Enhancing the flexibility and safety of electric-resistance heating on thick-walled pressure parts of utility boilers in coal-fired power plants
In this paper, a method for electric-resistance heating is proposed to reduce the thermal stress generated at a thick-walled pressure component during cold start-up in a coal-fired utility boiler. The aims of this approach are to shorten the start-up time and enhance the flexibility of the utility b...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2025-03-01
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| Series: | Case Studies in Thermal Engineering |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X25000887 |
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| Summary: | In this paper, a method for electric-resistance heating is proposed to reduce the thermal stress generated at a thick-walled pressure component during cold start-up in a coal-fired utility boiler. The aims of this approach are to shorten the start-up time and enhance the flexibility of the utility boiler. While focusing on a steam-water separator in a supercritical utility boiler, the finite element method (FEM) is employed in this study to analyze the thermal and mechanical stress amplitude and fatigue lifetime consumption parameters during cold start-up. An analysis of practical and optimized cold start-up is conducted. This start-up process involves the application of electric-resistance heating to a steam-water separator to shorten the boiler water filling time. Experiments are performed to investigate the differences in the inner and outer wall temperatures and thermal stresses under non-heating and electric-resistance heating conditions for a thick-walled component in an experimental facility being input with high-temperature and high-pressure steam. The results show that electric-resistance heating may reduce the thermal stresses and the fatigue lifetime consumption levels in thick-walled components when applied during cold start-up, and the cold start-up times are significantly shortened. The feasibility of this approach in practical engineering is confirmed through experiments. |
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| ISSN: | 2214-157X |