In the work of transforming a coal-fired boiler into a gas-fired boiler, the principle of changing the original boiler should be reduced without changing the pressure component of the boiler body. The transformation process should focus on the choice of gas burners, the determination of the number of burners, the layout of the burners, the matching design of the furnace layout, and the selection of explosion-proof measures. Step by step, both economic benefits and practicality should be considered.
The coal-fired boiler refers to the boiler uses various types of coal as fuel and converts the heat of coal to steam or hot water.
There are generally two calculation methods of the circulating water volume of a coal-fired hot water boiler. One is to calculate the hourly water volume of one square meter and the other is to calculate the design parameter volume of every ton. As for the make-up water volume of this type of boiler, it is usually calculated as 1% to 3% of its total circulating water.
The proximate analysis of coal is to dry, heat and burn coal samples as required to get the percentage of moisture, volatiles, fixed carbon and ash in the coal and learn about the characteristics of coal combustion.
The dry bottom hopper is formed by bending the lower part of the water wall of the front and rear walls inward. The main function is to gather, cool and automatically discharge ash. It is also convenient for the connection and sealing of the lower header and the ash well.
Volatile matter in coal refers to the components of coal, except for moisture, which are liberated at high temperature in the absence of air. This is usually a mixture of short- and long-chain hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons and some sulfur. Volatile matter also evaluate the adsorption application of an activated carbon. The volatile matter of coal is determined under rigidly controlled standards. In Australian and British laboratories this involves heating the coal sample to 900 ± 5 °C (1650 ±10 °F) for 7 min. Also as the rank of coal increases the volatile matter decreases (AMK).
The fineness of pulverized coal is an important indicator to measure the pulverized coal quality.
In terms of combustion, the particle size of pulverized coal is expected to be as small as possible to facilitate the ignition and combustion, reduce the heat loss of incomplete combustion, the amount of air supply and heat loss of exhaust smoke.
In terms of pulverized coal milling, the particle size of pulverized coal is expected to be as coarse as possible to reduce the power consumption and steel consumption. Therefore, when selecting the fineness of pulverized coal, a compromise of the two aspects is taken as the economic fineness.
It shall be determined through combustion adjustment tests according to the fuel properties and the type of pulverizing equipment.
The selection of dust collector for coal-fired boilers is determined by the purpose and requirements of dust collecting. If the requirement is just dust collecting, the impulse bag filter is a good choice, the efficiency can reach up to 99%. If both dust collecting and desulfurization are required, you should choose bag filter plus spray desulfurization. Bag filter plus double alkali desulfurization is suggested for higher requirements.
Economizer is one of steam boiler’s equipment which is used to heat feedwater before it is supplied into steam drum. Economizer is the heat exchanger equipment to increase boiler efficiency by absorbing heat recovery of flue gases. The lower temperature of flue gas out from stack, the heat loss will be less and the fuel which is needed to convert water into steam will be also less in certain circumstances. So it can be said that economizer can save the fuel efficiently. Economizer will make temperature of feedwater higher, so steam boiler can produce steam easily.
