While the steam drum is being erected, the pressure-parts support steel can be installed. This
steel, located at the top of the unit, supports the weight of the boiler. Unlike conventional
structures that are built from the ground up, most modern boilers are built from the top down,
with the furnace suspended by constant load springs (locked) and the backpass suspended by
rigid hanger rods all from the main girders. This permits the furnace to expand upward and the
backpass to expand downward during the start-up of the plant. The correct setting of the
pressure-parts support steel is very important because every part of the boiler is located with
respect to this steel. It controls all elevations and is continually used as a reference to align the
different components as they are erected.
SUSPENSION ROD
DOWNCOMER PIPE INSTALLATION
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BACKPASS ERECTION
BACKPASS ROOF PANELS & E-8 HDR.
All the lower headers will be erected using sling with variety of
capacity depend on each weight of the headers. After the headers
hanged to their position the fit up checked by QC and then
continued to welding job.
Typically, the lower waterwall headers are the last lifts made and
are installed after most of the pressure part welding has been
completed. The headers extend the full width and depth of the
furnace. Once headers are in position, they are welded to the side,
front and rear waterwall panels.
CYCLONES ERECTION
The recycle cyclones
can be partially ground
assembled and then set
in place once the
second tier of boiler
structural steel has
been erected and
bolted. The lower cone
sections are ground
assembled with the
cones inverted, then
set into the structural
support ring. This is
followed by ground
assembly of cyclone
barrels and top.
The refractory lining system of the sidewalls and floor of the FBHE
should be installed after the platework has been erected and fully
welded but before the tube bundles are installed. The roof should
be lined at grade in an inverted position so that the refractory
(castable) may be poured onto the roof panels.
Fluidizing FBHE
Furnace Air Nozzle
Rotary
Valve
Ash Inlet From
Furnace
1560 - 1650 F
850 - 900 C
FBACs
Ash Discharge
400F / 200C
(Typical)
Fluidizing Air
From Blower
2. Weld tie bar at the corner of the buck stay assembly and check the furnace cavity for square and Rt angle .
3. Next fit up the corner connection plate and the tack weld them into
position . Clamp the stand off bar to the web of I Beam (buck stay
beam ) and verify the pereset dimention to be occurate.
Then stand off bars can be welded to the web . Finish corner
connection plate welding above and below and then attach the
linkage bar with the pin provided (according to drawing ) . Inserting
pins shall not using hammer.
Support : Attach the clips to the lugs provided on the convention pass rear wall for this purpose with the support
rod attached to the angle on the back side of the econimizer support bar with a lock washer and nuts . Weld the
angle to the econimizer support bar and tack weld the nut to the support rod after nut tightened .
FUEL AND LIMESTONE FEED SYSTEMS ERECTION
FUEL SILO
FUEL FEEDERS
DUCTWORK ERECTION
Ductwork erection can be completely integrated with boiler erection to avoid problems in fitting
ductwork sections into the structural steel framework.
The boiler ductwork consists of two main systems; the air-supply system, which includes the primary
and secondary air and the flue-gas system, which includes the backpass ash hopper and ductwork to
the air preheater, precipitators, induced-draft fans, and stack.
The primary and secondary hot-air ductwork from the airheaters to the furnace contains some of the
biggest pieces of equipment on the boiler. Because of the sizes involved, ductwork is generally
assembled on the ground with sections installed simultaneously with the structural steel. Hanger rods
and expansion joints in the ductwork allow for thermal expansion. Hangers and ductwork supports
should be installed prior to erecting ductwork.
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