Scribd
Upload
49 views15 pages

Condensate and Feed Water Cycle

The feedwater system provides heated and conditioned water to the boiler to maintain proper boiler drum level. It includes deaerators, boiler feed pumps, and high pressure feedwater heaters. Feedwater is pumped through this system and heated before entering the boiler economizer inlets. Key components are the deaerator which uses steam to remove dissolved gases from feedwater, boiler feed pumps which pump feedwater into the boiler, and high pressure heaters which preheat the feedwater to improve efficiency.

Uploaded by

Rohit Kumar
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
49 views15 pages

Condensate and Feed Water Cycle

The feedwater system provides heated and conditioned water to the boiler to maintain proper boiler drum level. It includes deaerators, boiler feed pumps, and high pressure feedwater heaters. Feedwater is pumped through this system and heated before entering the boiler economizer inlets. Key components are the deaerator which uses steam to remove dissolved gases from feedwater, boiler feed pumps which pump feedwater into the boiler, and high pressure heaters which preheat the feedwater to improve efficiency.

Uploaded by

Rohit Kumar
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 15

Feed Water System

The purpose of the Feedwater System is to provide an adequate flow of properly heated and conditioned water to the
boiler and maintain boiler drum level compatible with the boiler load. This system also conveys water to the boiler reheater
attemperators, superheater attemperators, auxiliary steam desuperheaters, the high pressure bypass desuperheater and
HP fill & purge SGCW pump cooler. Feedwater is heated to achieve an efficient thermodynamic cycle.

Under normal operating conditions, feedwater flows from the outlet nozzles of the Deaerator storage tank, through the
boiler feed booster pumps (BFBP), to the boiler feed pumps (BFP). From the discharge of the boiler feed pumps, the
flow continues through both high pressure feedwater heater strings to the boiler economiser inlets.
Feed Water System Schematic Diagram
.
Deaerator

● Working Principle
Henry’s Law
Henry’s law is a gas law which state when temperature is kept constant.

P ∝ C (or) P = kH.C

Decrease the partial pressure of the dissolved gas

by adding steam in Deaerator, gas solubility decreases.

When the temperature of water is growing, the dissolved

oxygen content within the water is decreases.


Spray Type Deaerator in FWS
Boiler Feed Pump

Purpose

Type of Pumps

Components

Desuperheating sprays
Purpose & Type of BFP
• The boiler feed pump (BFP) is one of the most important auxiliary equipment in coal-fired power plants. 

• Boiler Feed Pump is used to pump feed water into a steam boiler.

• There are 3 BFP’s in 500MW unit. (2 TDBFPs & 1 MDBFP).

• MDBFP is generally used during unit start up or shut down, low load operation of the Unit or emergency

situations

• During the normal operation both TDBFPs remain in service and MDBFP remains as Standby on Auto.
Components of BFP

Booster Pump

•To prevent cavitation booster pump provides positive


pressure at the pump suction.

Hydraulic coupling

• To Transmit power from motor to pump as per the load


requirement.

Suction Strainers

• To Protect Booster pump and main pump against


catastrophic failure due to entry of coarse particles
Dosing in Feed water and Recirculation

Recirculation

• To maintain the Continuous flow of feed


water when the valve to Economizer is
Closed

Dosing

• Ammonia and Hydrazine dosing done at BFP


Suction as to maintain pH level of feed water.
HP Heaters

Regenerative heat exchangers

Preheat feed water

Efficiency improvement

Design

Zones

Tube material
HP heater

Group bypass scheme


Feed regulatory station
Drip System

LP drip system

Origin

Parameter

Path and dumping


Drip system

HP drip system

Origin

Parameter

Path and dumping


Chemical parameters of condensate and feed water

Swas collection locations

parameters

You might also like