OPERATIONAL STATUS OF 300MWe CFB BOILER IN CHINA

J.F. Lit, J. H. Mit, J. H. Haot, S. Yang2, H. T. Huang', H. M. n', J. F. Lu2, G. X. Yue2

1Scientific and Technical Service Center, China Electricity Council, Beijing 100038, China
2Key laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering ofMinistry ofEducation, Department of
Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Abstract: China has the largest number of 300MW circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boilers in the
word within, built in a short period of several years. Now, there are 13 CFB units in operating and
other about 50 CFB boilers under construction or will be under construction soon. Summarization
and analysis of the operational performance of the 300MWe CFB units are conducted. The
reliability, economy and emission of these unite are introduced. The problems in these units are
summarized. Some advices for improvement and future research are given.
Keywords: 300MWe-Class, circulating fluidized bed boiler, operation, summary

INTRODUCTION
CFB boiler technology has been rapidly developed and becomes clean coal combustion technology used in
power generation in China. So far, in China the total number of 300MWe CFB boiler in commissioning or in
operation is 13. Other 50 units of 300MWe CFB boilers are under construction or will be under under
construction soon. The total number of 300MWe CFB boilers used in China is more than the sum of all other
countries around the world. Among these CFB boilers, 18 of them are manufactured by Alstom technology and
other boilers are designed with domestic independent technologies.The first 300MWe CFB of developed by
domestic technology was put in operation in 2008.
During the year of 2006-2011, the installation capacity ofCFB boilers burning coal waste is 2000MWe set by
the government Most of the boilers are of 300MWe-class. Based on the design and operational experience, a
600MWe supercritical CFB boiler will be built and put into commissioning at the end of 2011 (Yueet al., 2007).
The operational data of some 300MWe CFB boilers in China which have been put into operation for more
than one year was collected in this article. The overall operational status of the 300MWe CFB boilers was
analyzed and summarized. Some common operational problems were discussed.

300MWe CFB OPERATIONAL STATUS

Among the 13 units of 300MWe CFB boiler used in China, the first one locates at Baima Power Station,
Sichuan Province as a demonstration. There are two 300MWe CFB boilers in Datang Honghe Power Station,
Yunnan Province; two units in Guodian Kaiyuan Power Station, Guangdong Province; two units in Xunjiansi
Power Station, Yunnan Province; two units in Qinhuangdao Power Station, Hebei Province; two units in
Mengxi Power Station, Inner Mongolia; and two units in Heshuyuan Power Station, Guangdong Province. As
the operational period of some boilers are too short to give sufficient data, only the performance of those with
operational period over one year is summarized here. The summary includes the operational load, reliability,
fuel composition, economy, and pollutant emission of the boilers.

LOAD RATE
The operational load of 300MWe CFB boilers operated in China is shown in Table 1. It can be seen that
the average load rate of these units is about 77.51 %, which is almost the same to the 300MWe pulverized
coal-fired (PC) boilers.
Table 1 Load Rate of 300MWe CFB Boilers in China
Generated
Unit # in the Peak Load Average Load Load Rate
Power Station Energy in 2007
Plant [MW] [MW] [%]
[MWh]
Baima 1 1601972.5 320 234.9 78.3
1 1814377.7 306 248.6 82.8
Qinhuangdao
2 1265622.3 306 248.6 82.8
1 2028864 319 267 89
Honghe
2 1892082 323 265 88.3
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Generated
Unit # in the Peak Load Average Load Load Rate
Power Station Energy in 2007
Plant [MW] [MW] [%]
[MWh]
7 948174 310 219.2 73
Kaiyuan
8 1421622 313 222.5 74.2
Xunjiansi 6 1249898.7 325 155 51.7

RELIABILITY
The reliability of 300MWe CFB boilers is shown in Table 2. As shown in Table 2, the reliability of
300MWe CFB boilers is relatively low. For example, the average unplanned outage times is 5.625 times/year,
far exceeds that of 300MWe PC boilers (which is 0.89 time/year). In addition, the continuous operational time
of 300MWe CFB boilers in 2007 was only 154 days, not only far lower than that of 300MWe PC boilers, but
also lower than that of 135 MWe CFB boilers. The reason for the poor reliability of 300MWe CFB boilers was
due to the lack of the operational experience of large capacity CFB boiler. With the accumulation of operational
experience and better understanding of large CFB boilers, the continuous operational time of 300MWe CFB
boilers increases. In 2009, it becomes, for some 300MWe CFB boilers over 200 days.
Table 2 Reliability of 300MWe CFB boilers
Continuous
Unit Avallable Hours Unplanned Load Range When
Power Station operational time
Number [hour] Outage Time Firing on [MW]
[Day]
Baima 1 7668 7 154
1 7560.3 7 89 0;;;80
Qinhuangdao
2 5273.7 2 0;;;80
1 7833.1 1 111 0;;;105
Honghe
2 8150.2 1 142 0;;;105

7 4490.7 6 0;;;105
Kaiyuan
8 6806.2 9 0;;;105
Xunjiansi 6 6242 12

Fuel
The fuel properties for the 300 MWe CFB boilers operated in China is shown in Table 3. It can be seen
that the a wide range of fuels are burnt in these CFB boilers, even the ignites with more than 40% moisture.
And CFB boilers have absolute predominance in utilizing high sulfur coal.
Table 3 Proximate Analysis of the Coal Burnt in 300MWe CFB Boller in China

Volatile Ash Moisture Sulphur Content LHV

Power Station
[%] [%] [%] [%] [kj/kg]

Baima 18.11 44.15 6.39 2.57 15235

Qinhuangdao 26 27.5 2.1 0.9 19776
Honghe 40.79 10.23 38.5 1.06 12900
Kaiyuan 41.24 18.23 33.02 1.74 12224
Xunjiansi 42.28 19.41 34.21 1.75 11147

ECONOMIC INDEX
From Table 4, it can be calculated that the net coal consumption of 300 MWe CFB boilers is 353.86gIkWh,
which is far lower than that of 135 MWe CFB boilers but higher than that of 300 MWe PC boilers. In 2007, the
power consumption rate of 300 MWe CFB boilers was 5.67%.