Review of Thermal Characteristics of Diesel Fired Boiler for Steam Turbine Test Rig

Authors

  • Saif Saiyed Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara.
  • Amit Patel Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara

Keywords:

Boiler, Direct Thermal Efficiency, Heat Balance Sheet, Heat Loss, High Speed Diesel Fuel, Separating and Throttling Calorimeter, Heat Inertia

Abstract

The economy and feasibility of a power plant is determined by the gross efficiency of the plant and plant
load factor. A power plant is majorly demarcated into three parts namely Boiler Island, Turbine Island and BOPBalance of Plant. The gross efficiency of plant is the function of efficiency of each component namely boiler, turbine,
condenser, in-house power consuming unit (boiler feed pump) and other auxiliaries.
This paper is a review on thermal characteristics namely thermal efficiency, heat distribution trend in the boiler and heat
inertia of boiler which are critical in a power plant. The observation and data is collected from an experiment on an
experimental steam turbine test rig established at Department of Mechanical Engineering of M. S. University. The heat
distribution among the fluids is calculated, the amount of uncalculated heat lost in radiation, convection and leakage is
determine and a comparison review is made on each part. The observed trend gives a clearer idea of the nature of the
processes occurring inside the boiler.

Published

2017-09-25

How to Cite

Saif Saiyed, & Amit Patel. (2017). Review of Thermal Characteristics of Diesel Fired Boiler for Steam Turbine Test Rig. International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), 4(9), 592–602. Retrieved from https://ijaerd.org/index.php/IJAERD/article/view/3723