Thermal and flow calculations of platen superheater in large scale CFB boiler

Paweł Madejski, Dawid Taler and Jan Taler

Energy, 2022, vol. 258, issue C

Abstract: Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) boilers are desirable technology to utilize solid fuels, operate within a wide load range, and promote the high flexibility in burning a wide range of coal and other solid fuels, keeping high efficiency and low gaseous pollution. The paper presents thermal and flow modeling results of steam superheater operated in the large-scale coal-fired CFB boiler, both in steady and transient states. The mathematical model of the superheater wall was developed using Control Volume-based Finite Element Method. The heat transfer coefficient as the sum of radiative and convective heat transfer coefficients was considered in the presented approach to modeling thermal processes in a circulating fluidized bed. The overall heat transfer coefficient was computed for the analyzed type of the boiler at full load and steady-state conditions using available measuring data and results obtained using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling. Depending on the modeling approach adopted in the CFD model, the heat transfer coefficient at full boiler load varies between 159.96 and 189.63 W/(m2·K). In the analyzed period of boiler start-up, results of steam outlet temperature (455 °C–485 °C), heat transfer coefficients on the flue-gas side (100 W/(m2∙K) and 120 W/(m2∙K)), and heat transfer coefficients on the steam-side (925–2008 W/(m2∙K)) vary with time. The methods presented in the paper can be applied to modeling transient flow and thermal processes in superheaters with complicated flow arrangements. The advantage of the proposed method is a short computing time compared to detailed and complex 3D models. The developed model of the superheater with the transfer coefficient determination methods can be used to perform calculations in the full range of boiler load, both during steady and transient boiler operation.

Keywords: CFB boiler; Heat transfer coefficient; Thermo-flow processes modeling; Steam superheater; Control volume-based finite element method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.124841

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