeremy Jeremy Culberg The first question on your lay up would have to be - for how long? As to why, there are a number of reasons, from the turbine being damaged and taking a long time to repair (or other plant), to the plant no longer being economic to run, but needs to be available as a (slow startup period) backup. The duration of the lay up is important, as well as how quickly the plant needs to be returned to service. EPRI (among others) have some good documentation on this. Typically your OEM should have some guidelines as well. 4 days ago Unlike Like

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EldertUnfollow Follow Eldert Eldert Tollenaar Dear Mohamed, Following Jeremy's comment, it is at forst important to determine the duration of the conservation. Reason for this is that vertaling HRSG-manufacturers indicate the possibility of a "wet" conservation. This simply entails increasing the water chemistry and op the HRSG completely with dearated demin. When available/possible, establish a N2-blanket in the drums. The benefit of this kind of conservation is that the HRSG can quickly and easily be taken back in service again. Max duration of this kind of conservation is 6 weeks. Should the HRSG remain in conservation after this period, you can thema's increase the N2pressure and use this to push out all water through the drains. With this method, you don't have to worry about remaining water-pockets, since corrossion cannot happen due to the lack of oxygen (inert atmosphere). Just maintain a slight N2 overpressure to avoid O2 ingress. With this kind of conservation, it is recommended to purge out the N2-fill and replace it with "fresh" N2. Another possibility is to drain the HRSG while it is still hot as this would enable all water to evaporate, leaving the HRSG in a dry condition. At least, that's what the theory is based upon. After the dry-out, you shouldn't then connect air dryers to the various sections of the HRSG and continuously blow dry air through the systems. Although there is a strong HSE-related benefit with this method, it is important to keep in mind that it is impossible to ensure that there is no water left in the drums/piping and that the possibility exsists for the dry air following "preferred" routes, thus not removing all water from the HRSG. In view thereoff, I personally prefer a N2 conservation. Back to the anticipated duration of the conservation period. If you know upforehand that the conservation period will be longer then 6 weeks, you could skip the 6 weeks wet conservation and start a N2 assisted draining of the HRSG immediately while it is still hot. All of the above is related to the water/steam sections of the HRSG. For the flue gas area's, you could consider blowing hot (dry) air through the spaces. If one has been provided, keep your stack damper closed. Otherwise you could consider installing a "stack-balloon" to bottle-up the unit. Hope the above provides you with some helpfull information. Best regards, Eldert 4 days ago Unlike Like

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BradUnfollow Follow Brad Brad Buecker Mohamed, You have received some good comments already. Also, Jim Mathews of EPRI recently wrote at least two articles on this subject, one of which appeared in the March issue of Energy-Tech magazine. And I worked with a friend at combined-cycle power plant here in the U.S. on a layup article that appeared in the August 2012 issue of Power Engineering magazine. Best regards, Brad Buecker Kiewit Power Engineers 4 days ago Unlike Like

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