Standard Technical Features of BTG System for Supercritical 660/800 MW Thermal Units

Furnace residence time shall be calculated by dividing the furnace

volume between the center line of top coal burner and furnace exit
plane by the flue gas volume at mean gas temperature in the above
furnace volume.

iii) Furnace/ evaporator shall be designed for variable pressure operation

over 30% to 100% BMCR load range.

iv) Water/ steam walls shall be of membrane wall construction and shall be
made of seamless tubes. Furnace/ evaporator shall be formed using spiral
wound/ inclined tubing or vertical plain/ rifled tubing as per the proven
practice of the manufacturer for boilers of similar capacity. Irrespective
of the type of water wall tubing offered for the evaporator, the design
offered shall ensure that no readjustment of tube mass flow is required
during entire operating regime of the steam generator for complete range
of specified coals. In case such readjustment becomes necessary over a
period of five years from the date of successful completion of initial
operation of respective steam generator, the same shall be carried out by
the supplier. Appropriate time required for readjustment and period of
shut down shall be indicated.

v) Elevation of Furnace Bottom Hopper shall be at least 10.25 m above

grade level for wet bottom ash handling system and opening of bottom
hopper shall be 1.10 m (minimum) wide.

vi) A minimum allowance of 0.6 mm over and above the calculated

thickness as per IBR shall be provided for entire water wall. An
additional tube thickness of 1.0 mm over and above the tube thickness of
water wall tubes calculated as per above shall be provided on all water
wall tubes coming within a radius of one meter around each wall blower
to guard against premature tube failure due to soot blowing steam
erosion.

vii) Flame impingement on steam/ water walls is not permitted.

viii) Maximum allowable tube skin temperature for evaporator section shall
be 400C below oxidation limit for tube metal.

ix) Headers shall be located external to gas path and shall be completely
drainable. If locating headers in gas path becomes unavoidable, then
suitable erosion shields/ protectors must be provided.

x) Minimum 10 mm dia. wear bars of suitable wear resistant material shall

be welded along the full length of first 40 tubes of inclined water wall
tubes of S-panel of bottom hopper from each corner up to hopper
opening or adequate additional thickness shall be provided to take care
of erosion.

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