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Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited, a Navratna Government of India Enterprise, under the administrative control of MOC has a chequered history of achievements in the last 58 years since its inception in 1956. A pioneer among the public sector undertakings in energy sector, NLC operates
Three Opencast Lignite Mines of total capacity of 28.5 Million Tonnes per Annum at Neyveli and one open cast lignite Mine of capacity 2.1 Million Tonnes per Annum at Barsingsar, Rajasthan.
Three Thermal Power Stations with a total installed capacity of 2490 Mega Watt at Neyveli and one Thermal Power Station at Barsingsar, Rajasthan with an installed capacity of 250 Mega Watt
All the Mines of NLC are ISO Certified for Quality Management System, Environmental Management System and Occupational Health & Safety Management System. All the Power stations of NLC are also ISO Certified 1
for Quality Management System and Environmental Management System. NLCs growth is sustained and its contribution to Indias social and economic development is significant.
1.1. MINE - I:
The lignite seam was first exposed in August 1961 and regular mining of lignite commenced in May 1962. German excavation technology in open cast mining, using Specialized Mining Equipment (SME) like Bucket Wheel Excavators, Conveyors and Spreaders were used for the first time in the country in Neyveli Mine-I. The capacity of this mine was 6.5 MT which met the fuel requirement of TPS-I. The capacity was increased to 10.5MT of lignite per annum from March 2003 under Mine-I expansion scheme and at present meets the fuel requirement for generating power from TPS-I and TPSI Expansion.
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1.3. MINE-IA:
Government of India sanctioned the project Mine-I A of 3 million tonnes of lignite per annum at a sanctioned cost of Rs. 1032.81 crores in February'98. This project is mainly to meet the lignite requirement of M/s STCMS for their power plant and also to utilize the balance lignite to the best commercial advantage of NLC. The project was completed on 30th March 2003 within time and cost schedule.
Mine - IA
Barsingsar Mine
June 2011 as replacement for existing TPS-I The Board of Directors of NLC accorded approval to taper down the generation of TPS-I by 300 MW by March 2015 or earlier and to close down the remaining units by September 2015 or earlier.
shared by the Southern States viz., Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Union Territory of Pondicherry.
NLC is generating power in its Thermal Power Station I, Thermal Power Station -II and in Thermal Power Station I Expansion. All the southern states are beneficiaries of this power generation project. NLC is started generating power in Barsingsar Power Station also.
THERMAL UNITS TPS I (0650)+(03100) TPS II (07210) TPS - I EXPANSION (02210) BARSINGSAR TPS (02125)
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The steam generator and the Turbo Generators of phase I were supplied by Transelekto. Hungary in collaboration with EVT, GERMANY ANDFRANCOTOSI, ITALY respectively. All the equipments of phase II are of indigenous make except the Milling and Firing Technology for Steam Generators from EVT, GERMANY. The power station is equipped with a sophisticated instrumentation system. The power station has been awarded the ISO 9001:2000 certificate for Quality Management system, ISO 14001:2004 for Environmental Management System and OHSAS 18001: 2007 for Occupational Health and Safety Assessment series. As a Central Power Generating System, the Station caters to the power needs of the Southern Region. The power allocation from the station to the Southern States of Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Pondicherry and to NLC mines is based on Government of India guidelines with changes in actual share notified from time to time. The fixed share of the beneficiaries is as follows. The actual share will vary depending on the 11
pattern of distribution of the unallocated part among the beneficiaries based on their requisitioning. Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Kerala Tamilnadu Pondicherry NLC mines Unallocated : : : : : : : 18.84% 13.54% 10.41% 30% 5.44% 6.8% 14.97%
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All mine units and thermal power plants have obtained ISO certification for Quality management system (ISO 9001:2000) Environmental management system (ISO 14001:2004) Occupational health and safety management system (OHSAS 18001:1999)
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furnace by means of lignite handling equipment. Ash resulting from the combustion of coal in the boiler furnace is removed to ash storage through ash handling. The Indian coal contains 30% to 40% of ash and a power plant of 100MW produces normally 20 to 25 tones of hot ash per hour.
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Regenerative Cycle
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5. PUMP:
Pump is one of the earliest inventions for the conversion of natural energy in to useful work. The earliest forms of pumps were Persian wheels, water wheels containing buckets. The best known of early pumps, the Archimedean screw also persists into modern times. With the development of technology and need for various applications had lead to the inventions of modern day pumps. Perhaps most interesting, however is the fact that with all the technological development which has occurred since ancient times including the transformations from water power through other forms of energy all the way to nuclear fission, the pumps remain probably the second most common machine in use exceeded in numbers by electric motor.
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Example: If a 12 kilowatt motor were required at 3000 rpm. and the speed is decreased to 1500 the new kilowatts required would be: 12 x 0.125 (0.53) =1.5 kilowatts required for the lower rpm.
Boiler Feed Pump is one among the centrifugal pumps available in thermal power stations.
6.1. TWO BFP PUMPS: In Thermal Power Station II, Two types of Boiler Feed Pumps are available for supplying feed water to boiler
Boiler Feed pump type 6WC137/C Boiler Feed pump type FK 6D 30 Though both the above types are similar in construction, there are unique design variations viz. stuffing box sealing, secondary sealing and minor variations in the impeller size and speeds.
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The pump internals are designed as cartridge which can be easily removed for maintenance without disturbing the suction and discharge piping work or the alignment of the pump and the turbo coupling The pump shaft is sealed at the drive end and non-drive end by mechanical seals, each seal being flushed by water in a closed circuit and which is circulated by the action of the seal rotating ring. This flushing water is cooled by passing through a seal cooler, one per pump which is circulated with demineralized cooling water. The rotating assembly is supported by plain white metal lined journal bearings and axially located by a Glacier double tilting pad thrust bearing.
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drum bush to provide the force required to hold the ring section assembly in place against the drive end of the barrel before start-up. Once running, the discharge pressure assists the spring disc in holding the ring sections in place. The last stage diffuser is free to slide over the balance drum bush which is shrunk into the discharge cover bore to minimize the flow of liquid to the balance chamber. Two holes are drilled radially through the periphery of the discharge cover to provide outlet connections through which the liquid from the balance chamber is returned to the
Discharge Cover pump suction piping and two similarly drilled holes are also provided in the discharge cover for cooling water connections to the water jacket. The nondrive end bearing housing is attached to a bearing bracket secured to the outer face of the discharge cover by studs, nuts and dowel pins. To assist in removing the cover, two tapped holes are provided on the flange for the use of starting screw and a tapped hole is provided on top of the cover for an eye-bolt. 31
Suction Guide The suction guide closes the drive end of the pump casing and forms the suction annulus. As a section of the pump cartridge, the suction guide is not secured to the pump casing but is held against an internal shoulder in the casing by the ring section assembly, the discharge cover and the spring disc. Like the discharge cover, the suction guide is closed by the drive end water jacket and mechanical seal housing. Two tapped holes are provided in the suction guide for cooling water connections to the water jacket. The drive end bearing housing is attached to a bearing bracket secured to the outer face of the suction guide by studs, nuts, and dowel pins.
Diffusers are dowel and spigot located to the ring section and to the suction guide, and the last stage diffuser is secured to the last stage ring section with socket head screws in counter-bored holes, the screws being locked in position by locking strips. Packing rings are shrunk in to the bores of the ring section and diffuser and are secured by the pumped liquid between the stages.
Ring Sections The ring section and diffusers from the transfer package from impeller outlet of one stage of the pump to the impeller inlet of the next stage, and the diffusers are designed to cover some of the kinetic energy of the product into pressure energy The first stage ring section is spigot and dowel located to the suction guide and is secured in position by socket head screws in counter-bored holes. At the non-drive end a dowel pin fitted to the discharge cover is located in a 33
hole in the last stage diffuser and thus keeps the ring section assembly in its correct position relative to the casing. A circular spring disc is located in the last stage diffuser and over the inner end of the balance drum bush. A shoulder on the balance drum bush bears against the spring disc and clamps the ring section assembly and suction guide in position.
Rotating Assembly The shaft is chromium plated at each end where it is supported by the journal bearings, and its diameter increases in increments from the non-drive end towards the drive end to facilitate the fitting and removal of the impellers. The impellers are of the single entry shrouded inlet type and are keyed and shrunk onto the shaft, the keys, one per impeller, being alternately fitted on diametrically opposite sides of the shaft to maintain the rotational balance. 34
The hub of the each impeller butts against a split abutment ring fitted in a groove in the shaft. The split ring is retained by an extension on the impeller hub.
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The balanced drum is keyed and shrunk onto the shaft and held in place against the shaft location shoulder by the balance drum nut and lock-washer. The inner end of the balance drum is recessed and the bore of the recess is a close fit over the last stage impeller hub. The faces of the balance drum incorporate a connection for oil injection to assist to removal of the drum and tapped holes are provided for withdrawal purpose.
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Balancing Drum The rotation parts of the mechanical seals are fitted to the shaft where it passes through the seal housings. The seal sleeves are keyed to the shaft and are clamped in position by seal sleeve nuts and lock nuts. The thrust collar is keyed to the non-drive end of the shaft and is secured against a shoulder on the shaft by the thrust collar nut locked by a lock-washer. The pump half coupling is located on the tapered end of the shaft by the keys and it is secured by a coupling nut locked by a grub screw.
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Mechanical Seal Each seal consists of a rotating tungsten carbide seat, mounted in a carrier, running against a stationary carbon face. Contact between the face and seat is maintained by the hydraulic pressure during running by the spring pressure on the start-up. Any other possible leakage paths, within the seal unit, are sealed with O rings and the stationary components are prevented from rotating by keys or anti-rotation pins. The seal is designed to recirculate the pumped product through a seal cooler, to maintain an acceptable temperature in the region of the seal face.
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The journal bearing shells are mild steel, white metal lined, thin wall type and are split on the horizontal plate through the shaft axis. Each bearings is secured in a bearing housing and prevented from rotating by lugs locating in recesses in the housing. The thrust bearing is fitted in the non-drive end bearing housing and has eight digit white metals lined tilting pads held in a split carrier ring positioned on each side of the thrust collar. The carrier ring are prevented from rotating with the shaft by the dowel pins in the each ring which engage in slots in the bearing housing top half. The thrust pads are retained on the carrier rings by special pads stops screwed into the rings. A split floating oil sealing ring is located in a groove in the thrust bearing housing to restrict the escape of lubricating oil from the thrust bearing chamber. To ensure that the thrust bearing remains flooded, an orifice is filled at the oil outlet. Machined spacers are fitted behind the carrier rings to affect the axial position setting of the rotation assembly on the original built. The bearings are supplied with the lubricating oil from the forced lubrication oil system.
Bearing Housing located by dowel pins. Oil guards fitted in the groove at each end of the bearing housing are dowel located and serve to prevent oil escaping from the housing. An air breath is screwed to the tapped hole in the top half bearing housing are tapped hole is provided for a temperature gauge. Connections for an oil inlet and an oil outlet are provided in the bottom half bearing housing. The non-drive end bearing housing, which contains both the journal and the thrust bearings, is secured to the bearing housing bracket by studs and nuts. The top and bottoms halves of the bearing housings are secured together by stud and nuts and located on dowel pins. Leakage of lubricant oil from the non-drive end bearing housings prevented by the oil guard in the inboard side
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of the housing and by a bearing housing end cover with O ring, secured to the outboard side of the housing by socket head screws.
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The availability of these pumps is ensured by proper maintenance that involves; Inspection of equipments Condition Monitoring Preventive Maintenance Failure analysis & recurrence prevention
20.Packed box sleeve scored 21.Packed box leaks excessively or packing has short life. 22.Mechanical seal leaks excessively. 23.Mechanical seal: damaged faces sleeve bellows. 24.Bearing have short life. 25.Coupling fails.
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The pump got failed when the unit is running at full load. The pump cartridge was replaced with spare and put back into service within 7 shifts. The failed cartridge was dismantled and the observations are; 1. Fretting corrosion noticed in the shaft at the thrust collar area. 2. Crack cut found in the thrust collar region 3. Ring section fixing screws found sheared. 4. O rings found to be hardened and broken.
Analysis:
Breaking of shaft at the thrust collar region being a recurring defect, it had already been discussed with the pump designer M/s. BHEL, Hyderabad.
Excerpts of analysis:
In dynamic working conditions, machine parts may fail even at stresses below the ultimate strength or yielding strength of material. The characteristic of this sort of part failure is that the stresses are repeated many times, which is so called fatigue failure. Fatigue failure starts with a micro crack, where the crack is so small that is not visible with normal eyes Crack is extended from a 47
point of discontinuity (such as change in cross-section, or a hole) on the part. When the crack is created, the effect of stress concentration is increased; hence the original micro crack is extended. While the cross-sectional area under stress is decreased, stress gets increased until the failure happens at the remaining cross section The diameter of the shaft at the thrust collar portion is only 65 mm, which is not sufficient to withstand the stress that is accumulated at the shoulder area of the shaft.
Remedy:
Advised to replace the shaft with 70 mm diameter collar area shaft and supplied a new shaft incorporating the changes. After replacing the shaft with the improved one, the recurring defect got nullified.
The pump got seized due to galling of labyrinth seal mating parts.
Analysis:
Labyrinth seal comprises a rotating shaft sleeve and a stationary bushing. A close running clearance between these parts limits the seal leakage. As the temperature of the medium to be sealed is over 1700 C, cold water at a temperature of 490 C & 26 KSC pressure is admitted into the gap between the seal parts to avoid flashing of the leakage water. This temperature leads to stratification of fluid leading to greater thermal expansion of the upper casing than the lower casing. This uneven expansion causes seal parts to gall at times. 48
Further the seal bushing fixing screws gets broken due to high temperature difference, which causes disorientation of the bushing leading to galling of mating parts. Labyrinth seal failure leads to flashing of high temperature water which contaminates the bearing oil and thus the failure of line & thrust bearing.
Remedy:
Replacing the labyrinth seal with the advanced mechanical seal will eradicate this problem. Accordingly al the Boiler Feed Pumps have been retrofitted with Mechanical seals. Since then recurrence of pump failure and oil contamination due to seal failure is not encountered.
Based on condition monitoring the pump was taken for overhaul. The vibration amplitudes were observed to be more than 9 mm/sec. The vibration analysis revealed that the predominant component occurs at a frequency of 70000 cpm to 90000 cpm, which indicates unbalance and internal recirculation. During overhaul the running clearances were found to have exceeded the upper limit by over 1.5 times. The rotor unbalance also exceeded the maximum limit.
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All the wearing rings were replaced and the running clearances were corrected as per the design value. 49
Pump got tripped consequent to unit tripping. Operation personnel informed that there was heavy mechanical seal leak. Local inspection indicated seal face opening. Pump was drained and no free rotation found in the pump rotor. Post trip parameters indicated that, a) The pump had been started immediately after tripping. b)Deaerator parameter indicates insufficient NPSH at the time of restarting. Pump was dismantled.
Observations:
2nd stage diffuser wearing ring got broken into pieces. 1st stage diffuser found with effect of cavitation. 1st stage impeller got completely damaged at the neckside shroud inner end and suction & discharge sides found connected through a 2 mm hole of length 10 mm.
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All the wearing rings replaced. Rotor was balanced dynamically with a residual unbalance of 2 grams at the right plane. 1st and 2nd stage diffusers replaced with spare. 1st stage impeller replaced with spare. 50
12. CONCLUSION:
This project provided us with an excellent opportunity and experience to enlighten our knowledge with insight into the world of high speed pumping system. Details of the study carried out in dismantling, the parts & its
functions, overhaul and failure analysis of Boiler Feed Pump is explained in this report. The objective of this project was done as follows, Analyzed the failures of Boiler Feed Pumps and suggested ways to prevent recurrences. Energy conservation was done by taking the pump for overhaul based on condition monitoring i.e, on higher power consumption by the pump. Reduced O & M cost, by preventing failure recurrences. We faced many issues and challenges during the entire study and successfully overcame all the threat perceptions. Our sincerity, commitment, hard work and proper guidance from our department made the project a huge success and we were able to deliver the results as per our expectations.
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13. REFERENCES:
A. O & M Manual of Boiler Feed Pumps type FK 6D 30 B. History Register of Boiler Feed Pumps, Turbine Maintenance, Thermal Station II C. Overhaul records of Boiler Feed Pumps D. Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines R.K.Bansal. E. A Textbook of Thermal Engineering R.S.Khurmi, J.K.Gupta.
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