PURPOSE:
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LOCATION OF AIR HEATER IN FLUE PATH
FUNCTION:
TO SAVE THE FUEL BY PRE HEATING OF AIR FOR SAME
ENERGY INPUT TO THE FURNACE.
TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF BOILER,
APPROXIMATELY PROPORTIONAL TO THE AIR TEMP. RISE IN
APH. (FOR EVERY 20 OC DROP IN THE GAS EXIT
TEMPERATURE THE BOILER EFFICIENCY INCREASES BY AT
LEAST 1%).
AIR IS PRE HEATED FOR THE FOLLOWING ADVANTAGES:
TO DRY THE COAL IN PULVERIZER.
STABILITY OF COMBUSTION.
INTENSIFIED AND IMPROVED COMBUSTION.
LESS UNBURNED FUEL PARTICLE IN FLUE GAS.
TYPE OF APH:
1. RECUPERATIVE APH :
TUBULAR HEATER
PLATE TYPE HEATER
STEAM COIL HEATER.
2. REGENERATIVE APH :
ROTHEMUHLE HEATER
LYUNGSTROM HEATER.
RECUPERATIVE TYPE APH
2. DAVIDSON/ROTHEMUHLE TYPE
1% Overall Heat Rate 55.18 Lacs 131.4 Lacs 147 Lacs 350 Lacs
Improvement ( from 2500
kcal / kWh)
1 Deg C change in APH 2.64 Lacs 6.30 Lacs 7.06 Lacs 16.82 Lacs
Exit Gas Temperature
ARRANGEMENT OF BASKETS
TYPES OF SEALS
APH DEFORMATION
FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF
APHS:
• ENTRAINED LEAKAGE
X – RATIO