GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC, NANDED

MICRO PROJECT

Academic Year: 2021-22

TITLE OF THE PROJECT

Prepare a model of Air preheater showing important components and write its
construction, working, application etc in report

Program: Mechanical Engineering

Program code:ME6I(R)

Course:Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Course code:22652

Name of Guide: Dr.S.S. Chaudhary

Project By: 1636, 1637, 1638,1639 and 1654.

 MAHARASHTRA STATE

BOARD OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Certificate

This is to certify that Mr. AKASH MADHAV MARKHALE, SHANTANU SHRIKANT

MATHPATI, VAIBHAV BALAJI MULE, ANIRUDH PIRAJI NARNAWARE, SANDEEP
VENKATRAO SONKAMBLE;with Roll No: 1636, 1637, 1638, 1639, 1654 of Diploma in
Mechanical Engineering of Institute, GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC NANDED
has completed the micro project satisfactorily in Subject–Emerging Trends in Mechanical
Engineering(22652) for the academic year 2021 - 2022 as prescribed in the curriculum.

Place: Nanded

Date:

Enrollment Number: 1900200263, 1900200264, 1900200265, 1900200266, 1900200282.

Subject Teacher Head of the Department Principal

Dr.S.S. Chaudhary R. M. Sakalkale Dr.G.V.Garje
 ANNEXURE - I

Micro - Project Proposal

Title of Micro Project: Prepare a model of Air preheater showing important components and write
its construction, working, application etc in report.

Aim of the Micro Project: To understand the importance and working of Air preheater.

Course Outcome Achieved: List commerciality viable waste heat recovery devices.

Action Plan:

Sr. Details of the Activity Start Date End Date Name of the
No.
Responsible Team
Member

1. Making up of the Group Dr.S.S. Chaudhary

2. Selection of the topic of Dr.S.S. Chaudhary
Micro project
3 Collect the Information Shantanu M.
. related to the title of
Micro project.
4 Preparing a Report on Shantanu M.
. the topic Vaibhav M.
6 Submission Whole Team
.

Resources Required:

Sr. No. Name of the Resource Quantity Remarks (If Any)

1. Book - -
2. Internet -
3. Cardboard 5
4. PVC pipe -
5. Glue -
6. Drawing Sheet 2
 Government Polytechnic, Nanded
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Academic Year: 2021-22

Micro-Project Evaluation Sheet (I Scheme)

Name and Code of the Course: Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (22652)

Name of the Student: Akash Madhav Markhale Enrollment Number: 1900200263

Name of Programme: Mechanical Engineering Semester: 6th [ME6I (A)]

Title of Micro-Project: Prepare a model of Air preheater showing important components and write its
construction, working, application etc in report.

Course Outcomes Achieved: List commerciality viable waste heat recovery devices.

Roll No. Process Assessment Product Assessment Total Marks

Part A Project Project Part B Project Individual (10)
Proposal Methodology Report/Working Presentation/Viva
(02 Marks) (02 Marks) Model (04 Marks)
(02 Marks)
1636

Comments/Suggestions about Team Work/Leadership/Inter Personal Communication:

Any Other:

Date: Signature
 Government Polytechnic, Nanded
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Academic Year: 2021-22

Micro-Project Evaluation Sheet (I Scheme)

Name and Code of the Course: Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (22652)

Name of the Student: Shantanu Shrikant Mathpati Enrollment Number: 19000200264

Name of Programme: Mechanical Engineering Semester: 6th [ME6I (A)]

Title of Micro-Project: Prepare a model of Air preheater showing important components and write its
construction, working, application etc in report.

Course Outcomes Achieved: List commerciality viable waste heat recovery devices.

Roll No. Process Assessment Product Assessment Total

Part A Project Part B Project Individual Marks
Project Methodology Report/Working Presentation/Viva (10)
Proposal (02 Marks) Model (04 Marks)
(02 Marks) (02 Marks)
1637

Comments/Suggestions about Team Work/Leadership/Inter Personal Communication:

Any Other:

Date: Signature
 Government Polytechnic, Nanded
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Academic Year: 2021-22

Micro-Project Evaluation Sheet (I Scheme)

Name and Code of the Course: Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (22652)

Name of the Student: Vaibhav Balaji Mule Enrollment Number: 1900200265

Name of Programme: Mechanical Engineering Semester: 6th [ME6I (A)]

Title of Micro-Project: Prepare a model of Air preheater showing important components and write its
construction, working, application etc in report.

Course Outcomes Achieved: List commerciality viable waste heat recovery devices.

Roll No. Process Assessment Product Assessment Total Marks

Part A Project Project Part B Project Individual (10)
Proposal Methodology Report/Working Presentation/Viva
(02 Marks) (02 Marks) Model (04 Marks)
(02 Marks)
1638

Comments/Suggestions about Team Work/Leadership/Inter Personal Communication:

Any Other:

Date: Signature
 Government Polytechnic, Nanded
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Academic Year: 2021-22

Micro-Project Evaluation Sheet (I Scheme)

Name and Code of the Course: Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (22652)

Name of the Student: Anirudh Piraji Narnaware Enrollment Number: 1900200266

Name of Programme: Mechanical Engineering Semester: 6th [ME5I (A)]

Title of Micro-Project: Prepare a model of Air preheater showing important components and write its
construction, working, application etc in report.

Course Outcomes Achieved: List commerciality viable waste heat recovery devices..

Roll No. Process Assessment Product Assessment Total

Part A Project Part B Project Individual Marks
Project Methodology Report/Working Presentation/Viva (10)
Proposal (02 Marks) Model (04 Marks)
(02 Marks) (02 Marks)
1639

Comments/Suggestions about Team Work/Leadership/Inter Personal Communication:

Any Other:

Date: Signature
 Government Polytechnic, Nanded
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Academic Year: 2021-22

Micro-Project Evaluation Sheet (I Scheme)

Name and Code of the Course: Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (22652)

Name of the Student: Sandeep Venkatrao Sonkamble Enrollment Number: 1900200282

Name of Programme: Mechanical Engineering Semester: 6th [ME5I (A)]

Title of Micro-Project: Prepare a model of Air preheater showing important components and write its
construction, working, application etc in report.

Course Outcomes Achieved: List commerciality viable waste heat recovery devices.

Roll No. Process Assessment Product Assessment Total

Part A Project Part B Project Individual Marks
Project Methodology Report/Working Presentation/Viva (10)
Proposal (02 Marks) Model (04 Marks)
(02 Marks) (02 Marks)
1654

Comments/Suggestions about Team Work/Leadership/Inter Personal Communication:

Any Other:

Date: Signature
 Index

Sr. No. Content Page

Number
1 Part A Plan 10

2 Part B Plan 11-15

3 Conclusion 16
 Government Polytechnic, Nanded.
Mechanical Engineering Department
Academic Year (2021-2022)
Part A-Plan
Micro-Project Proposal
Micro Project Report
____________________________________________________________________________________

Title of the Micro-Project: Prepare a model of Air preheater showing important components and
write its construction, working, application etc in report.

Brief Introduction:

An air preheater is any device designed to heat air before another process (for example, combustion in a
boiler With the primary objective of increasing the thermal efficiency of the process. They may be used
alone or to replace a recuperative heat system or to replace a steam coil.

In particular, this article describes the combustion air preheaters used in large boilers found in thermal
power stations producing electric power from e.g. fossil fuels, biomass or waste. For instance, as
the Ljungström air preheater has been attributed worldwide fuel savings estimated to
4,960,000,000 tons of oil, "few inventions have been as successful in saving fuel as the Ljungström Air
Preheater", marked as the 44th International Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by
the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

The purpose of the air preheater is to recover the heat from the boiler flue gas which increases the
thermal efficiency of the boiler by reducing the useful heat lost in the flue gas. As a consequence, the
flue gases are also conveyed to the flue gas stack (or chimney) at a lower temperature, allowing
simplified design of the conveyance system and the flue gas stack. It also allows control over the
temperature of gases leaving the stack (to meet emissions regulations, for example). It is installed
between the economizer and chimney.
 Government Polytechnic, Nanded.
Mechanical Engineering Department
Academic Year (2021-2022)
Part B-Plan
Micro-Project Proposal
Micro Project Report
____________________________________________________________________________________
Title of Micro-project: Prepare a model of Air preheater showing important components and write
its construction, working, application etc in report.

Brief Description:

The air preheaters are employed to recover the heat from the flue gases and this heat is utilized to increase
the temperature of air before it supply to the furnace.

An air preheater is placed between the economizer and to chimney and it extracts heat from the flue gases
and transfers to air which is entering the furnace. The portion of the heat that otherwise would pass up the
chimney to waste.

Type of Air Preheater:

(1) Recuperative type; (i) Plate type (ii) Tubular type

(2) Regenerative type

Recuperative type air preheaters

In recuperative type of air preheaters, the two fluids (air and flue gases) are separated oy neat transfer
surface, one fluid (air) flowing constantly on one side and other fluid (flue gases) on other side of the
surface.

Recuperative type of air preheater is further classified as tubular type and plate type:
(i) Tubular air preheater:

It consists of a large number of tubes rolled into sheets as shown to figure. The flue gases flow through
tubes and air is passed over the outer surface of tubes in a direction opposite to that of flue gases flow.
The heat transfer takes place from flue gases to all to be supplied to the furnace. The horizontal baffles
are provided to increase Contact which will help for higher heat transfer A Soot hopper is lifted to the
bottom of casing to collect soot The diameter and height of tubes are commonly used for 6 to 8 cm and 3
to 10 m respectively.

(ii)Plate type air preheater:

It consists of rectangular flat plates spaced from 1.25 cm to 25 cm apart formed alternate flue gases and
air passages as shown in Fig. This type of air preheater is more expensive for installation and maintenance
compared to tubular type, hence it is not used in modern power plants.
Recuperative Type of air preheater

Construction

Tubular air heaters are known as Recuperative type of air preheater. Recuperative air heater is generally
called static air heater. These type air preheater are of totally enclosed rectangular box type construction,
consisting of several straight tubes connecting two thick end plates at the top and bottom. The flue gas
which is the heating medium passes through inside of the tubes whereas the air entering the air preheater
passes through outside of the tubes by conduction. Due to very low heat transfer coefficient between flue
gas and air, the heat transfer surface of the air heater is large. These are of statics construction and hence
problem of leakage through expansion joint access doors and casing is very minimum. Thin wall of tubes
are however susceptible for getting eroded and punctured due to abrasive nature of Indian coal ash in flue
gas Normally steel tubes of size 40 to 60 mm in diameter are used and direction of flows is vertically
down the tubes.

Working:

Air Preheaters have a shell and tube type construction where exhaust heat from the flue gases is
transferred to the air when they come in indirect contact with each other.

Air Preheaters consist of a shell where tubes are arranged in a square or triangular pitch and are welded
to a tube plate. Depending upon the type of operation and ease of cleaning, flue gases & air can be
allowed to travel either shell side or tube side interchangeably.

1) Hot flue gas passes through the tubes of air preheater after leaving the boiler or economizer.
Atmospheric air is allowed to pass over these tubes.

2) Air and flue gas flow in opposite directions.

3) Baffles are provided in the air preheater to provide more time for exchanging heat.

4) This preheated air is supplied to the furnace.

Advantage of pre-heating the air:

(1) It increases the temperature of the furnace gases, improves combustion rates and combustion
efficiency.

(2) Air preheater extracts heat from the flue gases, and lowers stack temperatures thus improving the
overall efficiency of the boller. It has found that a drop of 20-223 C in the flue gases temperature increases
boller efficiency by 1%.

(3) The preheating air facilitates the burning of poor grades of fuel thus permitting a reduction in excess
air.

(4) It increases steam generating capacity per unit m? of boller surface.

(5) Increased thermal efficiency of plant and saving of fuel.

(6) In case of pulverized coal combustion hot air can be used to dry coal, to transport pulverized coal to
burners and to accelerate combustion.

Procedure Followed:

[1] Topics to the Microproject were selected.

[2] Information of the topic was gathered.

[3] Detailed report was prepared.

[4] DTP work was completed.

[5] Report was submitted to the subject teacher.

Details of the Micro-Project(Drawings/Photographs/Datasheets/Handout

Skill Developed / learning outcomes of this Micro-Project:

✓ Got to know about Air preheater
✓ Computer Knowledge was increased.
✓ Achieved some perfection in GROUP DISCUSSION.
Conclusion:
We studied and prepared a model of air preheater and also prepared report on construction, working and
advantages of recuperative type air preheater which causes additional knowledge about boiler
accessories.

Reference:
✓ www.wikipedia.com
✓ www.google.co.in
✓ Air Preheaters in Boiler | APH Working, Function & Types | Thermodyne
(thermodyneboilers.com)
✓ Air preheater function, types, advantages, disadvantages - Melezy
✓ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/preheater

Date of submission Name and signature of the lecturer